Ringia, Velez rule netfest

JANUS Ringia and Patricia Velez swept the two premier crowns in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age group tennis tournament at Isulan Capitol Tennis Club in Sultan Kudarat Monday.

The top-seeded Ringia held off local bet Vince EJ Tugade, 6-2 6-4, to claim the boys’ 16-U plum then upended Lordrenz Pacheco, 6-1, 6-1, in the semifinals before scoring a 1-0 (ret.) win over Tugade in the 18-U finals of the Technifibre-backed event.

As No. 4, Velez upended top seed Carlyn Guarde, 6-3, 6-4, to snare the girls’ 16-U crown then as No. 3, the Davao ace wore down top seed Mary Calma, 7-6(3), 7-6(10) in the 18-U final.