{"id":180628,"date":"2018-09-09T03:11:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T07:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=180628"},"modified":"2018-09-09T03:11:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T07:11:46","slug":"pinoys-rule-malaysia-tennis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/09\/pinoys-rule-malaysia-tennis-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoys rule Malaysia tennis tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: PROUD PINOYS. The players with their trophies after the awarding ceremony on Saturday. (L-R) John David Velez, Rupert Ohrelle Tortal, Brent Signmond Cortes, Rainier Angelo Selmar and coach Roland Kraut. (Contributed photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Rupert Ohrelle Tortal and Brent Signmond Cortes defeated John David Velez and Rainier Angelo Selmar, 6-4, 6-0, in the all-Filipino boys’ doubles finals of the 13th Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) 14-Under Series held at the Sarawak Lawn Tennis Association Centre hard courts in Kuching City, Malaysia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The girls’ doubles title went to Filipino Alexa Joy Milliam and Filipino-Singaporean Tamryn Brown, who scored a 6-2, 6-1 victory over the third-seeded Malaysian pair of Lim Lim Zan Ning and Brittany Jing Yu Michael Tiang in their championship match.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tortal and Velez downed their respective opponents to arrange another all-Filipino showdown in the singles final.<\/p>\n

The second-seeded Tortal, a native of Surigao City, outplayed third pick Malaysian Muhammad Zhahin Lelyas Kamarul Zaman, 6-2, 7-5, in the first semifinal match.<\/p>\n

The Davao City-born Velez, on the other hand, stunned Malaysian Lin En Tan, 6-1, 6-2, in their Final Four duel.<\/p>\n

Tan, the tournament top seed, and Zaman will meet in the battle for third place.<\/p>\n

In the girls’ singles category, Milliam pulled off a 6-3, 6-3 upset win over third seed Malaysian Sze Xuan Lim, to advance in the final against second-seeded Lim Lim Zan Ning.<\/p>\n

Lim LZN demolished fourth pick Thai Pimmada Lim, 6-0, 6-0, in the other semifinal match.<\/p>\n

Lim SX and Lim P will face each other in the play-off for third place.<\/p>\n

The United Tennis Philippines funded the trip of the team coached by De La Salle University’s Roland Kraut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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