{"id":373239,"date":"2022-07-29T06:06:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=373239"},"modified":"2022-07-29T06:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T20:06:34","slug":"15-junior-netters-assured-slots-to-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/15-junior-netters-assured-slots-to-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"15 junior netters assured slots to Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The CNMI delegation to the 2022 North Pacific Regional Championships in Guam pose for a group photo at the Guam National Tennis Center in Dededo.(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

National coach Jeff Race is in Cloud 9 once more after most of the CNMI\u2019s contingent to the 2022 North Pacific Regional Championships in Guam punched their tickets to the 2022 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Lautoka, Fiji.<\/p>\n

Junior netters who secured a Top 4 finish in the NPRC currently held at the Guam National Tennis Center in Dededo automatically earn a trip to Fiji.<\/p>\n

CNMI bets who are going include boys 16 and under\u2019s Minsoo \u201cDavid\u201d Kwon, girls 16\u2019s Serin Chung and Savita Sikkel, boys 14\u2019s La Hunn Lam, Nason Wessel, Henry Choi, and Siwoo Lee, girls 14\u2019s Hoo Wang, Hannah Chae, and Anna Kwon, boys 12\u2019s Yutaka Kadokura, Ian Chae, Ryan Choi, and Jihun Park, and girls 12\u2019s Lina Tsukagoshi.<\/p>\n

Asked what his reaction was to 15 of his 19 junior netters making it to this year\u2019s POJC, Race said, \u201cMy biggest thought about 15 of 19 going to Fiji is how the heck are we going to pay for it?\u201d<\/p>\n

As far as results in Day 4 of the NPRC, as expected Race\u2019s wards continued to chug along in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n

Kwon won his fourth consecutive match after beating fellow CNMI netter Cody Shimizu, 6-1, 6-2, in the boys 16 and under.<\/p>\n

Lam also remained undefeated after the Wimbledon veteran beat Federated States\u00a0 <\/span>of Micronesia\u2019s Daniel Dontrick, 6-0, 6-0, in the boys 14s.<\/p>\n

Wessel also got the better of compatriot June Yu after a drawn-out match, 7-6, 1-6, 11-9, in the same age group.<\/p>\n

Lee, meanwhile, ran roughshod of Guam\u2019s Hilary Toves, 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Seung Woo \u201cHenry\u201d Choi also was victorious against Guam\u2019s Aki Matsuno, 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n

In the girls 16 and under, Sikkel lost to Palau\u2019s Galyah Mikel, 0-6, 0-6, and Hannah Chae lost to Guam\u2019s Leila Mercado, 4-6, 1-6, in the girls 14 and under age group.<\/p>\n

In an all-CNMI match, Wang Hoo beat Anna Kwon, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Tsukagoshi secured his place in the POJC after blanking FSM\u2019s Maya Artui Neth, 6-0, 6-0, in the girls 12 and under.<\/p>\n

In the boys 12 and under, Kadokura got the better of compatriot Jeong Woo \u201cRyan\u201d Choi, 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n

Irin Chung vented out her frustration in not making the cut to Fiji by dominating Sorai Nakamura, 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n

After an absence of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 19 junior netters from the Northern Marianas are seeing action in the 2022 North Pacific Regional Championships.<\/p>\n

They are duking it out against 16 players from Guam, six players from the Federated States of Micronesia, and five players from Palau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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