{"id":234328,"date":"2016-08-16T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=234328"},"modified":"2016-08-16T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:00:48","slug":"schorr-woo-perfect-pojc-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/schorr-woo-perfect-pojc-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Schorr, Woo perfect in POJC opener"},"content":{"rendered":"
The CNMI\u2019s Robbie Schorr, seen here competing in a local tournament early this year, went 2-0 on Day 1 of the 2016 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Fiji. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI\u2019s Robbie Schorr and Ji Min Woo swept their first two matches in the opening day of the 2016 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

The top-ranked Schorr took less than an hour in defeating No. 4 seed Samuel Strid of Vanuatu, 6-0, 6-2, for his first victory in Group 1 of the boys U14 singles division yesterday in Lautoka, Fiji. Schorr returned to the court in the afternoon and dominated the unranked Brendon Fong of Tahiti, 6-0, 6-0, to get the early lead in his pool.<\/p>\n

Woo duplicated Schorr\u2019s 2-0 record on Day 1 of the POJC after beating Samoa\u2019s Rafael Tapusoa, 6-1, 6-1, and Fiji\u2019s Storm Cornish, 6-2, 7-5, in Group 4 matches in the boys U14 singles. With the pair of wins, the third-ranked Woo is already assured of a slot to the quarterfinals and will go for a pool play sweep today when he meets New Caledonia\u2019s Robin Seelan.<\/p>\n

In other U14 singles results, the CNMI\u2019s Asia Raulerson pulled off an upset against No. 3 and fellow Commonwealth bet Malika Miyawaki in their Group 2 opening match. Miyawaki eased past Raulerson in the first set, 6-1, but the latter stole the win after eking out a 7-6 (1) victory in the second and 10-7 triumph in the super-tiebreaker third. In Group 1, Conatsu Kaga swept American Samoa\u2019s Chrystal Christman, 6-2, 7-6 (2), while Maria Gregoire bowed to the top-ranked Eleanor Schuster of Samoa, 1-6, 3-6.<\/p>\n

In the boys U14 singles Group 3, the fourth-ranked Seung Jin Paik split his first two assignments in the opening day. Paik dropped his first match to Tahiti\u2019s Haunui Montas, 3-6, 4-6, before bouncing back in the afternoon game against Samoa\u2019s Corey Duseigneur, 6-0, 6-2. With his 1-1 record, Paik must win against Vanuatu\u2019s Zachary Sands (2-0) to have a chance for one of the two playoff berths at stake in their pool.<\/p>\n

In the girls U16 singles, No. 1 seed Carol Lee won the battle of ranked players in Group 1 after outclassing No. 4 pick Rubby Coffin of Fiji, 6-2, 6-0. With the win, Lee shares the top spot in their pool with Vanuatu\u2019s Daisy Spiti, who beat the Federated State of Micronesia\u2019s Sunshine Palik, 7-6, (5), 6-0. Lee has three games left in the round-robin elimination, including her duel against Palik today.<\/p>\n

In Group 2, Isabel Heras also won her opening match after downing Tonga\u2019s Skylawn Palelei, 6-2, 6-0, while Tania Tan went 1-for-2 on Day 1. Tan defeated Palelei, too, 6-1, 6-0, to bounce back from her loss to Tahiti\u2019s Naia Guitton, 2-6, 1-6. Tan and Heras will square today.<\/p>\n

In the boys U16 singles, both Vincent Tudela and Michael Ren faltered in their opening round matches. Ren was pitted against No. 3 Heimanarii Laisan of Tahiti and the latter swept the CNMI bet, 6-2, 6-0, in their Group 3 match. Vanuatu\u2019s Clement Mainguy also needed only two sets to prevail against Tudela, 6-1, 6-1, in the Group 2 game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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