Treat Huey took care of the sideline, while Francis Casey Alcantara zipped along the net for easy kills. They pretty much executed that winning play as the Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippines scored a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over Thailand’s Nuttanon Kadchapanan and Pruchya Isarow to post a 2-1 advantage in their Davis Cup tie last night at Plantation Bay Spa and Resort here.
A VERY competent and flexible Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippine team will face Thailand in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group 2 semifinal tie on April 5 to 7 at Plantation Bay Spa and Resort in Lapu-Lapu City.
AS EXPECTED, the big guns led went out firing on all cylinders yesterday. Favorites Marc Sieber, Johnny Arcilla, Francis Casey Alcantara, Jeson Patrombon and Ruben Gonzales brushed off their respective foes to make it to the men’s singles second round of the Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) Open tennis championships presented by Cebuana Lhuillier.
Treat Huey outclassed Elbert Sie, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3, but Francis Casey Alcantara dropped a 6-7 (3-7), 2-6, 6-3, 0-6 decision to the formidable Christopher Rungkat as the Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippine Davis Cup team split the opening singles with Indonesia, 1-1, Friday in Jakarta.
Francis Casey Alcantara will open the country’s Davis Cup bid against Indonesian top player Christopher Rungkat in the opening rubber of their Group 2 final encounter today in Jakarta.
FORMER Philippine No. 1 Patrick John Tierro turned back Fil-Italian wild card Marc Reyes even as Vicente “Elbert” Anasta shocked Francis Casey Alcantara yesterday to arrange a title duel in the Olivarez-Philta Open presented by Palawan Pawnshop Express Pera Padala at Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat.
IN A battle between the country’s two tennis aces, Francis Casey Alcantara turned out to be the better player.
Childhood rivals Francis Casey Alcantara and Jeson Patrombon, now the country’s top tennis players, trounced separate foes late Wednesday to forge a quarterfinal showdown in the Olivarez-Philta Open tennis championships presented by Palawan Pawnshop Express Pera Padala.
WILD cards Francis Casey Alcantara and Marc Reyes cruised to the second round with easy victories over separate opponents Friday night in the Olivarez-Philta Tennis Championships presented by Palawan Pawnshop Express Pera Padala at Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat.
THREE emerging tennis stars led by 2009 Australian Open junior doubles champion Francis Casey Alcantara will see action in the second Olivarez-Philta Open tennis championships which reel off Aug. 10 at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat, Parañaque.
Jurence Zosimo Mendoza played the biggest game of his young career, pulling off an upset of veteran Davis Cupper and No. 2 seed Elbert Anasta Wednesday to clinch a quarterfinal slot in the men’s singles of the Philippine Columbian Association Open tennis championships at the PCA clay-shell courts.
Philippine tennis is ready for a post Cecil Mamiit-era.
