MANILA, Nov. 28 -- Top seed Yi-Ching Huang of Chinese Taipei prevailed over No. 8 Kim Rae Youn, 7-6 (4), 7-5, to reach the girls' singles semifinals in the ITF J30 Manila 1 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center hardcourt on Friday.

Huang will be up against No. 6 Paweenon Nualsri, who stunned No. 4 Ying Chi Chloe Wong of Hong Kong, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

No. 2 Seojin Park of South Korea outplayed No. 7 Pin-Tsen Chou of Chinese Taipei, 6-2, 6-3, while No. 3 Pimlaphat Lim of Thailand won over Pimpisa Wongwanitkajon, 6-2, 6-3, to forge a semifinal showdown.

In the boys' division, No. 2 Ruochen Gao of China downed No. 5 Kango Endoh of Japan, 6-4, 6-3, to advance in the semis against qualifier Shun Munetoh of Japan, who ousted No. 4 Napat Pattanalertp...