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3 pairs crowned champions in jr. tennis tourney
Andrew Chung serves to Danny Lee during their boys U12 singles game in the 2017 CNMI Junior Tennis Championships last Saturday at the American Memorial Park tennis courts. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
Three pairs made it first to the winner’s circle of the 2017 CNMI Junior Tennis Championships.
Andrew Chung and Min Gi Jung prevailed in their one-on-one showdown against David Kwon and Danny Lee for the boys U12 doubles title last Sunday, 6-0, 7-5, at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.
In the boys U14 age group, there was also a head-to-head match between Eugene Park and Sam Ryu and Hyun Min Cho and Andy Kim with the first pair surviving the three-set game. Park and Ryu took the opening set 6-3, but missed a sweep after dropping the closely fought second set, 5-7. Then in the deciding super-tiebreaker third set, the eventual champions regained their bearings and pulled off an 11-9 triumph.
While Ryu and Park labored their way to the title win in their division, Tania Tan and Malika Miyawaki experienced the opposite, as they eased past Mimi Sakano and Ami Tsukagoshi, 6-0, 6-1.
Meanwhile, the boys U18 doubles crown will be contested by the pairs of Robbie Schorr and Ken Song and Vincent Tudela and Steven Goodwin after they downed similar foes in the opening week of the tournament.
Goodwin and Tudela were the first ones to top Andy Cho and James Kim after recording a 6-0, 6-0 victory last Saturday. Then last Sunday, it was Song and Schorr’s turn to beat Cho and Kim, 6-1, 6-1. The boys U18 doubles title will be disputed this weekend.
In other results in Week 1 of Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Association’s last local competition for the 2016-2017 season, Hoo Wang and Nason Wassel boosted their chances to win the girls and boys U10 singles crowns after prevailing in their respective games last weekend.
Wang finished Week 1 of the round-robin contest in the girls U12 singles with a 2-0 record after defeating Dana Lee, 8-4, and Soarin Oh, 9-7. She will go for the sweep and the division title against La Mee Lam this weekend. Oh has yet to play in the tournament, while Oh saw action in two games, winning her other match against Lee, 8-1.
In the boys U12 singles, Wassel outclassed Sam Cope, 8-2. Wassel will duel La Hunn Lam this weekend and another victory will give the former the division championship.
