RODOLFO Barquin won over RJ Singson to win the boys’ 18-under singles crown, while Gennifer Pagente snared two titles yesterday in the fifth leg of Globe 17th HEAD Graphene XT Junior Tennis Satellite Circuit Dumaguete City leg at the Praxevilla tennis courts in Dumaguete City.
Barquin defeated RJ Singson in the finals, 6-1, 6-1, to pocket the trophy, while Pagente whipped Shyryn Salazar in the championship round of girls’ 16-under singles’ division, 6-3, 6-3. Pagente also bagged the girls’ 14-under singles’ crown by outlasting Valerie Desoyo, 6-1, 6-0.
The competition is sponsored by Globe Telecommunications, Chris Sports, Head ATP Tennis Balls, Graphene XT, Toalson, Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Tennis Association, along with Sports Radio 918AM, Home Radio 97.9FM Natural, Boracay Informer, Todo 88.5FM Aklan, Radyo Inquirer 990AM, Power Wheels Magazine, Motorcycle Magazine, Balikbayan The Asian Journal Magazine, Wazzup Pilipinas, Reach Magazine, Oishi and AMAX Inn Makati.
In other championship singles’ results, Reyniel Marcilliana bashed Christian Lagat, 6-2, 6-4, to claim the boys’ 16-under crown; Ybarra Ortega blanked Fernando Caesar Po, 6-3, 6-1, to grab the boys’ 14-under crown; and Alekzander Po trounced Joshua Raymundo, 6-2, 6-4, for the 12-under title.
