MANILA, Philippines — John Velez and Macie Carlos fashioned out two victories each to become the first winners on the new season of the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala age-group tennis tournament at the Colegio San Agustin in Bulacan recently.
Velez trounced Kenny Sing, 6-3, 6-1, to capture the boys’ 14-and-under crown then the Davao ace trampled Joshua Molina, 6-1, 6-2, in the 16-U finals while Carlos went two divisions up to stun Rafaella Villanueva, 6-0, 6-2, and snare the girls’ 18-U diadem in the first PPS-PEPP Fr. Fernando Suarez Cup.
The 13-year-old Carlos from the Keys School Manila also took the 16-U plum with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Gab Zoleta to share the MVP honors with Velez, one of the MCTA (Macs Crankit Tennis Academy) of Australia-sponsored players, in the Group I tournament held in honor of the healing priest and presented by Asiatraders Corp. with Slazenger and Dunlop as official balls.
Other winners were Urdaneta’s John Lim, Joshua Diva of QC, Ateneo’s Manuel Balce II, Cagayan de Oro’s Casey Padilla and local ace Jenaila Prulla.
