Shimizu rules Bridge Capital Tennis Classic

Cody Shimizu manage to land first place overall in the boys U16 singles category of the 2021 Bridge Capital Tennis Classic tournament that concluded last Sunday. (Kimberly B. Esmores)

Cody Shimizu managed to land first place overall in the boys U16 singles category of the 2021 Bridge Capital Tennis Classic tournament that concluded last Sunday.

During the round-robin tournament last weekend, Shimizu tied with June Yu for first place with each holding a win-loss standing of 3-1. However, the deciding factor was the head-to-head battle between the two where Shimizu came out the victor.

In the fight to determine first place, Shimizu won the first set over Yu, 6-4, before losing the second set 2-6. Finally, In the super-tiebreaker third set, Shimizu outplayed Yu with a 10-6 victory.

The champion also won its match against Wataru Kadokura, 6-4, 6-2, and his match against Min Seoung Kim, 4-2, 5-3.

Shimizu’s only loss of the day was against Nason Wessel with the latter sweeping both sets, 4-6, 6-7 (5).

Runner-up Yu swept its match against Kadokura, taking a 5-4, 4-2 victory. He moved on to beat Wessel by a super-tiebreaker third set. Yu started off weak, losing 4-6, but he eventually gained momentum in the second set, 6-0, before ultimately beating his foe in the third set, 11-9.

In his final match against Kim, Yu edged out the competition 7-6 (1), 6-0.

Meanwhile, also tied for third was Kadokura and Wessel with win-loss standings of 2-2. Kadokura eventually beat Wessel in their match, 6-4, 6-2, to land Top 3.

Kadokura also defeated Kim last weekend, 6-2, 6-2.

Wessel, despite landing fourth place, was the only individual to best division champ Shimizu, 6-4, 7-6 (5). He also defeated Kim through a super-tiebreaker third set, taking the first set, 6-4, before losing the second 4-6. Finally, in the third set, he redeemed himself, 10-5.

Meanwhile, in the boys U10 singles, Quido Jambor landed first place with a win-loss record of 2-0. He first beat Eliza Culp, 5-3, 4-2, before moving on to best Seungwoo Lee, 4-2, 4-1.

Runner-up Lee won one match that day against Culp, taking a 4-2, 4-1 victory.

In the boys U18 singles, Jimin Woo was named the division champion after sweeping all his matches.

He first took a 4-0, 4-2 victory over Andy Kim before moving on to defeat Jun Wang, 6-1, 6-2. In the following match against David Kwon, the champ won 6-1, 6-2. Later in the match against Serin Chung, Woo came out on top, 6-0, 6-0. In his final match against Hyejin Elliot, he took a 6-0, 6-0 victory.

Andy Kim landed second place with an overall standing of 4-0 followed by third place David Kwon who held a standing of 3-2.

The Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Association helped coordinate the 2021 Bridge Capital Tennis Classic.