The Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age-group tennis circuit winds up its Visayas swing beginning Friday with tight finishes tipped in the various divisions at Maasin Tennis Club in Maasin, Leyte.
Venz Alforque and Noah Alejandre head the cast in the boys’ 18-and-under class while Dianne Mendiola, Lea Gingco, Jhoanna Villacin banner the field in the distaff side of the four-day ranking tournament presented by Technifibre.
Mendiola, Gingco and Villacin, along with Lyka Flores will also slug it out in the 16-U class while Kurt Padilla, Jeff Paler, Neil Vidallon and Tyrone Ybanez are expected to dispute the boys’ 16-U crown in the event serving as the 22nd leg of the nationwide, year-long circuit put up by Palawan Pawnshop as part of its effort to help in the Philippine Tennis Association’s talent-search program under president and Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez.