By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

SIXTEEN matches are scheduled on the opening day of the 2007 Coconut Classic Tennis Tournament tomorrow at the American Memorial Park tennis courts.
Games in the boys’ 13-and-under division singles will start the hostilities in the annual event, which will run from Feb. 17 to 19 and is being organized by the Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Association.
Song Chang Hyun takes on Andrew Johnson at 8 a.m., while two more games will be played at the same time at the different courts.
Lucas Nutting squares off with Bradley Brostrom, while Brian Mailman meets Ryan Baron at 8 a.m.
Four other matches in the boys’ 13-and-under are set for Saturday morning.
At 9 a.m., Nathan Nutting faces Jake Lee, Andy Nutting collides with Hundetr Thorpe and Cody Race fights Christian Miller.
The final game of the day in the boys’ 13-and-under will feature Kevin Yang challenging Clay McCollough Sterns at 11 a.m.
Other events that will be played on the opening day are matches in the men’s singles, men’s over 40 singles, boys’ 18-and-under, boys’ 9-and-under and girls’ 13-and-under.
Only one game is set for the men’s singles with Nicholas Son taking on Ji Hoon Heo at 5 p.m.
The men’s 40-and-over singles will have three opening matches with Larry Knecht and Ganover Rettin meeting at 3 p.m.
On the other court at the same time, Dr. Dastoor battles Steve Nutting.
The first match in the men’s 40-and-over singles will have Alexander Bauman facing Gary Ramsey at 11 a.m.
In the boys’ 18-and-under, Benjie Decena squares off with Johnny Johnson at 5 p.m.
Two games are set for the boys’ 9-and-under with Chris Cajigan fighting Dylan Ackerman at 10 a.m. and Aaron Lee taking on Colin Ramsey at 11 a.m.
In the girls’ 13-and-under, Theecel Minor battles Michaela Grandinetti and Ilia Correla challenges Jessica Soll. Both matches are set for 10 a.m.
Aside from the singles matches, NMITA will be holding a mixed up doubles competition, in which a junior player can choose a partner from the upper age groups or from the men’s and women’s singles divisions.
Other pairings and schedules of the three-day tournament are posted on the AMP courts’ bulletin board.
For more information, contact tournament director Joe Motto at 287-3900.