Fujimori and Domingo add more championships in OIA tennis

Mililani’s Hunter Fujimori now has a boys singles title to go along with the doubles crowns he’s won at the OIA Tennis Individual Championships.

Pearl City’s Sarah Domingo once again proved she’s the queen of the court, claiming her fourth girls singles championship.

Fujimori beat Pearl City’s Rylan Woo 6-3, 6-4 in the boys singles final and Domingo defeated Kalaheo’s Larissa Teramura 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 for the girls singles crown Saturday at Central Oahu Regional Park.

Fujimori, a junior, had won OIA doubles titles with Tobey Chang in 2017 and Aidan Rooney last season.

Fujimori said he switched to singles this season because “I felt my game was developed enough and I was ready and, of course, Andre Ilagan wasn’t here.” Ilagan won two state championships with Farrington and now competes as a freshman at the University of Hawaii.

On Saturday, Fujimori jumped out to a 4-0 lead against Woo in the first set.

“In my semifinal (earlier in the day), I didn’t play too good, so my coaches told me to go for it and thankfully the ball started to go in more,” Fujimori said. “I just felt it in that 4-0 lead.”

Woo, a Pearl City junior, won the next two games before the players held serve the rest of the way.

The second set was tied 3-3 before Fujimori surged ahead.

“I always try to do my best throughout the match and never give up,” Woo said.

Fujimori beat Woo during the regular season, but Fujimori defaulted in the OIA West tournament final because of his junior prom.

“I was a little sad, but I really wanted to make my date happy and I didn’t want to rush her or anything. I think I made the right choice,” Fujimori said.

In the girls singles final, Domingo toppled Teramura in a match featuring plenty of long rallies.

“Four years, it’s pretty difficult, but I couldn’t have done it without all my family, my friends and especially my coaches and teammates supporting me,” Domingo said.

Teramura, a freshman, pulled out the second set despite needing treatment a couple of times for leg cramps.

“It takes a lot of strength to keep going and I commend her for that … the good fight she put up against me,” Domingo said.

Mililani’s Rooney repeated as a boys doubles champion, this time with fellow sophomore Spencer Dang — the pair beat McKinley’s Chaz Nagasawa and Payton Nagasawa 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the final.

“It feels good. It’s pretty different playing with different people two years in a row,” Rooney said. “We (he and Dang) have good chemistry and it felt good.”

Mililani junior Kylie Hull and senior Allena Wong defeated Pearl City’s Kira Gatiuan and Cara Tamaye 6-0, 6-2 in the girls doubles final.

“We put so much hard work throughout the weeks just preparing for this exact moment and I’m just so grateful to Allena,” said Hull, who won the OIA doubles crown last season with Taryn Fujimori.

Next up for the top OIA singles and doubles players is the HHSAA state championships to be held May 9-11 at the Mauna Lani Sports & Fitness Club.