Milliam caps PPS run with 5th 3-title feat

Alexa Milliam staked her claim as the best player in the junior ranks today, upending top seed Bliss Bayking twice in the semifinals to complete another three-title romp in the PPS-PEPP City of Naga age-group tennis tournament at the Naga tennis courts in Cebu yesterday.

The 14-year-old Milliam topped her age-group category with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Kay Gabonada then stunned Bayking, 6-2, 7-6(5), in the girls’ 16-U semis before holding off No. 2 Rose Bahonsua, 6-3, 6-3, to claim the championship.

Milliam repeated over Bayking, 6-1, 6-3, in the 18-U semis then blasted Bless Coderos, 6-2, 6-1, to clinch the premier crown.