CNMI bet Thea Minor added another doubles crown to her collection after teaming up with Fiji\u2019s Tarani Kamoe in winning the girls\u2019 14 doubles crown in the Poverty Bay East Coast Ray White Junior Championship Sunday in Childers Road, Gisborne, New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Minor, who with Kamoe topped the same age group competition in the 2008 Coca-Cola Waikato Junior Open, claimed her second doubles crown after she and the Fijian netter downed New Zealand\u2019s Raven Albert and ITF Pacific Oceania teammate Annie Shannon in the finals, 6-2, 6-0.<\/p>\n
The Minor-Kamoe tandem was seeded first in the 11-team field tournament. The duo drew a bye in the first round and moved into the semifinals after beating New Zealand\u2019s Naea Albert and Darian Taylor in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-0.<\/p>\n
Minor and Kamoe advanced to the title match after shutting out Waikato\u2019s Rebecca Barnard and Claire Gourley, 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n
The CNMI junior netter made her second finals appearance in the Poverty Bay tournament advancing to the title match in the girls\u2019 14 singles.<\/p>\n
Minor\u2019s foe was Kamoe, who outclassed the CNMI bet, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n
Minor was seeded fourth in the event and started her bid in the girls\u2019 14 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 thrashing of Australia\u2019s Johannah Lamond-Halle. <\/p>\n
In the quarterfinals, Minor was paired with New Zealand\u2019s Claire Gourley and the former won, 6-0, 6-1, to set a semis duel with the No. 2 seed Shannon.<\/p>\n
Minor lost to Shannon twice this year before the New Zealand tournament. The Fiji netter beat Minor in Fiji and in New Caledonia.<\/p>\n
The CNMI netter got her revenge against Shannon winning their semis tiff in three closely fought sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n
Thea\u2019s mother, Joy, was happy her daughter pulled it off against Shannon.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is one of Thea\u2019s toughest opponents in Fiji and in New Caledonia. They\u2019ve met several times in the past three years with Shannon enjoying a 4-2 record against Thea before the tournament in Poverty Bay,\u201d Joy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased with Thea\u2019s performance in the two tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n
The younger Minor had two Final Four appearance and two championships in her belt so far and is looking to add more, as she is also entered in the girls\u2019 16 singles and doubles divisions.<\/p>\n
In other results, Thea\u2019s teammates\u2014Christian Miller and Rafael Jones\u2014dropped their debuts in Poverty Bay.<\/p>\n
Jones bowed to Australia\u2019s Jake Noonan, 9-4, while Miller bowed to New Zealand and No. 3 seed Jacob Carey, 9-0.<\/p>\n
Jones redeemed himself in the consolation draw winning three matches to reach the third round.<\/p>\n
After their stint in Poverty Bay, the CNMI netters will conclude their New Zealand trip with a tournament in Auckland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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