Negrense netter Philippine rep in Singapore WTA tourney
Date Published: September 26, 2018
MANILA – Bliss Bayking will represent the Philippines in the 2018 Women’s Tennis
Association (WTA) Future Stars at the Kallang Tennis Centre in Singapore.
The San Carlos City, Negros Occidental native and Macie Carlos of the National Capital
Region will suit up for the U-16 and U-14 categories, respectively, of the Oct.
16 to 21 event.
Bayking and Carlos were sent to the Singapore event after topping the Philippine
qualifiers of the WTA Junior Race to Singapore in September in Makati.
Carlos, the country’s top U-14 female player, dominated Mica Emana 6-1, 6-2 to win
her age class while Bayking finished off Justine Maneja in the U-16 finale 6-4,
6-1.
Forty-six players in the Singapore tournament are competing to be called the best
rising female tennis player in Asia and the Pacific.
“I am confident that Macie Carlos and Bliss Bayking will perform well,” said Unified
Tennis Philippines president Jean Henri Lhuillier.
“I have seen how they play, and I am convinced that they have what it takes to go
head-to-head with some of the world’s elite tennis players,” Lhuillier added./PN
Source: panaynews.net