Rising netter Santos bags three crowns

Alexie Santos pushed her fast-rising star upwards even more as she took home three titles in the Palawan Pawnshop age-group tennis circuit presented by Babolat at the Mactan Island Lawn and Airbase Tennis Courts in Cebu over the weekend.

The pride of Palawan defeated Zethley Alferez, 6-1, 6-2, to cop the girls’ 14-and-under crown then got the same result over the same opponent, 6-1, 6-3, to annex the 16-and-U diadem last Saturday.

Topping things off, she claimed the 18-and-u crown by beating Cebu’s top junior netter Jana Pages, 6-3, 6-2, to finish off a rare “grandslam” of sorts.

The 13-year-old netter had a title coup in Cebu as she captured  the 14- and 16-and-U titles in the first of two Group 2 tournaments held at the Consolacion Tennis Courts last week, validating her claim as one of the most talented players in the circuit.

Sebastian Mosqueda, meanwhile, scored a repeat of his own sweep of two plums last week as the top Cagayan de Oro bet trounced Julian Dayrit twice, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, in the 16-and-U finals and 6-3, 6-1 in the 18-and-U class of the event.

Fifth ranked Clyde Laquio scored a 6-0, 4-1 (ret.) win over Jabs Barcenas to pocket the boys’ 14-and-U crown while second seed Christian Unto upended No. 1 Diego Dayrit, 6-2, 6-0, to claim the boys’ 12-and-U plum.