{"id":282304,"date":"2018-08-15T06:04:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=282304"},"modified":"2018-08-15T06:04:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:04:22","slug":"carol-sweeps-way-to-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/carol-sweeps-way-to-second-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Carol sweeps way to second round"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carol Lee, seen here in a file photo, won her opening match in the Oceania Closed Junior Championships 2018 yesterday in Fiji. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI\u2019s Carol Lee took only two sets to win her opening round match in the Oceania Closed Junior Championships 2018 yesterday in Fiji.<\/p>\n

The No. 4 seed Lee swept the unranked Ema Miyaura of New Zealand, 6-4, 6-4, to move into the second round of the 32-player singles draw. In Round 2, the 16-year-old will be up against Australia\u2019s Roopa Bains, who also needed only two sets to win her opener against New Zealand\u2019s Vivian Yang, 7-5, 6-0.<\/p>\n

Lee is the lone Commonwealth bet and only the second Pacific Oceania player to make it to the next round, as compatriot Conatsu Kaga, Robbie Schorr, Ken Song, and her brother Sean, bowed out of competition yesterday.<\/p>\n

Kaga was eliminated by No. 5 seed Grace Schumacher, as the Australian eased her way to a 6-0, 6-2 win at the upper half of the draw.<\/p>\n

Eleanor Schuster was the other Pacific Oceania player to survive the first round, as the Samoa representative eked out a 6-3, 7-6 (6) triumph over Australia\u2019s Maggie Pearce. Schuster\u2019s next opponent will be No. 1 seed and New Zealand\u2019s Valentina Ivanov, who topped Australia\u2019s Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz, 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n

New Caledonia\u2019s Jeylani Ipunesso, Fiji\u2019s Saoirse Breen and Ruby Coffin, Vanuatu\u2019s Rosale Malbaleh, and the Solomon Islands\u2019 Zorika Morgan joined Kaga in the showers of the girls singles field after bowing to their respective Australian opponents.<\/p>\n

Morgan was defeated by Anastasia Berezov, 6-2, 6-0; Ciara Di Tommaso beat Molbaleh, 6-1, 6-3; No. 2 seed Megan Smith ousted Coffin, 6-1, 6-1; and Amber Marshall eliminated Ipunesso, 7-5, 6-1.<\/p>\n

In the boys singles division, Schorr, Song, and Sean were shut down by Australia\u2019s Alex Bulte, No. 3 Ken Cavrak, and No. 4 Stefan Storch, respectively. No Pacific Oceania male player survived the opening round with Vanuatu\u2019s Clement Mainguy and Marlin Hannam, American Samoa\u2019s Larry Magalasin, and Tahiti\u2019s Jeremy Guines also dropping their first round matches.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the boys doubles event, Song will be paired with Lee and incidentally, they will meet Guines and Schorr in the opening round today.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s doubles, Carol has Di Tommaso as her partner and the No. 3 seed duo will take on the Kiwi pair of Miyaura and Jade Otway with the quarterfinals slot up for grabs in today\u2019s game. Kaga, on the other hand, will team up with Ipunesso and they will challenge Australia\u2019s Lara Walker and Bains with the winner likely to duel the No. 2 seed pair of Schumacher and Megan Smith, who will square off against the unranked Yang and Mia Repac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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