Cebuanos dominate

Francis Rosales and Nicole Villar hacked out a pair of victories each to share Most Valuable Players honors and lead the Cebuanos’ domination of the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala Ubay, Bohol leg age-group tennis tournament at Sto. Niño Tennis Courts over the weekend. The top-seeded Rosales toppled fellow Cebuano and No. 2 Cesar Salimbangon, 6-3, 6-2, in the boys’ 16-and-under finals then trounced Paul Coderos, 6-2, 6-3, to clinch the 18-U diadem. But it was the unranked Villar who produced a pair of big wins in the girls’ side, edging fancied Bless Coderos twice—7-6(11-9), 3-6, 10-8 in 16-U and 6-4, 6-4, in the premier 18-U class.

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