Lim stuns top seed
MANILA, Philippines — Alberto Lim Jr. put up another stellar play leading to a third straight men’s singles Open crown, holding off top seed Jose Maria Pague, 6-3, 6-4, in the finals of the Gov. Franklin Bautista National Tennis Championships at the Malita Tennis Court in Davao Occidental over the weekend.
But the 24-year-old former UE standout failed to complete a sweep as he and Lance Fernandez bowed to the top-ranked pair of Josshua Kinaadman and Eric Olivarez, 4-6, 3-6, in the men’s doubles of the Group A tournament sponsored by Gov. Franklin Bautista and held in conjunction with the Araw ng Davao Occidental celebrations.
On his way to the championship, Lim rammed past juniors campaigner Randy Pausanos, 6-0, 6-0; Fernandez, 6-1, 6-2; Eric Tangub, 6-2, 6-2; and No. 2 Kinaadman, 6-3, 7-5, in the semis.
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