{"id":127102,"date":"2017-10-28T06:56:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T10:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=127102"},"modified":"2017-10-28T06:56:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T10:56:44","slug":"pinoy-junior-netter-bows-out-of-malaysian-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/28\/pinoy-junior-netter-bows-out-of-malaysian-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoy junior netter bows out of Malaysian tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Playing for the first time in the men’s professional circuit, the 18-year-old student of the University of the East lost. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Top Filipino junior tennis player Albert Lim Jr. has bowed out of the ongoing USD15,000 Malaysia Futures tournament in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n

Playing for the first time in the men’s professional circuit, the 18-year-old student of the University of the East lost to Latvian Martins Podzus, 0-6, 6-2, 1-6, in their second-round match last Thursday at the National Tennis Centre in Jalan Duta, according to the tournament results at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Men’s Circuit website.<\/p>\n

Lim won over Malaysian Christian Didier Chin, Indian Kunal Anand, and Guatemalan Wilfredo Gonzalez in the qualifying round to earn a slot in the 32-man main draw.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the 23-year-old Podzus defeated American qualifier Tyler Lu, 6-3, 6-1, in the quarterfinal round but failed to advance to the semifinals after losing to Dutch Scott Griekspoor, 2-6, 2-6.<\/p>\n

Griekspoor, the tournament top seed, will dispute the title against Uzbekistan’s Jurabek Karimov, who scored a 6-1, 6-3 upset win over seventh seed Japanese Ken Onishi in the other semifinal match.<\/p>\n

Karimov and his Chinese partner, Aoran Wang, have been crowned doubles champions following a 6-4, 6-1 victory over fourth seeds Gonzalez and Italian Francesco Vilardo in the final round on Friday.<\/p>\n

Podzus ranks No. 647 in the world. He was a losing finalist in the Thailand Futures in Nonthaburi province two weeks ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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