Local bets seek Week 2 payback
Filipinos Diego Dalisay and Jan Godfrey Seno barged into the main draw following impressive qualifying round wins Monday in Week 2 of the Phinma-PSC international juniors championships at Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
First round starts today with the local hopefuls, led by last year’s champion Khim Iglupas, out to atone for their Week 1 showing where they were wiped out in the singles’ events.
Only Bryan Otico went home with a title when he paired with Japanese Seita Watanabe to rule the boys’ doubles division.
Article continues after this advertisementDalisay hacked out a 6-2,
6-3 victory over Kyle Tang of Hong Kong while Seno progressed after a 6-2, 6-1 win over Tsz Yeung Chan of China.
Thai Nutdanai Sincharoenwattan ousted local bet Jacob Martin, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, and Singapore’s Justin Oeni, 7-5, 6-1, to also make the main draw.
Article continues after this advertisementRussian Mariya Krasakova, Japanese Kanon Yasumoto, Chinese Jing Jing Yang and Australian Tameka Peterson bagged the last four slots in the girls’ main draw.