{"id":159143,"date":"2018-04-07T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=159143"},"modified":"2018-04-07T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:21:19","slug":"ph-junior-netters-win-over-australians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/07\/ph-junior-netters-win-over-australians\/","title":{"rendered":"PH junior netters win over Australians"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Philippines defeated Australia, 2-1, in the Under-14 World Juniors Tennis Championships Asia\/Oceania Final Qualifying at the National Tennis Development Center in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Australians took a 1-0 lead after Catherine Aulia scored a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Ma. Carmencita Carlos in the first singles match of their best-of-three tie.<\/p>\n

But the Filipinos fought back, with Alexandra Eala winning her second singles match against Mia Repac, 6-3, 6-3, and the tandem of Carlos and Eala prevailing over Aulia and Repac, 6-3, 7-5, after one hour and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

The victory set up the Philippines against New Zealand in the battle for fifth place on Saturday. New Zealand defeated South Korea, 2-1.<\/p>\n

Australia, on the other hand, will face South Korea for the seventh and eighth places.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Malaysia outplayed Sri Lanka, 2-1, and Indonesia demolished Lebanon, 2-0, in the quarterfinal round of the play-off for ninth to 16th places.<\/p>\n

Other matches saw India posting a 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan and Hong Kong winning over Kazakhstan, 2-1.<\/p>\n

In the semifinal round, Malaysia defeated Indonesia, 2-0, to advance against Hong Kong, a 2-1 winner over India, in the play-off for ninth place.<\/p>\n

Indonesia and India will face each other for 11th place.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka outclassed Lebanon, 3-0, to advance against Uzbekistan, which won over Kazakhstan, 2-0, in the battle for 13th place. Lebanon and Kazakhstan will be fighting for 15th place.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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