No. 1 seeds Anne, Si Woo prevail on Day 2

The CNMI’s No. 1 seeds Anne Lee and Si Woo Lee were victorious over their foes on Day 2 of the North Pacific Regional Championships yesterday at the American Memorial Park and Pacific Islands Club Saipan tennis courts.

Anne showed no mercy to Nauru’s Julyna Quadina in the girls 14 yesterday afternoon at the AMP tennis courts after going through unanswered sets, 6-0, 6-0.

Multiple strong serves and returns caused Quidana to hit balls out of bounds and give Anne the advantage throughout the match. Anne continued to make it rain points on a hot afternoon and eventually secured the W.

Meanwhile, Si Woo faced off against teammate Ki Won Lee and won, 6-0, 6-2, in the boys 16.

In other results for NMI netters, Matthew Hwang routed Guam’s Malachi O’Brien, 6-2, 6-1, in the boys 14 division, and teammate Jihun Park made light work of Federated States of Micronesia’s Prinze Skilling, 6-1, 6-3.

NMI’s Vivian Chung went on to pummel Nauru’s Shaneva Stephen, 6-1, 6-1 in the girls 14 division. In the last game of the day, NMI’s Lina Tsukagoshi defeated Nauru’s Ester Itaia, 6-3, 6-4.

In the girls 16 division, NMI’s Hoo Wang edged compatriot Anna Kwon, 6-0, 6-3. Then, NMI’s Irin Chung blanked Guam’s Chloe Villafuerte, 6-0, 6-0, with NMI’s Hannah Chae mirroring her with a 6-0, 6-0 win over FSM’s Aja Skilling. Chae also won over Villafuerte, 6-0, 6-1 later in the day.

The NMI’s June Yu, in the boys 16 division, also silenced teammate Taher Shakir, 6-0, 6-0. The NMI’s Nason Wessel then put up a good fight against FSM’s Dontrick Daniel, 6-4, 6-2. The NMI’s Henry Choi also bagged a win as he beat Guam’s Oliver Schaumann, 6-2, 6-0.

A total of 25 of the islands’ top 16-and-under tennis players are challenging the best from Guam, Palau, Nauru, and FSM during the six-day tourney organized by the Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Association and funded by the Oceania Tennis Federation and International Tennis Federation.

Matches will be played until Saturday, April 13.