Carlos bags second title in PBaRS

BIANCA Carlos is proving to be an unstoppable force in the country’s badminton scene last Tuesday as she completed a golden double following her 21-11, 21-10 straight sets win over Patrisha Malibiran in the under-19 finals of the MVP Sports Foundation-Philippine Badminton Ranking System (PBaRS) seventh leg in San Fernando, Pampanga.

Carlos is coming off a 21-15, 21-13 win over Gelita Castilo in the ladies Open finals and did not stop there as she pounded the second seeded Malibiran with her power smashes and drop shots to essay the 25-minute victory, duplicating her sweep of the twin titles in last year’s Makati leg of the annual event.

The St. Paul College Pasig standout bagged a total of P90,000, including the P70,000 she won in the premier division of the five-day event.

Carlos’ straight-set win over Malibiran also capped her domination of the U-19 class where she never dropped a set although she had to struggle past Nikki Servando, 21-19, 19-21, 21-10, in the Open semis.

With the twin wins, Carlos is expected to pull away from the pack in the Open and U-19 rankings with fellow Golden Shuttle Foundation mainstay Toby Gadi firming up his hold of the lead following his seventh straight men’s Open romp.

Gadi fought back from a set down to foil Patrick Natividad, 16-21, 21-15, 21-11, in the final. Roslee Pedrosa beat Alvin Morada, 21-16, 21-12, to capture the boys’ U-19 title. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio