{"id":216150,"date":"2015-12-08T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=216150"},"modified":"2015-12-08T06:00:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T20:00:51","slug":"tudela-leads-week-2-singles-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tudela-leads-week-2-singles-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Tudela leads Week 2 singles winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vincent Tudela serves to Martin Jambor during their semis game in the men\u2019s 4.0 singles event of the 7th Tan Holdings Tennis Classic last weekend at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan courts. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Top-ranked Vincent Tudela was among the champions crowned in Week 2 of the 7th Annual Tan Holdings Tennis Classic.<\/p>\n

Tudela ruled the men\u2019s 4.0 singles after sweeping Steven Goodwin, 6-1, 6-2, in the finals last Sunday at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan court. Earlier last Saturday, Tudela worked hard for a 6-4, 4-6, 10-6 triumph against Martin Jambor in the semifinals to set up a title duel against Goodwin, who prevailed against fellow junior player Seung Jin Paik in the other Final Four pairing, 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n

There are two other adults singles events played in the final week of the annual tournament with Raj Rai and Luke Beling joining Tudela on the champions list.<\/p>\n

Rai took the men\u2019s over 40 singles crown after surviving Dong Min Lee in a super tiebreak finale, 6-2, 4-6, 10-3. Rai made it to the title match following his victories against Chan Whang Jang, 6-0, 6-1, and Guam\u2019s Sam Lai, 6-4, 5-7, 10-6. Lai arranged a semis date against Rai following a 6-2, 6-0 win against Gary Ramsey at the upper half of the draw. At the lower half of the draw, Lee notched a 6-0, 6-2 victory against Randy Steele and then beat Mihai Leta, 6-0, 6-0 to book the second finals ticket.<\/p>\n

In the men\u2019s open singles, Beling eased his way to the championship after winning via walkover against Bobby Cruz, who could not make it to last Sunday\u2019s finale due to fatigue.<\/p>\n

Cruz gassed out after enduring the longest match in the tournament\u2014a more than three hour-semis showdown against CNMI national coach Jeff Race. Cruz dropped the extended opening set, 6-7 (3), but remained in contention following his victory in another closely fought second set, 7-5. In the deciding super tiebreaker third set, the two former members of the CNMI National Men\u2019s Team went back-and-forth with Cruz finally wrapping up the match with an 18-16 victory.<\/p>\n

While Cruz labored for a finals berth in the men\u2019s open singles, Beling cruised to the title match following a 6-0, 6-0 win against Moris Villanueva in the upper bracket semifinals. Villanueva challenged Beling in the Final Four after eliminating Dylan Ackerman, 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Beling and the other singles champions and finalists in the Tan Holdings tournament were awarded plaques during last Sunday\u2019s banquet at the Hibiscus Hall of the Fiesta Resort.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, results in the adults doubles events will be reported later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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