{"id":191830,"date":"2015-02-16T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=191830"},"modified":"2015-02-16T04:00:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T18:00:38","slug":"lee-leads-coconut-classic-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/lee-leads-coconut-classic-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee leads Coconut Classic finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carol Lee made short work of Tania Tan, 6-1, 6-0, to march into the finals of women\u2019s singles event in the 2015 Coconut Tennis Classic last Saturday at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.<\/p>\n

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Carol Lee, seen here returning a shot to Negahr Rastguiy in Week 1 of the 2015 Coconut Tennis Classic at the AMP tennis courts, advanced into the finals of the women\u2019s open singles. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lee disputes the women\u2019s singles championship against Mikayla Lopez today at 9:30am as the latter also swept Negahr Rastguiy in the other semis match last weekend, 6-2, 6-1. Rastguiy and Tan played the consolation match yesterday with the former winning, 6-0, 6-2.<\/p>\n

In the girls U14 singles, it will be Malika Miyawaki versus Mimi Sakano. Miyawaki took the finals seat in the upper bracket following a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Conatsu Kaga, while Sakano prevailed in the lower draw semis match against Asia Raulerson, 6-2, 6-1. Sakano and Miyawaki battle for the division championship today at 8am, while Conatsu Kaga and Raulerson were scheduled to fight for third place yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n

In the girls U12 division, Conatsu\u2019s younger sister, Coume, advanced to the finals after outclassing Rico Ojima in the semifinals of the bottom half of the draw, 6-3, 6-1. Coume will be pitted against Erika Tuttle, who pulled off an upset over top-ranked Maria Gregoire yesterday, 6-3, 6-2. Before falling to Tuttle, Gregoire boosted her finals bid and made it to the semifinals following a tough 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 win over Susan Sablan last Saturday. With the loss, Gregoire has to settle for the consolation match against Ojima today at 12:30pm.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the two other girls singles contest\u2014U10 and U16 divisions\u2014have a round-robin format and the last matches today will determine the champions of each category.<\/p>\n

In the girls U16, Tan and Isabel Heras held identical 2-0 records after last weekend\u2019s matches and they will battle for the division title today. Tan won over Ami Tsukagoshi, 6-4, 6-1, and Caitlyn Tinney (walkover). Heras also swept Tsukagoshi, 6-1, 6-1, and had similar walkover triumph against Tinney to set up her title-deciding game against Tan today.<\/p>\n

In the girls U10, Tiara Imai and Hyejin Elliot square off for the crown at 2pm after going unbeaten over the weekend. Elliot, who came off a 6-0 win over Michelle Ryu in Week 1, downed Soleil Lamar in Week 2, 7-5. Imai, on the other hand, defeated Lamar in the opening week, 6-2, before dominating Ryu last weekend, 6-1. Ryu avoided a shutout in the division by topping Lamar in the battle for third yesterday, 6-4.<\/p>\n

Results in the boys division and mixed-up doubles will be reported later this week as other championship matches are scheduled today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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