Sisos sweep crowns in 18-under division
Siblings Bernardine and Sally Mae Siso once again reigned supreme in the 18-under division of the 18th leg of the Cebuana Lhuillier Age Group Tennis Championship yesterday at the tennis courts in Laray, Consolacion town, northern Cebu.
Bernardine brought home the boys’ title with a 10-2 annihilation of Fritz Satera in their finals battle while Sally Mae got into trouble earlier in the girls 18 titular match but eventually closed it out in her favor, 10-4, against Christine Bellita.
Sally Mae scored the first point but the game was interrupted when Bellita broke a string in her racquet.
Sally Mae offered Bellita her spare racquet, which seemed to give the latter luck as she took the lead at 4-1.
Bellita changed racquet for the second time in the match and this proved to be a bad move as he succumbed to Sally Mae, who went full throttle without conceding any point to Bellita.
Another netter who had a great outing in this Group 4 Philippine Tennis Association (Philta)-sanctioned tournament was Alyssa Mae Bornia as she clinched two titles.
Bornia frustrated Zethley Mae Alferez twice in both the girls 12 and 14-under to go home with both age-group titles.
In the 12-under, Bornia defeated Alferez, 10-5, while in the 14-under, she once again outclassed Alferez, 10-4.
The boys’ 12-under title was won by Arthur Craig “Igi” Diaz Pantino as he defeated Jan Godfrey Seno on a tiebreak, 10-6.
Seno, however, got his revenged against Pantino in the boys’ 14-under with a 10-7 edging of the latter.
The boys 16-under title went to John Michael Necessario, who squeaked past Mark Enriquez, 10-8. The distaff side was ruled by Elgy Dasian, who demolished Claire Lazaga, 10-2.
The 10-under unisex title went to Jace Unto, who got the better of Nonito John Pepito, 10-7.
The tournament was officiated by certified International Tennis Federation (ITF) officiating official Mario Craiz.
