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Lee rallies past Rastguiy in Coconut Classic
Carol Lee makes a baseline return to Negahr Rastguiy during their game in the girls U18 singles event of the 2014 White Coconut Classic Tennis Tournament last Saturday at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.( ROSELYN B. MONROYO)
Lee, who won singles and doubles crowns with the selected squad that competed in Australia last December and January, fell behind Rastguiy, 1-4, before regaining her bearings and prevailing in the last seven games to steal the win in the round-robin tournament last Saturday at the American Memorial Park tennis court.
Lee and Rastguiy had only one match in Week 1 of the two-weekend competition and will have their remaining games this weekend. Also seeing action in the opening week was Mikayla Lopez, who eased past Alina Ishikawa, 8-1.
Meanwhile, three other age groups contests in the girls singles had their opening week games.
In the girls U12, which also had a round-robin format, Coume Kaga booked back-to-back wins. She first dominated Riko Ojima last Saturday, 8-1, and then topped Jireh Warren last Sunday, 8-3. Warren earlier won her opening game, downing Susan Sablan, 8-3. Completing the Week 1 winners in the girls U12 singles was Conatsu’s sister Coume, who shut out Sablan, 8-0.
In the girls U14 singles, Ami Tsukagoshi and Malika Miyawaki ousted separate foes to join Julia Ishikawa and Tania Tan in the semifinals. Tsukagoshi coasted past Grace Choi, 8-1, last Saturday to arrange a semis date with Ishikawa, who drew a bye in the opening week and is seeded first in the division.
Tan also had a bye in Week 1 and will be battling Miyawaki in the lower bracket semis pairing. Miyawaki marched into the Final Four after an 8-2 triumph over Mimi Sakano last Sunday.
In the girls U10, only two semis berths are left after Week 1 matches were played at the AMP tennis courts.
Erika Tuttle and Maaya Sato secured the first two Final Four slots after recording contrasting wins over the weekend. Tuttle drew a bye in the first round and then whipped Tiara Imai, 6-2, to nab a semis seat in the top half of the bracket. She will face in the semifinals the winner between top-ranked Hana Ojima and Hye Jin Elliot, who won over Erie Ortega.
In the bottom half, Sato pulled off a 7-5 triumph over Ellie Epley to enter the semifinal round against the victor of the quarterfinal duel between Marielle Lopez and No. 2 seed Maria Gregoire. Lopez won his competitive tennis debut last Sunday after outclassing Shaira Valle, 6-2.
