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Ji Min Woo swept Sean Lee in the finals, 6-0, 6-2, to earn the boys U16 singles title in the 19th Pacific Islands Club Tennis Championships yesterday at the PIC Saipan hard court.<\/p>\n
Woo defeated two other opponents in straight sets to rule the division. The No. 1 seed first eased past Eugene Park, 6-1, 6-1, to make it to the semifinals. Park set up a quarterfinal game against Woo following a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Daniel Heo. Then in the semis, Woo downed Sam Ryu, 6-2, 6-3, to notch the first finals berth at the upper half of the draw. Ryu before bowing to Woo, posted a 7-5, 4-6, 10-5 victory over Andy Kim\u2014a 6-3, 6-4 winner against Jun Wang in the earlier round of the top half of field.<\/p>\n
At the bottom half, Lee drew a bye in the opener and marched into the finals after eliminating Richard Steele, 6-3, 6-1, and Daniel Kang, 6-2, 7-5. Steele won over Gang Min, 6-4, 6-4, to arrange a quarterfinal duel against Lee, while Kang prevailed over Isaac Heo, 6-3, 6-0, to earn a semis spot. Heo, earlier, slipped past Maria Gregoire, 3-6, 6-4, 10-2, for a Round of 8 meeting against Kang.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Hyen Jin Elliot won the round-robin girls U14 singles event after going unbeaten in two games.<\/p>\n
Elliot first topped Serin Chung last Friday, 6-1, 6-3, and then secured the sweep after outclassing Helen Kim last Sinday, 7-5, 6-0. Kim settled for the runner-up honors, as she earlier survived Chung in an extended game, 6-1, 4-6, 10-7.<\/p>\n
In other results, Juncheol Hwang and Nason Wessel advanced to the finals of the boys U12 singles.<\/p>\n
Hwang bagged the finals ticket at the upper half of the draw after ousting Wataru Kadokura, 6-1, 6-1. Kadokura moved into the semis following a 6-3, 7-6 win over Takeru Jim. Wessel also needed only two sets to down Jun Yu, 6-0, 6-0, and enter the finals. Wessel earlier zoomed past Vlad Van Der Maas in the first round, 6-2, 6-0, and was scheduled to duel Hwang in the finals yesterday, but results of their match were unavailable as off press time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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