Olivarez shines in ITF-Vietnam | Inquirer Sports

Olivarez shines in ITF-Vietnam

/ 04:37 AM July 18, 2014

Eric Olivarez Jr., barged into the boys’ singles second round while also making the boys’ doubles quarterfinals Wednesday in the ITF-Ho Chi Minh City junior tennis championships in Vietnam.

Olivarez, 16, downed local bet Quang Nguyen Mau Vinh, 6-4, 6-3, to advance in the Grade 5 event.

Olivarez will take on seventh seed and his doubles partner Sahil Deshmukh of India in the next round. The Indian beat Thai Charles Roberts, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

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Olivarez and Dehsmukh made it to the quarters after thrashing Warit Boonrat and Ratana Tripoj of Thailand, 6-3, 6-1.  They will next face Hong Kong’s Alan Lee Wai Leuk and Alan Sou Ming Chun.

Sixteen-year-old Maia Bernadette Balce teamed up with Shavita Aulana of Indonesia to beat Chery Kim of South Korea and Novela Rezha of Indonesia, 6-2, 6-1 in girls’ doubles.  Marc Anthony Reyes

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