Velez, 2 others dominate PPS Pikit tennis

MANILA, Philippines - Davao’s John David Velez and Danna Abad and Tenielle Madis of Mlang stamped their class and came away with a pair of victories each in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age group tennis tournament Pikit leg at the Pikit Tennis Club in North Cotabato last Sunday.

Velez, No. 8 in the boys’ 16-and-under class, upended No. 6 Ronnel Aboy, 4-0, 5-4(3), in the semis then foiled unranked Ali Basser, 6-3, 6-2, to add the crown to his 6-4, 6-3 romp over Eric Comendador in the 14-U finals of the Group 4 tournament sponsored by the country’s leading pawnshop, remittance and claim center Palawan Pawnshop and presented by Slazenger.

Abad, on the other hand, mastered Jazzele Madis, scoring a 6-3, 4-6, 10-1 triumph in the girls’ 16-U finals and fashioning out a 6-3, 6-2 victory for the 18-U plum in the four-day tournament sanctioned by the Philippine Tennis Association and hosted by the local government unit of Pikit headed by Vice Mayor Muhyryn Sultan-Casi

“We thanked Pikit for its junior and grassroots tennis program which is a big boost to the sport and the province as well. Rest assured of our continued support as we continue our search for future talents,” said Palawan Pawnshop president/CEO Bobby Castro.