Young Alexie Xira Santos enhanced a promising tennis career when she bagged three titles in the second Olivarez-Philta Open Tennis Championships presented by Palawan Pawnshop Express Pera Padala, including the 14-and-under crown, at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat.
Santos, a 12-year-old emerging talent from Puerto Princesa, outplayed Monica Cruz, 6-2, 6-1, in the finals of the 14-U last Sunday then overwhelmed Melanie Dizon, 6-1, 6-2, to claim the 12-and-under diadem yesterday.
She also teamed up with Nicole Amistad to defeat Charito Capadocia and Bianca Cruz, 7-5, 6-0, and capture the girls’ 14-U doubles crown.
Santos thus surpassed Roxanne Resma’s double-win in the girls’ 16-U and 18-U classes in the ranking event, sanctioned by Philta, which offers a total prize of P300,000.
Ryotaro Shimomura held off Sebastian Santos, 6-1, 6-4, to barge into the finals of the 10-unisex division against the winner in the Michael Eala-Nio Tria semis duel set today.
Eala also moved to the boys’ 12-U semis with a walkover win over Maverick Legaspi. He faces Gabriel Tiamson, who routed Sebastian Santos, 6-0, 6-0.
In the boys’ 18-U, top seed Eric Jed Olivarez trounced Romnee Joseph, 6-2, 6-1, to reach the semis against Andrew Cano, who thwarted Calvin Canlas, while No. 2 Argil Canizares survived Kyle Parpan, 6-1, 4-6, 10-3, to set up a semis clash with Joel Cabusas, who saw off Francisco Santos, 6-2, 6-4, in the lower half of the draw.
Santos sweeps 3 titles in Philta Olivarez netfest
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