{"id":317225,"date":"2020-02-10T06:04:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T20:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=317225"},"modified":"2020-02-10T06:04:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T20:04:51","slug":"race-leads-1st-week-winners-in-coconut-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/race-leads-1st-week-winners-in-coconut-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Race leads 1st week winners in Coconut Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CNMI sports hall of famer Jeff Race advanced to the second round of the men\u2019s singles in last weekend\u2019s 2020 White-Coconut Classic at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.<\/p>\n

The 59-year-old CNMI national tennis team coach beat Vicente Tudela in the opening round, 6-2, 6-1, to join five other players who advanced to the second round.<\/p>\n

Also winning their first round assignments were Ji Hwan Ryu, No. 3 seed Ken Song, Colin Ramsey, Malika Miyawaki, and No. 3 seed T.J. Bellama.<\/p>\n

Top seed Robbie Schorr and second seed Jimin Woo were given byes in the first round.<\/p>\n

Ryu defeated Steven Goodwin, 6-2, 6-4. Song blanked Eugene Park, 6-0, 6-0. Ramsey got the better of Gerald Boyer, 6-2, 6-0. Bellama beat Sean Lee, 6-1, 6-0 and Miyawaki was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Daniel Kang.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s singles, Seon Hee Kim and Sarka Jambor are safely into the second round after beating Jinhui Jeong and Yuko Kumada, respectively.<\/p>\n

Kim made quick work of Jeong, 6-0, 6-0, while Jambor had a slightly more difficult time disposing of Kumada 6-2, 6-3. Kim will face top seed Lydia Tan in the second round, while Jambor will square off against second seed Elizabeth Culp, also in the second round.<\/p>\n

In the girls 14 division, Savita Sikkel will face top seed Helen Kim in the second round after defeating Seiyul Hong in the opening round, 6-1, 6-1. Kim got a free pass to the next round.<\/p>\n

Hoo Hwang also made it out of the first round after a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Yebin Shin. No. 2 seed Serin Chung also booked a second round appearance after a dominating 6-0, 6-0 triumph against Seohee Lee.<\/p>\n

In girls U12 age group, Jeong Bin Park got the better of Isa Nishitani, 6-2, 6-0, to advance. The other first round pairings between Lina Tsukagoshi and Hannah Chae and Ellie Cho and No. 2 seed Jieun Anna Kwon still has no results as of press time. Girls U12 top seed Irin Chung got a bye in the opening round<\/p>\n

Results of the boys U16, U14, and U12 as well as the mixed-up doubles will be published in the next few days.<\/p>\n

The Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Association is organizing the 2020 White-Coconut Classic. For more information on the 2020 White-Coconut Classic, call tournament director Jeff Race at 483-5652 or email raceaces@yahoo.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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