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No. 3 seed Gonzales leads semis cast in age-group tennis

Joey Villar - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines -- Marcen Gonzales, Alester Mgalit and Chris Justin Prulla routed their respective opponents to barge into the semifinals of the boys' 18-and-under division in the fifth PSC-Philta National age-group tennis tournament at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center on Sunday.

Gonzales, the highest remaining seed standing at No. 2, manhandled No. 6 Vincent Alanis, 6-3, 6-0, while Magalit, who was reponsible for booting out No. 3 Andrew Joshua Cano in the round-of-16, smashed Romnee Kyle Joseph, 6-2, 6-3, to forge a semis showdown in this meet bankrolled by the PSC and sanctioned by Philta.

No. 4 Frulla, for his part, ended the upset-frenzy of Claudio Canlas, who took out No. 5 Jose Nicolas Cano in the opening round, with a 6-1 6-3 triumph that set him up against Paolo So, who didn't break a sweat following a no-show by top seed John Bryan de Casa.

In the boys' 14-and-under section, top pick Marcus del Rosario overcame a fiesty Lee Yoon, Hak, 2-6, 6-4, 10-7, to arrange a semis match with No. 3 Jed Labasano, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over No. 5 Jan Harold Trillanes.

No. 2 Stephan Lhuillier slammed No. 6 Joshua Austria, 6-3, 6-2, and No. 4 Aljohn Talatayod trounced Johan Singh, 6-1, 6-4, to arrange a semis duel in this tournament backed by Asiatraders Corp and Dunlop Fort All Court Balls.

No. 1 Miguel Luis Vicencio smashed Juaquin de Leon, 4-2, 4-0, and No. 2 Macie Carlos waylaid Brent So, 4-1, 4-1, to lead the march of the favorites in the 10-and-under quarterfinals.
Also surging through were No. 7 Jose Tomas Bernardo, who downed Michael Dylan Jimenez, 5-4 (6), 4-2, No. 3 Edgardo Angara, who blanked Justine Maneja, 4-0, 4-0, No. 8 James Rohan Cruz, who outclassed Hailey Ella Agustin, 4-0, 4-0, No. 6 Kryshana Brazal, who bested Marcus Andrei Ginoo, 4-1, 4-2, No. 4 Marc Andrei Jarata, who crushed Sarah Zhang and No. 5 Samuel Nuguit, who turned back Jude Hidalgo, 5-4(2), 4-1.

In girls' 16-under play, seeds Nikki Ong and Coleen Sioson walloped Jessica Zhang and Bianca Catoto with identical 6-0, 6-0 scores barge into the round-of-eight where they will clash with No. 8 Bettina Bautista, who overwhelmed Blanche Lagrisola, 6-1, 6-2, and Nol. 5 Rafaella Villanueva, who thrashed Alexis Bangayan, 6-0, 6-2.

Frances Angelica Santiago quashed Mikaela Vicencio, 6-0, 6-0, No. 7 Nikka Alanis blasted Patricia Corporal, 6-1, 6-1, No. 6 Melanie Faye Dizon bashed Jackie Tan Ho, 6-2, 6-0, and unranked Nicole Amistad, who shocked No. 4 Shaira Hope Rivera, 6-4, 6-4, to all move ahead.
No. 7 Jake Martin smothered Kurt Molina, 6-0, 6-1, to emerge the first player into the boys' 16-and-under quarters.

In the girls' 12-and-under group, No. 1 Alexan Eala overpowered Julia Ignacio, 6-0, 6-0, while No. 2 Miles Vitaliano defeated Sarah Zhang, 6-1, 6-0, to also leapfrog to the quarters.

There, they will be joined by Jhastine Ballado, who clubbed Patricia Lim, 6-1, 6-1,No. 4 Gabby Zoleta, who mugged Bettina Catoto, 6-1, 6-3, Justine Manejo, who eliminated Lila Salvacion, 6-3, 6-1, Macie Carlos, ousted Sacha Singh,  6-1, 6-0, No. 3 Denise Bernardo, who survived Jenelyn Rigos, 7-5, 1-6, 10-6, and Kheryshana Brazal, who nipped Alexie Jarata, 6-0, 6-0.
 

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ALESTER MGALIT AND CHRIS JUSTIN PRULLA

ALEXAN EALA

ALEXIE JARATA

ALEXIS BANGAYAN

ALJOHN TALATAYOD

ANDREW JOSHUA CANO

ASIATRADERS CORP AND DUNLOP FORT ALL COURT BALLS

BETTINA BAUTISTA

BETTINA CATOTO

BLANCHE LAGRISOLA

MACIE CARLOS

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