{"id":121456,"date":"2017-10-04T23:16:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T03:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121456"},"modified":"2017-10-04T23:16:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T03:16:20","slug":"alcantara-bows-out-of-towoomba-itf-event-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/04\/alcantara-bows-out-of-towoomba-itf-event-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcantara bows out of Towoomba ITF event in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 Francis Casey Alcantara lost his first-round match to Australian Benjamin Mitchell in the men’s singles of the USD25,000 Towoomba International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures event in Queensland, Australia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to the tournament results on the ITF Men’s Circuit website, Alcantara absorbed a 3-6, 1-6 setback from Mitchell in their match played at the Toowoomba Regional Tennis Center hard court.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Alcantara and his Dutch partner, Sem Verbeek, likewise bowed out of the doubles competition, losing to Australians Jason Kubler and Scott Puodziunas, 3-6, 5-7.<\/p>\n

Verbeek, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, has remained in the tournament after beating Australian Matthew Romios, 6-4, 6-1, in the singles category.<\/p>\n

Also winning their first-round matches were fourth seed Chinese Li Zhe and American Nathan Pasha.<\/p>\n

Li defeated Australian wild card Lucas Vuradin, 6-2, 6-4, to arrange a second-round duel with Australian Gavin Van Peperzeel, a 7-5, 6-2 winner over his compatriot, Jack Swindells.<\/p>\n

Pasha, on the other hand, outclassed Australian Daniel Nolan, 6-1, 6-2, to advance to the next round against Australian Andrew Harris, who scored a 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-5 victory over fellow Australian Harry Bourchier.<\/p>\n

From Toowoomba, Alcantara will proceed to Cairns for another USD25,000 tournament scheduled on October 9-15 at the Cairns International Tennis Center.<\/p>\n

Alcantara, a member of the Philippine Davis Cup team, has captured four doubles titles this year. He won in Hong Kong last June 24 and swept the three-leg Singapore Futures with Verbeek before that.<\/p>\n

His four doubles titles gave him a career-best doubles ranking of No. 364. He is currently No. 763 in the singles rankings.<\/p>\n

Alcantara, whose four-week trip is sponsored by Peugeot Philippines, has played 10 consecutive tournaments before the SEA Games in Malaysia last month.<\/p>\n

Philippine Davis Cup team captain Karl Santamaria has been Alcantara’s personal coach since August last year.<\/p>\n

Santamaria gave the University of Santo Tomas tennis team many titles in the UAAP before he moved to the National University, which has won four consecutive titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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