{"id":408185,"date":"2024-04-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=408185"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"NMI-netters-advance-as-playoffs-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/NMI-netters-advance-as-playoffs-start\/","title":{"rendered":"NMI netters advance as playoffs start"},"content":{"rendered":"

The playoffs stage started on Day 4 of the North Pacific Regional Championships yesterday at the American Memorial Park and Pacific Islands Club Saipan tennis courts, with multiple NMI netters advancing as they won their matches.<\/p>\n

The NMI was on fire just as the Saipan sun was and racked up 23 wins as of press time.<\/p>\n

In the boys 16 division, June Yu, Siwoo Lee, Henry Choi, and Nason Wessel dumped their foes in the quarterfinals to advance to the semis today. Lee will face off with Yu and Choi will go up against Wessel.<\/p>\n

Yu defeated Guam\u2019s Oliver Schaumann, 6-2, 6-3; Lee made light work of Guam\u2019s John Hoh, 6-1, 6-0; Choi got the better of Federated States of Micronesia\u2019s Dontrick Daniel, 6-1, 6-2; and Wessel muscled his way past Guam\u2019s Leonardo Tamandong, 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n

In the girls 16 division, the Final Four are NMI\u2019s Irin Chung and Hoo Wang, Guam\u2019s Leila Mercado, and FSM\u2019s Louisa Williams. Chung and Wang will go head-to-head in the semis today, along with Mercado vs. Williams.<\/p>\n

Chung clinched the semis spot after a win against the NMI\u2019s Anna Kwon, 6-3, 6-0; Wang discarded Palau\u2019s Sorai Nakamura, 6-1, 6-0; Mercado breezed past FSM\u2019s Aja Skilling; and Williams routed NMI\u2019s Hannah Chae, 7-6 (4), 6-2.<\/p>\n

In the girls 14 division, the NMI\u2019s Anne Lee and Lina Tsukagoshi made it to the semis, just as Guam\u2019s Leah San Agustin and Faith Perera punched their tickets too. Lee is facing off against San Agustin, while Tsukagoshi will take on Perera today.<\/p>\n

Anne Lee powered past Guam\u2019s Rachel San Agustin, 6-0, 6-1; Tsukagoshi routed Guam\u2019s Emely Rosario, 6-1, 6-0; while Leah San Agustin heavily defeated teammate Lana Noble, 6-0, 6-0, and Perera beat Palau\u2019s Shy Sadang, 6-0, 6-1.<\/p>\n

In the boys 14 division, the NMI\u2019s Ryan Choi and Ian Chae made it to the semis, while Guam\u2019s Jacob Hsiao and Jeren Devera did as well. It will be Choi vs. Hsiao and Chae vs. Devera today.<\/p>\n

Choi brought down teammate Matthew Hwang, 6-0, 6-1; Chae took on teammate Jihun Park and won, 6-1, 6-4; Hsiao edged teammate Malachi O\u2019Brien, 6-0, 6-1; and Devera defeated FSM\u2019s Prinze Skilling, 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n

In the boys 12 division, the NMI\u2019s Cody Park, Seung Woo Lee, and Kijoon Park advanced to the semis; and in the girls 12 division, the NMI\u2019s Stella Choi and Emma Lang advanced to the semis that are all scheduled for today.<\/p>\n

In the boys 14 doubles division, the NMI\u2019s doubles partners Matthew Hwang and Jihun Park made it to the finals and will take on Guam\u2019s Jeren Devera and Jacob Hsiao. In the girls 14 doubles division, the NMI\u2019s doubles duo of Anne Lee and Lina Tsukagoshi and NMI doubles partners Vivian Chung and Jenna Pascual made it to the semis.<\/p>\n

The NMI\u2019s Henry Choi and June Yu advanced to the semis of the boys 16 doubles division, along with the NMI\u2019s Si Woo Lee and Nason Wessel. And, in the girls 16 doubles division, Irin Chung and Hoo Wang made it to the semis with NMI\u2019s Hannah Chae and Anna Kwon.<\/p>\n

After pool play last Wednesday, all players were thrown in a draw based on their finish, and there is no need to rank the players now in the playoffs. The Top 4 winners at the end of the tourney on Saturday will compete in the Pacific Oceania Junior Championship in Lautoka, Fiji this July.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

NMI’s girls 14 division player Lina Tsukagoshi returns a serve during her match last Tuesday in the North Pacific Regional Championships at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.<\/p>\n

-LEIGH GASES
<\/figcaption><\/figure>

<\/p>\n

NMI’s boys 16 division player Nason Wessel goes for a backhand return during his matchup last Wednesday in the North Pacific Regional Championships at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.<\/p>\n

-LEIGH GASES
<\/figcaption><\/figure>

<\/p>\n

NMI’s boys 16 division player June Yu makes a leaping return during his match last Wednesday in the North Pacific Regional Championships at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.<\/p>\n

-LEIGH GASES
<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The playoffs stage started on Day 4 of the North Pacific Regional Championships yesterday at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}