{"id":87789,"date":"2017-02-03T00:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87789"},"modified":"2017-02-03T00:57:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:57:59","slug":"filipino-top-netters-face-acid-test-to-move-up-of-davis-cup-asia-oceania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/03\/filipino-top-netters-face-acid-test-to-move-up-of-davis-cup-asia-oceania\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino top netters face acid-test to move up of Davis Cup Asia-Oceania"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_87790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87790\" style=\"width: 1368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16486815_1512310065455609_5046400917315811304_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87790\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16486815_1512310065455609_5046400917315811304_o.jpg\" alt=\"Filipino top netters face acid-test to move up of Davis Cup Asia-Oceania (Photo: Philippine Davis Cup Team\/Facebook)\" width=\"1368\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16486815_1512310065455609_5046400917315811304_o.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16486815_1512310065455609_5046400917315811304_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16486815_1512310065455609_5046400917315811304_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16486815_1512310065455609_5046400917315811304_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1368px) 100vw, 1368px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filipino top netters face acid-test to move up of Davis Cup Asia-Oceania (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daviscupteamph\/photos\/a.1512306188789330.1073741847.801587349861221\/1512310065455609\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Philippine Davis Cup Team\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014For Flag and country, the battle-cry for the Philippine Davis Cup team to move back to Group I of the Asia Oceania Zone when it takes on Indonesia in the Group II matches starting on Friday (Feb. 3) at the Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) shell-clay court.<\/p>\n<p>The first and second singles matches which will start at 3 p.m. with top netters Alberto \u2018AJ\u2019 Lim, Jr. and Ruben Gonzales seeing action for the country\u2019s arduous bid.<\/p>\n<p>Though Lim is a rookie in the team, the country\u2019s top junior player is toughened by numerous international competitions that include his stint world\u2019s prestigious Wimbledon Juniors tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Treat Huey and Francis Casey Alcantara will take action in Saturday\u2019s doubles match set at 2 p.m. while the reverse singles matches will be on Sunday starting at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The local team will be facing a young Indonesian squad composed of David and Anthony Susanto, Aditya Hari Sasongko, and Sunu-WahyuTrijati.<\/p>\n<p>A team needs to win three matches to advance in the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine team coach Karl Sta. Maria said the Philippine Davis team is well prepared for this match and he is optimistic that the so-called home court advantage will work on their favor.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Davis Cup team manager Jean Henri Lhuillier said the PH team is a combination of youth and experience.<\/p>\n<p>Records showed that the last time the PH team won over an Indonesian team was during the 1999 Group 2 tie held in Jakarta where Bryan Juinio and Joseph Lizardo led the Filipinos to a 4-1 victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014For Flag and country, the battle-cry for the Philippine Davis Cup team to move back to Group I of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":87790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[14630,14629],"class_list":["post-87789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-davis-cup-asia-oceania","tag-filipino-top-netters","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87789","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=87789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}