Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 04:25:45 +0000
Davis Cup veteran Johnny Arcilla earns the No. 1 seeding as the top guns anchor the country’s campaign in the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam, drawing Mimo Tomacruz in the opener of the Fr. Fernando Suarez M-Cup Open Tennis Championship, which got under way yesterday (Tuesday) in Malabon City. Seven other tough matches usher in […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 05:16:58 +0000
Louise Paliwag and Matthew Morris racked up two victories apiece in varying fashions as they clinched the MVP honors in the PPS-PEPP national age-group tennis circuit at the Lacta tennis courts in Negros Occidental last Friday. The top-seeded Paliwag survived Queen Villa, 1-4, 4-1, 10-6, in the semis then crushed Mitch Cruspero, 6-0, 6-0, to […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 03:45:32 +0000
Close to 200 entries in eight age categories clash in another fierce battle for top honors and ranking points in the PPS-PEPP national age group tennis circuit, which resumed Wednesday at the Lacta tennis courts in Negros Occidental. The five-day La Carlota leg was originally slated last April but was reset due to adverse weather […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 04:19:46 +0000
Kale Cyd Villamar wore down Mcleen Gomera in a duel of unfancied bets and squeezed out a 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-8 decision in the boys’ 18-and-under final while Christine Gulagula took the girls’ crown in the PPS-PEPP national age-group tennis circuit at the Maranding, Lala courts in Lanao del Norte last Tuesday. The 15-year-old Villamar earlier […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 03:21:01 +0000
MADRID (AFP) – Top seed Novak Djokovic described his straight-sets opening win over Gael Monfils in Madrid on Tuesday as his “best performance of the year” as he set up a showdown with Andy Murray. The 20-time major champion ensured he would keep his number one ranking for at least another week by extending his […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:10:27 +0000
LONDON (AFP) – Former tennis star Boris Becker will learn on Friday whether he faces a lengthy jail term after he was found guilty by a British court of charges relating to his 2017 bankruptcy. The six-time Grand Slam champion, 54, was convicted over his transfer of huge amounts of money from his business account, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:59:05 +0000
Vince Serna and AJ Acabo pulled off victories in varying fashions to foil Thomas Gabuat and Ma. Judyann Padilla’s bid for another two-title sweep in the PPS-PEPP National age group tennis tournament at the Sindangan tennis courts in Zamboanga del Norte over the weekend. Serna, ranked ninth in the full-packed 32-player draw in the boys’ […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 04:46:56 +0000
Ma. Judyann Padilla of Ozamiz City and Sibugay’s Thomas Gabuat fashioned out a pair of straight-set victories each to dominate the PPS-PEPP national age group tennis tournament at the RGS courts in Zamboanga del Norte Thursday. But while Padilla needed to scrape past a tough AJ Acabo twice, 6-3, 6-4, and 6-3, 6-3, in the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:05:55 +0000
MONTE CARLO (AFP) – Novak Djokovic said he “ran out of gas” as he lost his opening match at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday in just his second tournament of the year following his refusal to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The world No. 1 went down 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 to 46th-ranked Spaniard Alejandro […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 04:48:39 +0000
KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala announced her arrival in this part of the globe in style. The country’s tennis stamped her class and humbled Thai star Luksika Kumkhum, 6-4, 6-2, to capture the W25 Chiang Rai International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Thailand Sunday, The unseeded Eala controlled the match against a former Top 100 player […]
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