JAN Godfrey Seno dominated the boys 14-under division of the Babolat Junior Tennis Circuit 2012 in General Santos over the weekend.
The 12-year-old student of the University of San Carlos (USC) dismissed the top-seed Christian Fel Lopez, 6-2, 7-5, to clinch the title.
Seno, who was seeded sixth, proved too hot to handle as he surprised Lopez to take the first set at 6-2.
Lopez rallied on the second set and immediately took the upperhand at 2-1. Seno refused to be intimidated and leveled the set at 2-all.
However, double faults wreaked Seno’s game and gave Lopez a sizeable 5-2 lead.
Not wanting a third set, Seno recovered and rallied to close the set at 7-5 and brought home the title.
Enroute to the finals, Seno routed Janus Ringia, 4-1, 4-0, in the semifinals and outsmarted second seeded Zafari Cariga, 4-1, 4-0, in the quarterfinals.
Seno, together with his USC teammates Christopher Encarnacion, and brothers Jarryd and Jermaine Laurel, also won the secondary title in the recently concluded Milo Little Olympics Visayas Regional Finals. /CORRESPONDENT MARS G. ALISON