{"id":177211,"date":"2014-08-22T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=177211"},"modified":"2014-08-22T04:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T18:00:45","slug":"lee-ramsey-make-finals-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/lee-ramsey-make-finals-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee, Ramsey make finals in Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Colim Ramsey, seen here going for a return from the backline in a local tournament last year at the PIC courts, made it to the finals of the boys U16 doubles event in the 2014 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Fiji. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nCarol Lee is the last CNMI player left standing in the singles event, while Colin Ramsey redeemed himself in the doubles competition in the 2014 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

Lee advanced to the finals of the girls U14 singles yesterday, the same day her fellow CNMI players\u2014Robbie Schorr, Malikawa Miyawaki, and Luther Lizama\u2014lost their respective semis matches in Fiji. Lee faced Fiji\u2019s Ruby Coffin in the upper bracket semis and avoided the latter\u2019s upset axe after sweeping the last two sets of their Final Four duel. Coffin stunned Lee in the opening set, 6-2, but the CNMI player got her act together in the second set, 7-5, and completed the come-from-behind win with an equally tough 6-4 triumph in the deciding third set. <\/p>\n

The top-ranked Lee will battle the girls U14 championship against New Caledonia and second seed Lea Bolo, who waltzed past Fiji\u2019s Vienna Kumar, 6-0, 6-2, to gain the other finals berth. The finals duel between the Top 2 seeds is slated for today.<\/p>\n

While Lee survived her semis opponents Lizama, Miyawaki, and Schorr did not. <\/p>\n

Schorr\u2019s streak ended when he bowed to Vanuatu\u2019s Clement Mainguy in the bottom bracket semis, 6-7 (3), 6-1, in the boys U12 singles. Before losing the semis, Schorr, who advanced to the finals last year, swept his three games in the pool play. Schorr will now have to settle for the battle for third place match against Kiribati\u2019s Banien Ioera, who fell to top-ranked Gillian Osmont of Tahiti in the other semis pairing, 0-6, 0-6.<\/p>\n

In the girls U12 singles, the then unbeaten Miyawaki missed a finals stint after dropping her semis game against Tahiti\u2019s Lea Lamorelle, 3-6, 2-6. The other semis match yesterday was also won by Tahiti with top-ranked Naia Guitton eliminating Samoa\u2019s Eleanor Schuster, 6-1, 6-0. Michael Emery was the fourth Tahitian player to barge into the finals after ousting the Lizama in the lower bracket semis in the boys U14 singles, 6-0, 6-1. Emery will go for the division championship against American Samoa\u2019s Larry Maglasan, who foiled an all-Tahiti title showdown after downing Tahiti\u2019s Honoarii Joutain, 3-6, 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ramsey made up for his lackluster showing in the singles event by marching into the finals of the boys U16 doubles. He partnered with the Federated States of Micronesia\u2019s Terry Rush and they survived Tahiti\u2019s Rehiti Chin Meun and Manoa Desvignes in last Wednesday\u2019s semis match, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-6, to arrange a finals duel against American Samoa\u2019s Kevin Maukoloa and Jummah Vugas. The two American Samoa bets went on to beat Ramsey and Rush in yesterday\u2019s finale, 7-5, 6-2.<\/p>\n

In other doubles results, Lee and Tania Tan were stunned in the girls U14 semis, falling to Bolo and Kumar, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-10. The two other CNMI players\u2014Julia Ishikawa and Ami Tsukagoshi\u2014entered in the same event also dropped their Final Four assignment to eventual champions Coffin and Vanuatu\u2019s Emma Maucotel, who swept Bolo and Kumar in the finals, 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n

In the boys U14 doubles, Lizama teamed up with Guam\u2019s Mason Caldwell and after winning in the quarterfinals, the two North Pacific players fell to Tahiti\u2019s Harley Cronin and Maglasan in the semis, 6-0, 7-5. Maglasan and Cronin also won in the finals against Emery and Joutain, 6-1, 7-6 (10).<\/p>\n

In the boy U12 doubles, Schorr and Ken Song only made it to the semifinals. The duo drew a bye in the first round and lost to Mainguy and Samuel Strid of Vanuatu in the semis, 5-7, 4-6. Tahiti\u2019s Osmont and Vaitea Molinier topped the event, following a 6-4, 5-7, 10-5 triumph over the Vanuatu pair.<\/p>\n

In the girls U12 doubles, the CNMI\u2019s Conatsu Kaga and teammate Leafine Cronin of Samoa also faltered in their finals bid after bowing to the top-ranked pair of Guitton and Schuster in the semis, 6-0, 6-1. The top-ranked duo then was then upset by American Samoa\u2019s Crystal Christman and Lamorelle in the finals, 6-3, 6-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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