{"id":177565,"date":"2014-08-27T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=177565"},"modified":"2014-08-27T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T18:00:10","slug":"cnmi-netters-bag-2-doubles-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cnmi-netters-bag-2-doubles-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"CNMI netters bag 2 doubles titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Julia Ishikawa, left, and Tania Tan pose for a photo after winning a doubles championship in the 2014 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships Event 2 in Fiji yesterday. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe pair of Tania Tan and Julia Ishikawa proved to be productive for the CNMI, as the duo ruled the girls 14\/12 doubles competition in the 2014 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships Event 2.<\/p>\n

The second-ranked team clinched the division championship after pulling off an upset over the top-seeded tandem of Crystal Christman of American Samoa and Lea Lamorelle of Tahiti, 6-0, 6-1, yesterday in Fiji.<\/p>\n

Tan and Ishikawa won the doubles championships without dropping a single set in the division, as their first two victories also came via sweeps. The two CNMI bets drew a bye in the first round before dominating Samoa\u2019s Leafine Cronin and Eleanor Schuster, 6-0, 6-1, to advance to the semifinals. In the bracket semis, Tan and Ishikawa were paired against American Samoa\u2019s Michelle Miller and Lessei Perelini and the Commonwealth players escaped with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 triumph to book a finals date with Lamorelle and Christman.<\/p>\n

Lamorelle and Christman foiled an all-CNMI finals when they defeated Conatsu Kaga and Asia Raulerson in the semis, 6-4, 6-3. Kaga and Raulerson barged into the Final Four after topping Fiji\u2019s Saoirse Breen and New Caledonia\u2019s Leilani Ipunesso in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-0, while Lamorelle and Christman prevailed over the CNMI\u2019s Malika Miyawaki and Ami Tsukagoshi, 6-0, 6-4. Kaga and Raulerson ended up in fourth place in the division after dropping the consolation game against Miler and Perelini, 4-6, 4-6.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Robbie Schorr gave the CNMI its second doubles championship in the second POJC competition, which put players (respective age groups) in one draw and has a single-elimination format. In the POJC Event 1, players were divided into pools and the top finishers in each group advanced to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Schorr, who finished fourth in the singles event and lost in the semis in the doubles in POJC Event 1, this time made it all the way to the finals and won in the boys 14\/14 age group. He teamed up with Guam\u2019s Camden Camacho and also stunned their foes, the top-ranked Ben Pechan of Vanuatu and Samoa\u2019s Phillip Warren, 6-1, 6-1. Schorr and Camacho were seeded second in the draw and marched into the finals after a 6-1, 6-4 win over Fiji\u2019s Maui Leflon and Vanuatu\u2019s Samuel Strid. Pechan and Warren notched a finals berth after a 7-6 (1), 6-3 triumph over Kiribati\u2019s Banien Ioera and Tahiti\u2019s Vaitea Molinier, who ousted the CNMI\u2019s Ken Song and Guam\u2019s Andrew Leng in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n

In other results, Colin Ramsey made his second finals appearance in the doubles, teaming up anew with the Federated States of Micronesia\u2019s Terry Rush.<\/p>\n

Ramsey and Rush, who lost to American Samoa\u2019s Kevin Maukoloa and Jummah Vigas in boys U16 doubles finals last week, notched two early wins to get a second crack at Maukola and his new partner Manoa Desvignes. The North Pacific pair first topped Tahiti\u2019s Rehiti Chin Meun and Vigas, 6-2, 7-6 (4), and then survived Samoa\u2019s Harley Cronin and American Samoa\u2019s Larry Maglasan in the semis, 6-2, 5-7, 10-4, to enter the finals. Maukoloa and Desvignes also claimed two wins to set up a finals duel with Ramsey and Rush and the East and West players went on to extend their streak to three after a 6-2, 6-2 victory over the North Pacific pair.<\/p>\n

Luther Lizama also played in the boys 16\/14 doubles, but he and Guam\u2019s Mason Caldwell dropped their first match to Solomon Islands\u2019 Junior Benjamin and Graham Mani, 3-6, 1-6. Still in the 16\/14 age group, girls division, U14 singles champion and CNMI\u2019s Carol Lee teamed up with Palau\u2019s Ayana Rengiil and they reached the semifinal round. The duo edged Solomon Islands\u2019 Georjimah Row and Papua New Guinea\u2019s Bianca Terra, 6-2, 7-6 (3) to force a semis duel against New Caledonia\u2019s Lea Bolo and Fiji\u2019s Ruby Coffin. Bolo and Coffin won, 7-5, 4-6, 10-7, and also prevailed against Fiji\u2019s Mulan Kamoe and Solomon Islands\u2019 Vinda Teally in the finals, 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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