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Posted on: Saturday, May 12, 2007

No. 1 seeds reach title matches

Advertiser Staff

The No. 1 seeds all advanced to title matches yesterday at the Carlsmith Ball/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Tennis Championships on Maui.

Top-seeded Skyler Tateishi and Kristin Lim, both from Punahou, won quarterfinal and semifinal matches, as did the No. 1 doubles teams of Alex Ching and Erik Shoji, and Ashley Ohira and Nicole Nakaoka — also both from Punahou.

Tateishi will face Matt Westmoreland of Island Pacific Academy in the boys singles final, while Lim will face Sara Yoshinaga of 'Iolani in the girls final.

Competition at the Wailea Tennis Center, Makena Prince courts and Kalama Park courts ends today.

BOYS SINGLES

Quarterfinals: (1) Skyler Tateishi (Punahou) def. (10) Cainan Shinjo (Leilehua) 6-1, 6-1. (4) Kevin Caulfield (Punahou) def. (5) Keven Wong (Le Jardin) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. (3) Nathan Nakatsuka (Kamehameha) def. (9) Matthew Tavares (McKinley) 6-2, 6-1. (7) Matt Westmoreland (Island Pacific Academy) def. (2) Reid Kiyabu (Punahou) 7-5, 6-4. Semifinals: (1) Tateishi (Punahou) def. (4) Caulfield (Punahou) 6-0, 6-1. (7) Westmoreland (Island Pacific Academy) def. (3) Nakatsuka (Kamehameha) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.

BOYS DOUBLES

Quarterfinals: (1) Alex Ching/Erik Shoji (Punahou) def. (6) David Imanaka/Braxton Sato ('Iolani) 6-1, 6-2. (4) Jordan Lum/Jon Chang (Pearl City) def. (8) Brady Smith/Michael Okada (Waiakea) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. (5) Gene Kurosawa/Robby Kelley (Punahou) def. (3) Marcus Pearman/Kyle Shiroma ('Iolani) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4). (2) Hiroshi Hikida/Brad Takei (Punahou) def. (7) Jordan Lau/Jason Siu (Roosevelt) 6-2, 6-2. Semifinals: (1) Ching/Shoji (Punahou) def. (4) Lum/Chang (Pearl City) 6-1, 6-1. (2) Hikida/Takei (Punahou) def. (5) Kurosawa/Kelley (Punahou) 7-6 (4), 6-3.

GIRLS SINGLES

Quarterfinals: (1) Kristin Lim (Punahou) def. (11) Sherise Lum (Punahou) 6-0, 6-1. (4) Megan Yoshimoto (Mililani) def. (6) Sayo Tsukamoto (Kealakehe) 6-2, 7-5. (7) Jackie Owens (Lahainaluna) def. (3) Janelle Arita (Punahou) 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4. (5) Sara Yoshinaga ('Iolani) def. (2) Brooke Doane (Kamehameha) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Semifinals: (1) Lim (Punahou) def. (4) Yoshimoto (Mililani) 6-0, 6-1. (5) Yoshinaga ('Iolani) def. (7) Owens (Lahainaluna) 6-1, 6-4.

GIRLS DOUBLES

Quarterfinals: (1) Ashley Ohira/Nicole Nakaoka (Punahou) def. (6) Genoa Morton/Elora Morton (Castle) 6-0, 6-3. (4) Kelsey Daguio/Kelly Domingo (Sacred Hearts) def. (7) Erica Kunihisa/Lokelani Paia (Mililani) 6-1, 6-3. Robyn Ing/Morissa Kahakui (Kamehameha) def. (3) Nikki Castel/Jaime Young ('Iolani) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. Alyssa Shimizu/Erin Yamamoto (Mililani) def. (5) Kimberly Wo/Dara Azuma (Punahou) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 Semifinals: (1) Ohira/Nakaoka (Punahou) def. (4) Daguio/Domingo (Sacred Hearts) 6-0, 6-2. Shimizu/Yamamoto (Mililani) def. Ing/Kahakui (Kamehameha) 6-3, 6-4.