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PLANTATION, Fla. - Top seed Gerard Campana Lee of Korea finished his junior career with a flourish, taking the ITF Grade A Orange Bowl title last week at the Veltri Tennis Center to add his country's name to the list of champions for the first time in the 76-year history of the tournament.
ITF Girls Singles Champion Mayu Crossley
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For unseeded Mayu Crossley, who became the first girl from Japan to win the prestigious title, the past two weeks served notice to the junior circuit that the 16-year-old will be a force to be reckoned with in 2023.
Crossley, who won the Eddie Herr Grade 1 title a week earlier, upset No. 5 seed and pre-tournament favorite Clervie Ngounoue of the United States 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final, preventing Merida, Mexico champion Ngounoue from claiming her second consecutive ITF Grade A title.
Crossley had beaten unseeded Anya Murthy of the United States 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals, while Ngounoue, who did not play the Eddie Herr, had eliminated unseeded American Iva Jovic 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final.
