{"id":156948,"date":"2018-03-16T07:06:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=156948"},"modified":"2018-03-16T07:06:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T11:06:55","slug":"ph-netters-advance-to-junior-fed-cup-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/16\/ph-netters-advance-to-junior-fed-cup-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"PH netters advance to Junior Fed Cup semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amanda Gabrielle Zoleta during the opening ceremony of the Junior Fed Cup Asia\/Oceania pre-qualifying tournament in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo courtesy of Czarina Mae Arevalo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Philippines stamped its class over Lebanon, 3-0, on Thursday to reach the semifinal round of the Junior Fed Cup Asia\/Oceania pre-qualifying tournament at the Sri Lanka Tennis Center in Colombo.<\/p>\n

Ma. Patricia Lim defeated Laetitia Rizk, 7-5, 6-1, in the first singles; Angelica Alcala outplayed Anna Marie Hayek, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, in the second singles; while Lim and Amanda Gabrielle Zoleta downed Rizk and Myriam Massoud, 6-1, 6-3, in the doubles.<\/p>\n

The Philippines’ next match will be against top seed Sri Lanka. Singapore, which scored a 3-0 victory over Vietnam, will face Mongolia.<\/p>\n

Both Sri Lanka and Mongolia earned outright semis berths.<\/p>\n

The top three teams will advance to the final qualifying tournament to be held from April 16 to 21 in Kuching, Sarawak in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Philippine boys’ team of Michael Francis Eala II, Jose Antonio Tria, and Matthew Anton Garcia will compete in the Junior Davis Cup final qualifying event from April 9-14, also in Kuching.<\/p>\n

The final qualifying events in Sarawak will select the teams which will advance to the Junior Davis and Fed Cup Finals in Budapest, Hungary in September.<\/p>\n

Last week, Colombo City also hosted the pre-qualifying of the Under-14 World Juniors Tennis Championships Asia\/Oceania Zonal competition.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka, Qatar, Lebanon, and Malaysia all made it to the final qualifying event to be held in Nonthaburi, Thailand.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka and Qatar will see action in the boys division from March 26 to 31 while Lebanon and Malaysia will compete in the girls division from April 2 to 7.<\/p>\n

The winners of the final qualifying will advance to the ITF World Junior Tennis Championships Finals slated August 6 to 11 in Prostejov, Czech Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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