{"id":231181,"date":"2016-06-30T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=231181"},"modified":"2016-06-30T06:00:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T20:00:27","slug":"lee-still-contention-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/lee-still-contention-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee still in contention in Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carol Lee, seen here stretching for a return in a local tournament, is in the quarterfinals of both the singles and doubles events in the 2016 Oceania Open Junior Championships in Fiji. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a good Wednesday for the CNMI\u2019s Carol Lee as she won both her Round of 16 matches in the 2016 Oceania Open Junior Championships in Fiji.<\/p>\n

The fourth-ranked Lee first prevailed in the singles event against Japan\u2019s Yuna Ukita in their morning match, getting the victory after only two sets. Thought she swept her No. 14 seed opponent, Lee had a tough time against Ukita in the opening set, pulling off a 7-5 win. In the second set, Lee dictated the tempo of the match early for an emphatic 6-0 triumph.<\/p>\n

With the win, Lee advanced to the quarterfinals against another Japanese player in Yuna Ohashi, who eliminated her compatriot and wild card entry Hiroka Furuya, 6-2, 6-2, in the second match in the lower half of the bracket.<\/p>\n

In the two other games in Lee\u2019s group, the winners were Australia\u2019s Madison Bishop and Japan\u2019s Misaki Kobayashi. The No. 6 seed Bishop downed New Zealand\u2019s Janvhi Clark, 6-4, 6-2, to set up a quarterfinal tiff against Kobayas, who pulled off an upset against the second-ranked Claudia Ng of Hong Kong, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Completing the quarterfinals cast were upper bracket Round of 16 winners Kaitlin Staines of Australia, New Zealand\u2019s Stella Cliffe, the U.S\u2019 Sara Tsukamoto, and Japan\u2019s Marie Shindo. Staines won over Hong Kong\u2019s Sophie Leong, 6-0, 6-3, to arrange a Round of 8 meeting with Cliffee, a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Palau\u2019s Ayana Rengiil. Tsukamoto also earned a straight set win versus Hong Kong\u2019s Wing Sze Yu, 6-2, 6-2, for a quarterfinal duel against Shindo, who knocked off compatriot Akane Koizumi, 6-4, 6-1.<\/p>\n

In the doubles, Lee and Rengiil, whore are seeded second in the competition, swept the Solomon Island\u2019s Georjemah Row and Vinda Teally, 6-1, 6-3, to march into the quarterfinals against Australia\u2019s Roopa Bans and Luciana Kunkel. The Aussie pair won over Japan\u2019s Amu Tsukada and Miu Yabuta, 7-5, 6-4, and Hong Kong\u2019s Skylar Wang and Alicia Yue, 6-2, 6-4, to book a Round of 8 ticket.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s fellow CNMI player\u2014Isabel Heras\u2014missed a quarterfinal berth after she and Bryn Johnson of the U.S. bowed to Kobayashi and Singapore\u2019s Maxine Ng, 5-7, 2-6. Before the loss, Heras and Johnson prevailed in their opening game against Japan\u2019s Sachiho Sho and Kaeda Tada, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n

The third CNMI bet in the doubles contest\u2014Tania Tan\u2014teamed up with Singapore\u2019s Julia Barden and they fell to Ohashi and Ukita, 1-6, 0-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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