Barraquias, McKenzie reign in Dumaguete tennis

Maclean Barraquias wore down top seed Roel Capangpangan, 6-4, 5-7, 10-6, to claim the men’s singles Open crown in the PPS-PEPP Buglasan Tennis Festival at Praxevilla Tennis Courts in Dumaguete City on Sunday. The second-seeded Barraquias later teamed up with sibling Keane to score a repeat over Capangpangan and Carmelo Cabaral, 8-6, and bag the doubles diadem for a sweep of the centerpiece division of the Group I tournament. Sharing top honors were Legends division winners Mories Mesiona and Gundel Orcullo, Randy Tatoy and Vardy Vincoy, and Rudy Cabatit and Tony Alviola, while young Khymbery McKenzie and Randy Tatoy II dominated the juniors division.

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