TWO UPSETS highlighted the kick-off playdate of the MVP Sports Foundation-Philippine Badminton Ranking System (PBaRS) circuit as Samantha Ramos and Marino Caculitan bested their fancied rivals at the Metro Sports Center in Laug yesterday.
Ramos upended fifth-seed Janelle de Vera, 21-14, 17-21, 21-13, to advance to the second round of the girls’ Under-19 singles against Univ. of San Carlos’ Rosalinda Silawan, who repulsed Camille Gotohio, 15-21, 22-20, 21-18.
Caculitan, on the other hand, stamped her class against No. 4 Shaina Osorio with the Whackers-Lining bet scoring an emphatic 21-7, 21-9 victory, also in U-19 class.
The other seeded players rolled to the second round with convincing wins.
Badminton Club’s Jornellous Castro and Joma Castro posted straight-set wins over Ryan Fernandez, 21-15, 21-9, and Maverick Perez, 21-12, 21-13, respectively, to reach the second of the men’s Open singles.
Other winners in the premier division were Sherman Olalia of Excel BC, who trounced Dale Bitor, 21-16, 21-8; Sean Chan, who defeated Tristan Santos, 21-8, 21-12, Clint Armamento, who downed Janjan Vequezo, 21-16, 21-13; Asis Calma, who booted out Joven Agoncillo, 21-7, 21-17 and Gian Manuel and Vincent Tan of GSF, who won by defaults over Mark Cadiz and Nikko Wu, respectively.
In boys’ U-19 division, John Diamante fought off Paolo Barrios, 21-17, 21-16; John Lozada bested Jan Sinfuego, 21-11, 21-16; Paul Gonzales trounced John Quibranza, 21-7, 21-111; Christian Cuyno ousted Richard Rio, 21-12, 21-11;
Peter Tan thwarted Edrickson Malibiran, 21-17, 23-21; Ros Pedrosa repulsed Alexis Geverjuan, 15-21, 21-16, 21-9; Rainiel Nguyen won over Bryan Mangawang, 21-14, 21-11; and Vincent Manuel edged Gerloth Delizo, 21-11, 15-21, 21-10. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio