Masters Top 8 netfest draws stellar field

MANILA, Philippines — The top players from four age-group categories seek to come out strong from the holiday break as they clash in the Masters Top 8, which is under way at the SRJI Center Mall courts in San Carlos, Negros Occidental.

Ivan Manila from San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Butuan’s Vince Serna, and local bets Kirby Ramacho and Herman Illusorio head the boys’ cast in the 18-and-under class while Judy Anne Padilla from Ozamiz, La Carlota’s Alexa Milliam, AJ Acabo from Zamboanga Sibugay and Claire Nocos from Lapu-Lapu, Cebu lead the chase in the girls’ premier side of the event presented by Dunlop.

The tournament, sponsored by Mayor Rene Gustilo and Vice Mayor Criston Carmona and which offers ranking points, features the Top 8 in various age categories as part of the PPS-PEPP’s incentive for those who did well in last year’s edition of the country’s longest talent-search put up by Palawan Pawnshop president/CEO Bobby Castro.