Sports Briefs: July 28, 2019
Patrombom breezes through to quarterfinals
Top seed Jeson Patrombon and doubles partner Vicente Anasta rolled past their respective rivals in contrasting styles to advance to the quarterfinals of the PPS-PEPP Fr. Fernando Suarez Open Championships at the Brent Tennis Center in Biñan, Laguna, recently.
Patrombon virtually walked over Eurydice Gaspar, who retired after one game, to arrange a Last Eight duel with No. 7 Rodolfo Barquin.
Article continues after this advertisementAnasta, meanwhile, ripped Marcen Gonzales, 6-1, 6-3, to set up a faceoff with qualifier Julian Dayrit in the lower bracket of the 32-player men’s singles draw.
Other quarterfinalists were third ranked Fritz Verdad, who crushed Robin Santiago, 6-0, 6-0; No. 6 Leander Lazaro, who got past John Altiche, 3-1 ret.; fourth seed Mark Alcoseba, who also scored a 1-0 ret. victory over Roy Tan.
In the Legends doubles, Aldrin Geluz and Nasser Mortiga clobbered Henry Escalante and Jackie Tomacruz, 8-3, to capture the championship in the novel 50-and-above division.
