{"id":289456,"date":"2018-11-29T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=289456"},"modified":"2018-11-29T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T20:06:00","slug":"sean-conatsu-in-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sean-conatsu-in-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean, Conatsu in semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
The CNMI\u2019s Sean Lee returns to Fiji\u2019s Abbas Jiwanji during their boys U16 singles game in the Vanuatu Junior Regional Championship 2018 last Tuesday at the Korman Tennis Centre in Port Vila. (Vanuatu Tennis\/Ron Swiers)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CNMI\u2019s Sean Lee and Conatsu Kaga are in the semifinals of their respective singles and doubles events in the Vanuatu Junior Regional Championship 2018.<\/p>\n

Kaga was undefeated in pool play in Group B to advance to the Final Four of the girls U16 singles, while Lee earned a 3-1 record to finish second in the elimination round in Group A of the boys U16 age group.<\/p>\n

The 15-year-old completed the sweep in the preliminary games after winning a pair of matches yesterday at the Korman Tennis Centre in Port Vila. Kaga first whipped Vanuatu\u2019s Naomie Sipiti, 4-0, 4-0, and then got a free win over the latter\u2019s compatriot, Rayline Daniel, to top her group with a perfect 4-0 mark. Kaga\u2019s two other victories were against Fiji\u2019s Kajol\u2019s Chand last Monday, 4-2, 4-1, and versus Vanuatu\u2019s Ajah Pritchard-Lolo last Tuesday, 4-1, 4-2.<\/p>\n

With her clean record, the CNMI player and No. 2 seed in the draw, arranged a semis duel against Japan\u2019s Rioka Umekuni, who also won all her four matches in Group C. The other Final Four pairing will have No. 1 seed Rosalie Molbaleh of Vanuatu challenging Tahiti\u2019s Vaiani Dussere-Valleaux. Molbaleh matched Kaga and Umekuni unbeaten records, while Dussere-Valleaux entered the semis with a 3-1 slate. Both semis games will be played today.<\/p>\n

The boys U16 singles semis will also take place today with Lee taking on No. 1 seed Clement Mainguy. The Commonwealth player prevailed in his final two games\u2014versus Fiji\u2019s Abbas Jiwanji last Tuesday, 4-0, 4-0, and against New Caledonia\u2019s Fabien Paitio of New Caledonia yesterday, 4-0, 4-1\u2014to make up for his loss to Mainguy, 0-4, 1-4. Before bowing to Mainguy, Lee crushed Fiji\u2019s Lixin Chen last Monday, 4-0, 4-0.<\/p>\n

The winner in the Lee-Mainguy semis will face the victor in the all-Vanuatu duel between Zachary Sands and Noah Molbaleh in this Friday\u2019s finals.<\/p>\n

Lee is also playing in the doubles and he and Fiji\u2019s Charles Cornish coasted to the semis round after a walkover win against Vanuatu\u2019s Warea Tigona and Robert Yolou. Lee and Cornish will also have their doubles semis match today against the Fiji pair of Chen and Jin Park, who eliminated New Caledonia\u2019s Mathieu Monimeau and Tom Pestana, 4-2, 1-4, 5-1. The other Final Four game will have No. 1 Mainguy and Sands battling the Norfolk Island\u2019s Sam Cribb and Fiji\u2019s Yong Park. Mainguy and Sands automatically moved into the semis after getting a bye in the opener, while Cribb and Yong Park advanced following their 3-4, 4-3, 5-1 triumph over New Caledonia\u2019s Fabien Paitio and Jalane Sallaun-Ouillemon.<\/p>\n

In the girls U16 doubles, Kaga partnered with the Solomon Islands\u2019 Prudence Bird and they moved a step away from reaching the finals after dominating Vanuatu\u2019s Sonya David and Lily Tasarofa, 4-0, 4-0. In the semis, Kaga and Bird will take on the pair of Dussere-Valleaux and Umekuni, who ousted New Caledonia\u2019s Alice Delboy and Norah Pugibet, 4-0, 4-2. <\/p>\n

The duos of Molbaleh and Pritchard-Lolo and Chand and Vanuatu\u2019s Desiree Digno will collide in the other Final Four pairing. Chand and Digno marched into the semis after a walkover victory against Vanuatu\u2019s Rayline Daniel and Stephanie Nikahi, while Molbaleh and Pritchard-Lolo barged into the Final Four following a 4-1, 4-0 win over New Caledonia\u2019s Amandine Mestre and Alizee Tollet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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