DEFENDING champions Peter Gabriel Magnaye and Alvin Morada and Alyssa Ysabel Leonardo and Thea Marie Pomar retained their respective titles in the doubles’ open classes of 10th Prima Pasta Badminton Championship recently at the Powersmash Courts in Makati City.
Magnaye and Morada scored their second straight men’s open doubles’ title by outplaying fellow national team players Anton Cayanan and Joper Philip Escueta, 21-18, 20-22, 21-17, in the finals of the annual competition organized by Prima Pasta Chairman Alex Lim.
Leonardo and Pomar, also both members of the Philippine team, nipped Joella Geva Ramos Devera and Aires Amor Montilla, 21-19, 21-19, to keep the women’s doubles’ open crown during the competition sponsored by Smart Communications and Babolat.
The event was supported by Boysen Paints, Morning Star Milling Corp., Mabz Builders, ILO Construction, Monolith Construction, Monocrete Construction, Pioneer Insurance, Promax International, Regent Foods Corp., Sunkist drinks and Del Monte Phils.
The tournament was also backed by Amstar, Gardenia, Greenshades Garden resorts, Herbalife, Jose Siao Ling & Associates, Mega Subic Terminal Services Inc., Ric Airtech, Sincere Construction, U2 Electrical, United Colourtech, Wl-An Aluminium, Window One, Waterlite Engineering and Unitech Industrial Sales.
In other doubles’ finals results, Kevin Llanes and Nestorjan Tapales bashed Munir Bartolome and Rey Angelo Pedron, 21-9, 18-21, 21-15, to secure the boys’ doubles 15-under title, while Anthea Marie Gonzales and Angel Valle beat Clara Sofia Ignacio and Nina Pantig, 21-4, 21-4, to capture the girls’ 15-under title.
Jeno Carino and Kurt Vincent Maghirang beat Agustin Alvarez and Ralph Batalon, 21-19, 21-19, for the boys’ doubles under-17 trophy, while Anthea Marie Gonzales and Mica Ibong toppled Palma Assumpta Cruz and Alexis Nicole Santos, 21-11, 21-7, for the girls’ 17-under diadem.
John Matthew Bernardo and Michael Adrian Clemente bested Estarco Bacalso and Bless Linaban, 21-15, 21-13, to win the boys’ doubles Under-19 crown, while Mikaela Joy De Guzman and Chanelle Lunod battered Andrea Abalos and Dennise Silva, 21-3, 21-14, for the girls’ 19-under trophy.
Over 2,000 participants all over the country joined the weeklong tournament in partnership with the Philippine Badminton Association and affiliated with the Philippine National Ranking System.