{"id":104511,"date":"2017-05-29T20:51:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T00:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104511"},"modified":"2017-05-29T20:51:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T00:51:45","slug":"phl-netter-alcantara-wins-doubles-title-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/29\/phl-netter-alcantara-wins-doubles-title-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL netter Alcantara wins doubles title in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104512\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4587903083_c59c3c5006_z-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104512\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4587903083_c59c3c5006_z-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Filipino-Dutch pair marched into the championship round after posting a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Japanese duo Issei Okamura and Arata Onozawa in the semifinals. (Photo: russellstreet\/ Flickr)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4587903083_c59c3c5006_z-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4587903083_c59c3c5006_z-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Filipino-Dutch pair marched into the championship round after posting a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Japanese duo Issei Okamura and Arata Onozawa in the semifinals. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/russellstreet\">russellstreet\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014 The third-seeded pair of Filipino Francis Casey Alcantara and Dutch Sem Verbeek were crowned doubles champions on Monday in the USD15,000 Singapore Open ITF Futures Week 1 at the Kallang Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Alcantara and Verbeek won the title over Japanese tandem Hiroyasu Ehara and Sho Katayama, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipino-Dutch pair marched into the championship round after posting a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Japanese duo Issei Okamura and Arata Onozawa in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>In the quarterfinals, Alcantara and Verbeek rallied past Japanese tandem Ken Onoda and Masato Shiga, 6-3, 5-6 [10-3].<\/p>\n<p>Ehara and Katayama, on the other hand, eliminated second seeds compatriots Katsuki Nagao and Hiromasa Oku, 7-6, (5), 6-2, in the other semifinals match.<\/p>\n<p>Ehara and Sho Katayama also scored a 6-2, 6-3 upset victory over fourth seeds Japanese Yuichi Ito and Thai Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul, 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Alcantara and Verbeek will be competing in the second leg starting Tuesday in the same venue.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ehara won the singles title over top seed Australian Dayne Kelly, 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Ehara advanced to the finals when Trongcharoenchaikul retired in the second set with Ehara leading 6-2, 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, on the other hand, booked a seat in the finals after scoring a 6-3, 6-3 victory over sixth-ranked Vietnamese Nam Hoang Ly in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014 The third-seeded pair of Filipino Francis Casey Alcantara and Dutch Sem Verbeek were crowned doubles champions on Monday in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":104512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[4507],"class_list":["post-104511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-tennis","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}