{"id":201383,"date":"2015-05-12T04:06:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T18:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=201383"},"modified":"2015-05-12T04:06:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T18:06:42","slug":"lee-wins-junior-itf-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/lee-wins-junior-itf-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee wins Junior ITF debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CNMI\u2019s Carol Lee had a rousing debut in the Calvo\u2019s Selectcare ITF Junior Championships 2015 after dominating her Japanese opponent yesterday at the Rick Ninete Tennis Centre in Hagatna.<\/p>\n

Lee was paired against Haruna Tsuzuki in the opening round of the girls U18 singles and the Commonwealth bet needed only two sets to eliminate her foe, 6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n

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The CNMI\u2019s Carol Lee had a rousing debut in the Calvo\u2019s Selectcare ITF Junior Championships 2015 after dominating her Japanese opponent yesterday at the Rick Ninete Tennis Centre in Hagatna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the sweep, the CNMI\u2019s top-ranked player in the girls U18 division, arranged a second round match against the winner of the duel between the No. 7 seed Yuri Takanishi of Japan and Singapore\u2019s Maxine Ng. Takanishi and Nang squared off in the afternoon match yesterday, but results of the pairing were unavailable at press time.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s victory in the first round gave the CNMI the needed lift, as the island-nation\u2019s seven other entries to the tournament made an early exit.<\/p>\n

Mikayla Lopez joined Lee in the upper half of the 32-player main draw, but fell to Singapore\u2019s Ashley Kei Yim, 1-6, 2-6. In the lower half of the bracket, Negahr Rastguiy also dropped her opening match against No. 6 seed Runa Ichinose of Japan, 0-6, 3-6. Tania Tan is the fourth CNMI player competing in the girls U18 singles and was scheduled to challenge wild card entry Ling Hsuan Wei of Chinese-Taipei yesterday in the bottom half of the draw, but results of their game were unavailable at press time.<\/p>\n

In the boys U18 singles, the Commonwealth\u2019s lone bet in the main draw, Colin Ramsey, bowed out of competition after losing to South Korea\u2019s Yohan Sung, 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n

Only Ramsey made it to the boys U18 singles main draw after his four other teammates failed to survive last weekend\u2019s qualifying tournament. Luther Lizama missed the main draw after absorbing a 1-6, 1-6 defeat at the hands of Japan\u2019s Yuta Kikuchi, while Tommy Choi, Michael Ren, and Steven Lee suffered similar 0-6, 0-6 losses. Choi bowed to Germany\u2019s Marvin Bockers, while Ren and Lee were booted out by Japan\u2019s Riku Yoneda and the Philippines\u2019 Julian Dayrit, respectively.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the doubles contest, the CNMI will only play in the girls division. Tan and Lee will team up in the doubles event and have a tough opening assignment in the No. 1 seed pair of Maria Dominique Ong of the Philippines and Singapore\u2019s Nicole Tan. Lopez and Rastguiy will also take on seeded opponents in No. 4 Nagomi Higashitani and Ayu Sugiyama of Japan. Both doubles matches are scheduled for today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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