{"id":133943,"date":"2017-11-25T02:33:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T07:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=133943"},"modified":"2017-11-25T02:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T07:33:18","slug":"hammond-clinches-semis-berth-in-phinma-juniors-netfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/25\/hammond-clinches-semis-berth-in-phinma-juniors-netfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammond clinches semis berth in Phinma juniors netfest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meanwhile, boys’ singles top seed John Bryan Otico defeated Malaysian Danial Ahmad Farid, 6-2, 6-1, on Thursday to reach the quarterfinal round of the tournament oganized by the Philippine Tennis Association. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong> — American Nicole Hammond marched onto the girls’ singles semifinals after scoring a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Filipino Shaira Hope Rivera in the Phinma-PSC International Juniors 2 at the Manila Polo Club indoor clay court in Makati City on Friday.<\/p>\n

Hammond, who won the singles and doubles titles last week, will be up against No. 7 Japanese Saki Oyama, a 7-5, 6-1 winner over Chinese Li Jingyi.<\/p>\n

Second seed Thai Punnin Kovapitukted and third seed Australian Lisa Mays also won their respective matches to arrange a Final Four showdown.<\/p>\n

Kovapitukted, who entered the main draw as a qualifier, beat No. 8 Japanese Yuna Ohashi, 7-6 (5), 6-2, while Mays won over American Elizabeth Stevens, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, boys’ singles top seed John Bryan Otico defeated Malaysian Danial Ahmad Farid, 6-2, 6-1, on Thursday to reach the quarterfinal round of the tournament organized by the Philippine Tennis Association.<\/p>\n

Otico will be up against fifth seed Indonesian Odeda Muhammad Arazza, who won over American Jericho Grollman, 6-3, 6-1.<\/p>\n

Joining Otico in the next round were third seed Arthur Craig Pantino and sixth seed Michael Francis Eala.<\/p>\n

Pantino, last week’s runner-up, downed Hong Kong qualifier Lee Marvin Mang Hin, 6-4, 6-2 to advance against Japanese Ryota Ishii, who pulled off a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 upset win over No. 7 Malaysian Shamirul Shahril Mohd Adam Das.<\/p>\n

Eala, on the other hand, trounced Indonesian Jerail Yasin, 6-3, 6-1, to forge a quarterfinal meeting with second seed Japanese Shunsuke Mitsui, a 6-0, 6-2 winner over Filipino Manuel Balce III.<\/p>\n

The other quarterfinal match will feature fourth seed Japanese Taiyo Yamanaka against compatriot Kei Manaka. Yamanaka prevailed over Malaysian Darrshan Suresh, 6-1, 6-3, while Manaka eliminated Filipino wild card Jose Maria Pague, 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA — American Nicole Hammond marched onto the girls’ singles semifinals after scoring a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Filipino Shaira …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":127103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[19973,34989,33350,34988,34993,34991,34733,34995,33347,34984,34986,34994,27095,34981,34990,25105,34735,34985,34992,34983,34982,33353,33351,33352,34987],"class_list":["post-133943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arthur-craig-pantino","tag-danial-ahmad-farid","tag-darrshan-suresh","tag-elizabeth-stevens","tag-jerail-yasin","tag-jericho-grollman","tag-john-bryan-otico","tag-jose-maria-pague","tag-kei-manaka","tag-li-jingyi","tag-lisa-mays","tag-manuel-balce-iii","tag-michael-francis-eala","tag-nicole-hammond","tag-odeda-muhammad-arazza","tag-philippine-tennis-association","tag-phinma-psc-international-juniors-2","tag-punnin-kovapitukted","tag-ryota-ishii","tag-saki-oyama","tag-shaira-hope-rivera","tag-shamirul-shahril-mohd-adam-das","tag-shunsuke-mitsui","tag-taiyo-yamanaka","tag-yuna-ohashi","mauthors-jean-malanum","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133943","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=133943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}