Santos, Labasano bag titles
Local ace Alexie Santos put on a strong performance and swept three crowns while Jed Justin Labasano of Pampanga racked up two victories as they shared top honors in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age-group tennis tournament at Gov. Socrates Tennis Courts in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Wednesday.
The 13-year-old Santos mastered Khyshana Hitosis twice, scoring a 6-2, 6-2 romp to claim the premier girls’ 18-Under crown and a 6-0, 6-4 victory to pocket the 16-U diadem. She capped her domination of the event, hosted by Palawan Pawnshop and sanctioned by Philta, by taking the 14-U plum with a 6-2, 6-0 rout of Averille Sacapano.
Labasano, 12, trounced Sebastian Santos, 6-1, 6-3, to clinch the boys’ U-12 title and upended top seed Raphael Reyes, 6-4, 6-3, to snatch the U-14 crown in the event backed by Babolat through Technosports president Guillermo Nocom.
