Youngsters Prulla, Lim share MVP honors in Angeles netfest

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• Thursday, March 29, 2018

(BusinessMirror)

Jenaila Prulla and Kriz Lim fashioned out a pair of victories each in varying fashions to share Most Valuable Player honors in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP) Angeles City leg regional age group tennis in Pampanga on Monday.

Prulla whipped Angely Atos, 6-0, 6-1, in the girls’ 14-under finals then the Bulacan find upended top seed Achaia Cabahug, 6-1, 6-0, to claim the premier 18-U diadem in the event presented by Slazenger, with Dunlop as the official ball and backed by Rep. Carmelo “Jonjon” Lazatin.

Prulla didn’t see action in the 16-under play but teamed up with Adriana Cabahug to repulse Charisse Bajet and Tristen Kitong, 8-4, in the 14-under doubles and partnered with Martina Naredo to rout Achaia Cabahug and Lucy Inalves, 8-2, in the 18-under doubles to emerge with four titles overall.

Kriz, from Urdaneta, Pangasinan, dominated sibling John twice, scoring a 4-2, 4-2 romp in the 10-under unisex finals, then hacking out a 2-6, 6-1, (10-7) decision to nail the 12-under crown in the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop, through President and CEO Bobby Castro at the Angeles City Tennis Club.

Lim fell short by one plum as he settled for the 10-U doubles diadem with John in an 8-1 rout of Jeremiah Labasano and Ethan Tiotuico in the tournament sanctioned by the Unified Tennis Philippines, made up of PPS-PEPP, Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Toby’s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg,

Other doubles winners were local bets Jed Labasano and Izaak Virtucio, who nipped Eric Bajet and Brian Oliveros, 8-7(3); and Jundee Magtabog and Nathan Navilla, who thumped Jaycee Manganti and Sherwin Ramirez, 8-3.

Local bet Mike Gamalo stunned second seed Jundee Magtabog, 6-3, 6-1, to snare the boys’ singles 14-under title; Antipolo’s Michael Fuents took the 16-under crown with a 6-0, 6-0 romp over Jeric Magtabog; Jed Labasano repelled Andrei Torres, 6-4, 6-4, to pocket the boys’ 18-under diadem; Baguio’s Adriana Cabahug routed Bernice Egipto, 6-1, 6-2, to bag the girls’ 12-under crown; and Angely Atos, also from Baguio, copped the girls’ 16-under trophy with a 6-4, 4-6, 0-4 decision over Achaia Cabahug.