SupHub hosts 2nd Mini Pickleball Tourney

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The second Saipan Ultimate Pickleball Hub (SupHub) Mini Tournament in a series of monthly tournaments planned for this year was held over the weekend of Saturday, Feb. 7 and Sunday, Feb. 8 at the SupHub location in Tanapag. It saw dozens of pickleball players gather for matches across multiple categories including 3.0 and 3.5 mixed, men’s, women’s, and double trouble.

On Sunday, in the 3.5 Mixed Doubles division, Elisha Chelsea Henzon and Richard Asuncion finished first with a score of 12-10 over second place Marivic Dunlop and Donn Dunlop. Llyanna Jairah Libut and Michael Jornal placed third after a close matchup against the Dunlops.

Henzon and Asuncion, who both also won SupHub’s January Mini Tournament, have been playing together for about three years now and are confident with their game. Asuncion said of their finals against the Dunlops, “our game was intense. We went 6-10, and went up until 12-10.” Henzon said, “It was a really close game, thank you to our opponents, they’re really good.”
She added that their strategy was to coordinate with each other and communicate.

With their win again in as many tournaments, Henzon said that it felt really good because she was nervous. Both players also mentioned they are training to compete in a Guam tournament in April. “Just getting a lot of tournaments in, a lot of practice, so we can really show Guam what’s up,” said Henzon.

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