Ballado and Castigador shine at netfest in Puerto Princesa Jr.

MANILA, Philippines — Jayden Rees Ballado and Anthony Bjorn Castigador put in impressive performances to each win two titles at the Puerto Princesa Palawan National Junior Tennis Championships held in Palawan over the weekend.

Their victories, including thrilling three-set matches, were the highlight of the tournament, where they shared MVP honors.

In the women’s division, No. 2 Ballado showed her mettle with a three-set win over No. 4 Zita Clarke to claim the under-16 title by a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 decision. She then dominated Michaela Encarnacion 6-1, 6-1 to claim the major under-18 title, highlighting her status as the highest-ranked player in the category.

Meanwhile, top seed Castigador proved his mettle in the U14 boys division by sweeping his opening opponents in straight sets to defeat Armic Cerillo 6-4, 6-2 in the final. He capped his campaign by defeating top seed Gavin Kraut in a tense final 1–6, 7–6 (9), 6–4 in the under-16 final, matching Ballado’s achievement of two titles in the tournament. Philippine Tennis Association (Filta) Group I competition.

The week-long tournament, organized by Dunlop and supported by the nationwide talent search program Palawan Pawnshop initiated by President and CEO Bobby Castro, brought together young tennis talents from all over the Philippines. Notable winners included local favorite Evan Bacalso, Francisco De Juan III of Iloilo, Maximus Kalingasan of Balanga, Bataan, Maristella Torrecampo of Naga City, Bicol and Ma. Carolyn Phil is from Ormoc.

Bacalso defeated Rizzjun Labindao (6-1, 6-1) to win the under-18 title, while No. 2 De Juan III defeated top seed Cristiano Calingasan (6-0, 6-2) in the tournament. 12th division. In the 10-and-under unisex category, Kalingasan defeated Wind Encarnacion 4-2, 4-2, while in the 14-and-under girls’ category, Torrecampo beat her doubles partner Cady Dagun 6-1, 6-2. .

Phil won the 12-person division by beating Francine Wong 6-0, 7-5.

In women’s doubles, Michaela Encarnacion and Khalifa Ibba defeated Sharon Agustin and Anna Alivia 8-1, while the unseeded duo of Mingoy Kalingasan and Norman Gaspar stunned tournament runners-up Marrafael Teng and Kraut to claim the PPS-NTC title. professional trophy.

In junior doubles, Torrecampo and Ibba teamed up to beat Encarnacion and Grace Viceral 8-1 in the final of the girls under-18 tournament. In the Under-16 Championship, Dagun and Torrecampo narrowly defeated Encarnacion and Ibba, 8–6.

In boys’ doubles, Castigador and Labindao defeated De Juan and Cerillo 8-6 in the boys’ under-14 final, while Bacalso and Castigador easily defeated Zeppelin Flores and Jacob Gonzalez 8-1 to win the tournament by 16 points -1. and-U crown. Calingasan and Encarnacion clinched the U10 title with an 8-0 victory over Anika Lardizabal and Jeezy Uy in a competition supported by Universal Tennis Ranking and ICON Golf & Sports.

In the Legends Combine category, Carlo Gomez and Delfin Torrecampo won the men’s 100 doubles title, Levi Evangelista and Monmon Hitosis captured the 110 title, and Roger Ventura and Nimrod Sagun captured the 120 title. Ventura also partnered with Jun Java to win the men’s 130 doubles event, while Demetrio Castillo and Ronnie Reyes won the 140 doubles event. TMT