Shin Jaejun (right) and Bon Hong Koo won the doubles title
Korean junior Shin Jaejun is on course for a double at the Tep Khunnah Memorial Cup, an ITF J30 event taking place at the Morodok Techo Tennis Complex.
The 15-year-old started the day cruising into the final of the boys singles and followed it up by winning the boy’s double crown.
Jaejun partnered-Bon Hong Koo in the doubles final to outclass teammates Kim Kyungone Kim-Kim Se Hun 6-1, 6-2. It was the first title for the pair, having reached the semi-finals of the J30 Petit Camp Phoenix and the J60 Phoenix in September.
Jaejun will play China’s Chen Xiaozheng in the boys singles final, with both players chasing their first singles title tomorrow.
Jaejun will be looking sign off the tournament with the singles title as well, as he has been playing with confidence throughout the week.
He hardly raised a sweat in his 6-3, 6-0 defeat of China’s Yue Yu in the semi-finals, This was his first final appearance this season, having lost to Belgium’s Nicolas Fays in the semi-finals of the J30 Petit Camp Phoenix in September.
While Jaejun qualified for the final without dropping a single set, Xiaozheng’s only hiccup was in the second round where he overcame a tough opening set before overcoming Fedor Evdokimov 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Xiaozheng defeated Hong Kong’s Takuto Matsuo 6-3, 6-2 in his semi-final match-up.
In the girls, singles, top seeded Malaysian, Daania Daniella Hazli, eased past China’s Yang Zijie 6-1, 6-4 to book her place in the final.
Daania is looking to win a second title of the season. Seeded third at the J30 event in Surabaya last month, she had defeated Indonesian Shinar Zahra Shukayna Heriyadi Sunggoro 6-3, 6-0 in the final.
The 15-year-old looks even more impressive in Phnom Penh than she was in Surabaya. She has cruised into the final without dropping a set, defeating Norway’s Mahea Heje 6-0, 6-1 in the second round before chalking up an equally easy 6-2, 6-1 win over India’s Riya Gangamma Pudiyokkada of India in the quarter-finals.
Daania will play Singapore’s Chanya Ng Kai Ning in a repeat of the J30 Singapore final in August.
Two years-older then Daania, Chanya would be looking to repeat her 6-0, 7-5 defeat of Daania in Singapore, when the duo face off in the final in Phnom Penh.
Chanya had also qualified for the finals without dropping a set in all of her previous matches, including against China’s Wang Hanyu in the semi-finals. The Singaporean lass, who had beaten two other Chinese players – Chen Qiingan and Ai Teng, in her previous matches, crushed Hanyu 6-2, 6-0 in the semi-finals to book her final berth.
RESULTS
BOYS
Singles Semi-finals: Shin Jaejun (Kor) bt Yue Yu (Chn) 6-3, 6-0; Chen Xiaozheng (Chn) bt Takuto Matsuo (Hkg) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles Final: Shin Jaejun-Bon Hong Koo (Kor) bt Kim Kyungone Kim-Kim Se Hun (Kor) 6-1, 6-2
GIRLS
Singles Semi-finals: Daania Daniella Hazli (Mas) bt Yang Zijie (Chn) 6-1, 6-4; Chanya Ng Kai Ning (Sgp) bt Wang Hanyu (Chn) 6-2 6-0
Doubles Final: Wang Hanyu-Zijie Yang (Chn) bt Chi Pei-Hsuan-Ai Teng (Tpe- Chn) 6-3, 6-3
