The Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippine Davis Cup team split the opening singles with Thailand last night, 1-1, with Ruben Gonzales beating cramping first-timer Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul in the first rubber only to watch Johnny Arcilla get decimated by top ranked Danai Udomchoke in the second match last night.
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.
MARIAN Capadocia and Johnny Arcilla shared the limelight for the second straight week as they claimed the titles in the third Cainta-Palawan Pawnshop Open Tennis Championships last Sunday at Brookside Hills Tennis Club in Cainta.
LEANDER Lazaro posted a stunning win over Fil-Italian Marc Reyes, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, even as top seed Johnny Arcilla cruised to the quarterfinals with an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over his brother Joseph yesterday in the third Olivarez Cup Open Tennis Championship at Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat, Parañaque.
Philippine team mainstays Johnny Arcilla and Elbert Anasta lived up to expectations by crushing Bobby Labrador and Expedito Lim Jr., 6-1, 6-3, yesterday to reach the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the Olivarez Cup at Olivarez Tennis Center in Sucat, Parañaque.
Johnny Arcilla employed his trademark slow-play that worked wonders on an already slow court to give the Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippine Davis Cup team a 1-0 lead over Syria last night in a rain-delayed match at the shell-clay courts of Plantation Bay Spa and Resort.
Thirty-two-year-old Johnny Arcilla opens the Davis Cup campaign of the Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippines against Syria’s top player Issam Tawil while Ruben Gonzales tangles with Marc Abdelnuor in the opening singles of their Asia Oceania Group 2 tie today at Plantation Bay Resort and Spa here.
NEWLY crowned Philippine Columbian Association Open men’s singles champion Johnny Arcilla and women’s singles semifinalist Clarice Patrimonio are set to leave for Melbourne next week to compete in the Kia Amateur Australian Open tennis championships.
JOHNNY Arcilla closed the tennis season with a second successive tournament triumph, besting Jeson Patrombon, 6-4, 6-4, 3-5, 7-5, yesterday for the La Consolacion Men’s Open invitational championship in Las Piñas.
SIX-TIME champion Johnny Arcilla overpowered top seed Fil-German Marc Sieber with a vengeful 6-1, 6-4 win even as second seed Ruben Gonzales disposed of the overachieving Elbert Anasta, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) yesterday to arrange a men’s singles finals showdown in the Philippine Columbian Association Open tennis championships presented by Cebuana Lhuillier.
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.
The Philippines labored through a first-set hiccup and hammered out a tough 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) victory over Pacific Oceania to complete a sweep of their Davis Cup tie with an insurmountable 3-0 lead.
The Philippines has opted for a new playing surface and a late playing schedule when it hosts Pacific Oceania in their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 2 tie set Feb. 10 to 12 in Iriga, Camarines Sur.
