{"id":121511,"date":"2017-10-05T02:03:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=121511"},"modified":"2017-10-05T02:03:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:03:11","slug":"pantino-reaches-3rd-round-in-malaysia-itf-juniors-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/05\/pantino-reaches-3rd-round-in-malaysia-itf-juniors-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantino reaches 3rd round in Malaysia ITF Juniors event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filipino Junior Tennis Player Arthur Craig Pantino (Photo<\/a>: Arthur Craig Pantino\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2014 Third seed Arthur Craig Pantino survived a tough first set to secure a third-round berth in the boys’ singles division of the 1st Perlis International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Championship in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

According to the tournament results on the ITF Juniors website on Wednesday, Pantino defeated Japanese Hiroki Fujita, 7-6 (4), 6-1 in their second-round match at the Tuanku Syed Putra Tennis Complex hard court.<\/p>\n

The 16-year-old native of Cebu City will be up against No. 15 Chinese Zhao Run Yu, who won over Swedish Oliver Anderson, 6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n

Fellow Filipino Michael Francis Eala took an early exit when he was eliminated in the second round by Norwegian Herman Jentoft, 2-6, 0-6.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Eala and Swedish partner Marlon Magkoutas downed Malaysians Joe Chong Zhao Jo and Lin En Tan, 6-2, 6-2, to earn a second-round seat in the boys’ doubles category.<\/p>\n

Eala and Magkoutas will be facing Pantino and Kazakhstan’s Beibit Zhukayev, who had a first-round bye.\u2029\u2029In the girls’ singles competition, Melanie Faye Dizon lost to second seed Carol Youngsuh of North Mariana Islands, 2-6, 0-6, in the second round while Rafaella Jean Villanueva was beaten by Japanese Nanami Okamoto, 1-6, 2-6, in the first round.<\/p>\n

Dizon has remained in the tournament, teaming up with Malaysian Nurshameem Shamsuddin to pull off a 1-6, 6-3 [16-14] victory over third seeds Che Yujiao of China and Sim Chae Hyun of Korea in the first round.<\/p>\n

Dizon and Shamsuddin will face siblings Elsa and Elysia Wan of Malaysia in the second round.<\/p>\n

The Malaysians prevailed over Taiwanese pair Chen Jou-Chen and Hou Ya-Jo, 3-6, 6-1 [11-9] in the first round.<\/p>\n

The fourth-seeded pair of Villanueva and Indian Annika Kannan, on the other hand, failed to advance to the next round after absorbing a 3-6, 3-6 setback from Thailand’s Kittika Aeb-iem and Lanlana Tararudee in the first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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