{"id":247158,"date":"2017-02-24T06:06:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T20:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=247158"},"modified":"2017-02-24T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T20:06:37","slug":"carol-tows-pacific-oceania-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/carol-tows-pacific-oceania-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol tows Pacific Oceania to finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carol Lee, seen here returning a shot during an ITF Juniors event on Saipan last year, powered Pacific Oceania to a finals stint in the 2017 Junior Fed Cup Asia Oceania Pre-Qualifying Zone in New Delhi, India. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI\u2019s Carol Lee towed Pacific Oceania to the finals of the 2017 Junior Fed Cup Asia Oceania Pre-Qualifying Zone after another dominating performance in the Singles 1 event yesterday at the R.K Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi, India<\/p>\n

Lee clobbered Singapore\u2019s Joelle Goh, 6-0, 6-0, dispatching her foe in just 45 minutes to seal the semis victory for Pacific Oceania. Earlier in the Singles 2 match, Tahiti\u2019s Naia Guitton rallied past Tammy Tan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. <\/p>\n

With Pacific Oceania\u2019s sweep of the two singles contests, the lone doubles match became no-bearing. Lee was scheduled to partner with Samoa\u2019s Eleanor Schuster in the doubles, but results of their match against Tan and Tessa Wong have yet to be posted at the event\u2019s website as of press time.<\/p>\n

Today, Lee and company will play in the finals against the winner of the other semis game between Pool B top finisher Sri Lanka and Pool A runner-up Vietnam. Thuy Thanh Truc Tran gave Vietnam a 1-0 lead in the semis after working out a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 triumph over Savini Jayasuriya in the Singles 2. In the other singles match, Ngoc Minh Phuong Nguyen was slated to duel Anila Seneviratne and the former and Tran were also assigned to compete in the doubles against Senevirante and Sathi Siyara Silva Mirisssage yesterday.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the results of Lee and her teammates\u2019 games in the championship play, Pacific Oceania is already assured of a slot to the 2017 Junior Fed Cup Asia Oceania Final Qualifying Zone, which will also be played in India in April. Pacific Oceania and the winner of the Vietnam-Sri Lanka tussle will join New Zealand, Australia, and 12 other countries from Asia in the final qualifier.<\/p>\n

Going into the finals, Lee has yet to drop a single set with four of her five wins recorded in less than an hour. The singles triumph against Goh was her second shutout victory, as she earlier blanked the Philippines\u2019 Gennifer Lysandra Pagente in pool play. Pacific Oceania swept the pool play, crushing the Philippines, Tajikistan, and Vietnam to move into the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the CNMI\u2019s Robbie Schorr earned his first victory in the Junior Davis Cup.<\/p>\n

Schorr whipped Tajikistan\u2019s Khushbakht Karimov, 6-0, 6-0. The Commonwealth junior player wrapped up the one-sided match after only 30 minutes to secure the victory for Pacific Oceania in the consolation round that would determine the No. 9 to 14 finishers in the pre-qualifier. In the earlier singles game, Vanuatu\u2019s Clement Mainguy topped Issamjon Sharifov, 6-0, 6-4. The doubles game in the Pacific Oceania-Tajikistan match was not played.<\/p>\n

With the victory, Schorr and company advanced against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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