{"id":395903,"date":"2023-07-13T06:06:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=395903"},"modified":"2023-07-13T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T20:06:25","slug":"la-hunn-stays-undefeated-in-fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/la-hunn-stays-undefeated-in-fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"La Hunn stays undefeated in Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The CNMI\u2019s La Hunn Lam, center, poses with the rest of the CNMI players seeing action in the 2023 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Lautoka, Fiji. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three matches and three wins so far for the CNMI\u2019s La Hunn Lam of the North Pacific Team in the 2023 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Lautoka, Fiji.<\/p>\n

Seeing action in the boys 14 division, Lam won his third straight match yesterday after topping Tahiti\u2019s Matehau Sacault, 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, he beat Solomon Islands\u2019 John Kennedy Taufunu, 6-2, 6-1, for win No. 2 and on Monday he debuted with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Fiji\u2019s Frank Sun.<\/p>\n

Lam said he\u2019s fortunate to be on a roll in his second go-around in the POJC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels awesome to be here participating in the Pacific Oceania Junior Championship in Fiji and keep winning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So far, Lam has also been enjoying his experience outside the tennis court.<\/p>\n

\u201cFiji is a friendly place and the competition has a lot of good players so it\u2019s been a wonderful experience for me. It\u2019s also exciting to make friends from other countries. I love to be here competing and making friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other results yesterday saw Nasson Wessel beat American Samoa\u2019s Aaron Carruthers, 6-0, 6-0, in the boys 14. It\u2019s his second straight win after beating Federated States of Micronesia\u2019s Dontrick Daniel, 6-1, 4-6, 10-7, last Tuesday.
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The CNMI\u2019s La Hunn Lam in action in the 2023 Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Lautoka, Fiji.(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Girls 14\u2019s Anne Lee, who is the fourth seed, also won after stopping Guam\u2019s Rachel San Augustine, 6-1, 6-0<\/p>\n

In the girls 16, Irin Chung beat Amelie Terlaje, 6-0, 6-0, to make up for her loss to No. 2 Mehetia Boosie of Tahiti, 0-6, 2-6, last Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Boys 14\u2019s Siwoo Lee, meanwhile, lost to Papua New Guinea\u2019s John Louie Domalaon, 4-6, 3-6, and girls 14\u2019s Lina Tsukagoshi dropped a 2-6, 3-6 match to No. 1 seed Colita Hakena, also of PNG.<\/p>\n

Boys 16\u2019s Simon Tang also lost to No. 1 Hiva Kelley of Tahiti, 6-0, 6-2, and teammate June Yu was turned back by Fiji\u2019s Devaansh Singh, 5-7, 4-6.<\/p>\n

Hoo Wang also was beaten by Tahiti\u2019s Tavero Chung, 3-6, 3-6, in the girls 16. Lastly, boys 16\u2019s Henry Seungwoo Choi succumbed to No. 3 Jonathan Jackson of Guam, 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n

In other results on Day 2 last Tuesday, June Yu dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision against second seed Fintan Molbaleh of Vanuatu; Hoo Wang lost a protracted match against Toaiva Busby of American Samoa, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Siwoo Lee lost to No. 3 Toanui Lee Tham of Tahiti, 6-4, 6-0; Simon Tang was narrowly beaten by Fiji\u2019s Ao Li, 2-6, 6-7; and Henry Seungwoo Cho was outdueled by Vanuatu\u2019s Alessandro Traverso, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6.<\/p>\n

In team competition, American Samoa\u2019s girls 12 team swept the CNMI, 3-0.<\/p>\n

Team CNMI, which plays as part of the North Pacific Team in the POJC, is coached by CNMI Sports Hall of Famer Jeff Race and Colin Ramsey, the current No. 1 singles player in the Commonwealth.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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