Patrimonio survives Cambodian, gains crack at gold
KUALA LUMPUR – Anna Clarice Patrimonio fought hard for every point and withstood Cambodian Andrea Ka, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5), in a grueling showdown to reach the gold-medal round of the SEA Games women’s singles at the National Tennis Centre in Jalan Duta yesterday.
A more matured player at 23, Patrimonio played with so much patience and hard work to dispose of the Cambodian No. 1 player in two hours and 12 minutes and set up a title match with titleholder and top seed Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand.
Kumkhum sustained her blistering run and dumped Singaporean Stefanie Tan, 6-1, 6-1.
The power-serving Thai scored similar easy straight-set wins over L. Tananta of Indonesia and Katharina Lehnert of the Philippines in the earlier rounds.
Earlier, Lehnert and Denise Dy settled for bronze in women’s doubles.
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