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Carol reaches highest world ranking
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Posted on Apr 02 2019
After conquering the ITF/CAT North African Circuit, the CNMI’s Carol Lee climbed up to No. 119 in the Juniors ITF world ranking—her highest since joining the elite group in 2015.
Lee, whose previous highest ranking was at No. 163 in August last year, topped the Grade 3 tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco last month to earn 100 ranking points. She entered her second tournament in the African country ranked No. 170 and made the big leap after pulling off an upset in the finals against No.1 seed Aubane Droguet of France, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-6 (6).
The Commonwealth now has 345 ranking points in singles and 184 in doubles for a combined 391 points.
Meanwhile, Lee played in her last tournament in Morocco last week and made it to the quarterfinals of another Grade 3 event.
She defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Milica Bojic, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, in the first round of the Raquette D’Or J3 Mohhamedia at the clay court of the Royale Tennis Club de Mohammedia Boite Postale. Then in the second round, Lee swept France’s Maelle Leclercq, 6-3, 6-4, to move into the quarterfinals. The Commonwealth bet was pitted against another French player in the Round of 16 with Juline Fayard winning, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
In the doubles, Lee partnered with Nigeria’s Barakat Quadre and they lost to Morocco’s Yasmine Kabbaj and Salma Loudili in the opening round, 6-4, 5-7, 8-10.
After her competition in Morocco, Lee is heading to Europe to play in Belgium and Italy.
