Baybay City bets seize 5 Palawan netfest crowns

ANICA Cari snared three titles while Joshua Torres bagged two as the Baybay City aces stamped their class in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age group tennis tournament at Tacloban City Tennis Club in Leyte Monday.

The top-seeded Cari, 14, overpowered her rivals in the girls’ 14- and 16-and-under finals, blanking Mia Gemida from Valencia and Nikki Daguman from Calbayog, respectively, before scoring a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Ella Espina in the 18-U section where she was unranked.

Torres, on the other hand, crushed Polo Corre from McArthur, 6-2, 6-2, to cop the boys’ 14-U title and outclassed Cresente Ampon from Borongan, 6-0 6-0, in the 16-U finals.

Tacloban’s Michael Cuento dominated fellow unseeded Jemuel Baduria from Guiuan, 6-1, 6-0, to claim the boys’ 18-U plum.

OTHER WINNERS: John Martin Darang, boys’ 12-U; Mia Gemida, girls’ 12-U; Nicolas Ocat, 10-unisex