Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:22:03 +0000
Local tennis gets set for a bigger serving next week when the PPS-PEPP Olivarez Cup Open Tennis Championship returns after a two-year hiatus due to pandemic featuring the country’s leading players and rising stars at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat. Multi-titled and many-time national team spearhead Jeson Patrombon, young Jed Olivarez, durable Johnny Arcilla […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:12:19 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Filipino tennis players will have a busy schedule abroad as most of them compete in the doubles of Future and Challenger events this week. Davis Cup veteran Francis Casey Alcantara teams up with Canadian Kelsey Stevenson in the M15 Sharm ElSheikh, an event in Egypt that offers a total tournament prize of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:49:12 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala overpowered local wildcard bet Jenny Lim, 6-1, 6-4, to advance to the second round of the W25 Joue les Tours in France late Wednesday. The 16-year-old Eala asserted her might and bedazzled her fellow junior player with pinpoint shots to prevail and set up a meeting with second seed Russian […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 04:50:17 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala barged into the main draw of the W25 Joue les Tour after winning two qualifying matches in France. The country’s top junior player opened her campaign with a quick 6-0, 6-1 victory over Latvian Anna Ozerova on Sunday then followed it up with a 6-2, 6-0 thrashing of German Fabienne […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:48:54 +0000
Alex Eala’s upset bid against fourth seed Chloe Paquet fell short, absorbing a 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 defeat in the Round of 16 of the W60 Grenoble tournament in France on Thursday. The 16-year-old Eala started well by taking the opening set, but the Frenchwoman used her guile to outlast the young Filipina netter in two […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 04:14:11 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala routed Joanne Zuger of Switzerland, 6-4, 6-1, and advance to the second round of the W60 Grenoble tournament in France Tuesday. Eala, who had to go through two qualifying matches to make it to the main draw, showed grit and resolve against her higher-ranked rival to prevail and set up […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 03:18:36 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala survived Italy’s Stefania Rubini, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4, to barge into the main draw of the W60 Grenoble tournament in France Monday. The 16-year-old junior netter had to dig deeper into her bag of tricks to outlast her higher-ranked rival to arrange a first-round match with unseeded Swiss foe Joanne Zuger. […]
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