Agustines tops Dipolog netfest
Date Published: March 7, 2018
Top seed Nash Agustines scored a repeat in his division while unranked Rica Labrador
stunned the girls’ 16-and-under field as they shared the MVP honors in the Palawan
Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala Dipolog leg age-group tennis circuit at the
RGS Tennis Club last Monday.

Agustines flaunted the form that netted him the boys’ 14-U crown at home last week
as the rising Oroquieta City star held off No. 2 Ashton Villanueva, 6-4, 6-4, in
the finals. He, however, bowed to No. 1 Nilo Ledama from Pagadian, 4-6, 4-6, in
the 16-U championship of the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop and
presented by Slazenger.
Labrador, on the other hand, upended No. 3 Kristine Bandolis, 6-1, 6-3, in the semis
then the Sindangan, Zambo del Norte bet trounced fourth-ranked Jedidiah Gupit, 6-1,
6-2, to claim the 16-U plum. But she lost to Audrey Quimbo of Misamis Occidental,
4-6, 4-6, in the 18-U finals of the event backed by Asiatraders Corp. and Dunlop
as the official ball.
In other results, top seed Jose Maria Pague from Zambo Sibugay foiled Ledama, 6-2,
6-2, for the 18-U crown; unseeded Neo Elijah Maratas snared the boys’ 12-U diadem
with a 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 victory over No. 2 Mari Erquita; Bandolis from Tubod, Lanao,
took the girls’ 14-U plum with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Gupit; unranked Christine Gula-Gula
from Dapitan downed May Laputan, 6-3, 6-2, for the girls’ 12-U title; and local
bet third seed Mark Barrios ruled the 10-unisex division with a 4-0, 4-1 romp over
May Gonzales.
“With no player scoring a twinkill only underscores the level playing field, not
just in this particular leg but in majority of our events spread nationwide with
new faces and talents continuing to emerge,” said Palawan Pawnshop president/CEO
Bobby Castro. “We have been attracting a big number players and we expect to lure
more this summer.”
The circuit, sanctioned by the Unified Tennis Philippines, made up of PPS-PEPP,
Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Toby’s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg, has been drawing
more than 200 entries per leg with PPS Sports Program Development director and event
organizer Bobby Mangunay expecting the field to increase in the next two legs in
Tagum on March 8-12 and Davao on March 15-19.
Source: tempo.com.ph