BIIF tennis champion Emily Soares didn’t think she could follow her usual game plan going up against national-caliber competition.
But when push came to shove she did. When Soares saw a weakness, she pounced.
The Hilo High senior won her first United States Tennis Association national 18s tournament Monday, defeating Abigail Chiu 7-6(3), 6-0 in Waipahu, Oahu.
“In the tiebreaker I was up, and she started to miss,” Soares said in a USTA release. “I was able to get the first set and then she had an injury, so I just had to get every ball back and keep her (Chiu) moving.