INQUIRER Sports

NAKHON, Ratchasima -- The last Philippine squad in beach volleyball action in the 24th Southeast Asian Games took the door Saturday after Parley Tupaz and Rhovyl Verayo absorbed a sorry 21-17, 21-19 loss to the Indonesian tandem of Andy Ardiyansah and Koko Darkunkoro.

Tupas-Verayo won its quarterfinal match without yielding a point, but the team could not get a good break against the Indons at the His Majesty the King’s 80th Birth Anniversary court.

Their exit followed that of the Michelle Laborte-Michella Carolino and Heidi Ilustre-Diane Pascua teams in the quarterfinals of the women’s side on Friday.

In taekwondo, the Philippines failed to score a follow-up of Tsomlee Go’s taekwondo gold when Lorraine Lorelei Catalan took a 3-2 loss against Malaysia’s Elaine Shue Fhern Teo in the women’s 51-kilogram division.

Catalan had come from easy victories to make it this far, but ran into a crafty opponent that left Go as the only gold medal winner in the sport for the Philippines.

In judo, Tomohiko Hoshina settled for the silver after losing to home bet Tharalat Sutthiphun in the +100-kilogram final at the RMUTI gymnasium.

That left the sport with only John Baylon’s gold, Hoshina’s silver and seven bronze medals as its contribution to the Philippine medal haul.

Baylon, the enduring 43-year-old bachelor, remained undefeated in the Games since debuting in Manila in 1991 after an ipon (equivalent to a KO in boxing) victory over Johanes Taslim of Indonesia in 3:25 of their gold medal match in the 81-kilogram half-middle division.