{"id":220836,"date":"2016-02-15T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=220836"},"modified":"2016-02-15T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T20:00:29","slug":"9-gain-singles-finals-berths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/9-gain-singles-finals-berths\/","title":{"rendered":"9 gain singles finals berths"},"content":{"rendered":"
Daniel Kang serves during his and Ryan Cho\u2019s mixed-up doubles game against Asia Raulerson and Moris Villanueva in the 2016 White Coconut Tennis Classic last Saturday at the Pacific Islands Club courts. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nine players earned finals tickets in the singles events in the 2016 White Coconut Tennis Classic after last Saturday\u2019s matches at the Pacific Islands Club court.<\/p>\n

Daniel Kang led the finalists list as he dominated Anthony Gregoire in the semifinals, 6-0, 6-1, to arrange a title duel against Richard Steele in the boys U12 singles. Steele dethroned 2015 champion Rintaro Miyawaki after posting a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the other Final Four pairing.<\/p>\n

Ji Min Woo, Seung Jin Paik, Robbie Schorr, Asia Raulerson, Coume Kaga, Tania Tan, and Isabel Heras were the other singles players who advanced to the finals of their respective divisions.<\/p>\n

Woo and Paik, who faced off in the Tan Holdings Tennis Classic\u2019s U12 singles finale late last year, will have a rematch this time for the boys U14 division. Woo made it to the finals following a 6-3, 6-3 semis win over Sean Lee, while Paik also took only two sets to eliminate Allan Lee, 6-3, 6-0, in the other Final Four pairing.<\/p>\n

In the boys U16 singles, Schorr, who just moved up to the higher age group this year, notched the first finals berth in the division after stunning the second-ranked Colin Ramsey, 6-3, 6-4. Schorr will face in the finals the winner between the top-seeded Moris Villanueva and Michael Ren, who squared off in the semifinals of the upper half of the draw yesterday and results of their match were unavailable at press time.<\/p>\n

In the girls division, U16 age group, it will be Isabel Heras and Tania Tan for the second straight time. Tan battled through flu and cruised past Conatsu Kaga, 6-0, 6-1, to earn another crack at Heras, who defeated the former in the Tan Holdings finale in November. A 6-3, 6-2 victory against Malika Miyawaki in the other semis game allowed Heras to challenge Tan anew.<\/p>\n

In the U14 age group, Asia Raulerson topped Maria Gregoire, 6-1, 6-2, to set a finals date opposite Coume Kaga, who labored for three sets before ousting Erika Tuttle in their semis showdown. Coume won the opening set, 6-2, but Tuttle came back with a 6-2 triumph in the second set. In the super tiebreaker third set, Coume and Tuttle went neck-and-neck in the early part of the game before the former recorded a 10-7 win.<\/p>\n

Coume and Raulerson\u2019s title match will be played today, along with the remaining championship games in the other singles event and the mixed-up doubles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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