ADVERTISEMENT
Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Bautista, Dilao pull off thrillers in Fr Suarez Cup

Bautista, Dilao pull off thrillers in Fr Suarez Cup

Published Feb 5, 2024 06:58 am

At A Glance

  • Sandra Bautista and Frank Dilao hacked out a pair of hard-fought victories to split the 16-and-under titles and the MVP honors in the Fr. Fernando Suarez M-Cup National Juniors Tennis Championships in Biñan, Laguna over the weekend.

Sandra Bautista and Frank Dilao hacked out a pair of hard-fought victories to split the 16-and-under titles and the MVP honors in the Fr. Fernando Suarez M-Cup National Juniors Tennis Championships in Biñan, Laguna over the weekend.

binan (1).jpg
Sandra Bautista and Frank Dilao (second and third, from left, respectively) pose with OIC PPS-PEPP NTC Calabarzon Jonathan Bernardo and Art Calingasan, OIC PPS-PEPP NTC Bataan Area.

The top-seeded Bautista wore down No. 3 Erynne Ong in a tense finals battle, escaping with a 6-3, 4-6, 14-12 decision and completing back-to-back victories after the Bacoor, Cavite find captured the 16-an-U title at the Valle Verde stop last week.

Dilao, seeded No. 4, prevailed in a sibling rivalry from Sta. Rosa, Laguna, overcoming France Dilao, 2-6, 6-3, 10-7, to top his side of the competition in the Group 2 tournament presented by Rep. Len-Len Alonte-Naguiat and held in honor of the late healing priest, a tennis enthusiast and supporter.

Ariel Cabaral from Gen. Trias, Cavite, and Quezon City’s Chloe Mercado shared the 18-and-U trophies, Julio Naredo, also from QC, and Muntinlupa’s Ave Maria Policarpio took the 14-and-U crowns, Marcus Go from QC and Pasig’s Vania Parawan halved the 12-and-U diadems, and Everette Niere from Bogo City, Cebu topped the 10-and-U unisex category.

The second-ranked Cabaral toppled top seed and doubles partner Darwin Cosca Jr., 6-1, 6-4, to bag the premier class title for the second consecutive week, while Mercado bounced back from a previous finals loss to Mica Emana at Valle Verde with a 1-0(ret.) win over Bautista.

The unranked Naredo scored a shutout win over top seed Mikael Honrado in the first round then rolled past three other rivals before beating Nicholas Andal in the finals, 6-1, 6-1, while Policarpio repulsed Ella Paglalunan, 6-2, 6-4, in the tournament held under the Palawan Pawnshop junior program, headed by president/CEO Bobby Castro, and sanctioned by the Philippine Tennis Association.

Go, on the other hand, overwhelmed Jan Villeno, 6-0, 6-3, while Parawan repelled Lilith Rufino, 6-4, 6-4, even as Everette Niere upended No. 1 Raven Licayan, 1-4, 4-0, 12-10.

Mercado, Cabaral, Naredo and Everette Niere all finished with two victories as they claimed the doubles crowns with partners Ong, Cosca, Andal and Rayven Licayan, respectively, while Dania Bulanadi and Xophia Oliveros topped the girls’ 14-and-U doubles division.

Meanwhile, action shifts to Davao del Norte for the Gov. Edwin Jubahib Cup, a two-leg Juniors Group 2 tournament on Feb. 8-12 and Feb. 15-19, respectively. For details and listup, contact Mangunay at 0915-4046464.

ADVERTISEMENT
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1561_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1562_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.most-popular .layout-ratio{ padding-bottom: 79.13%; } @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { .widget-title { font-size: 15px !important; } }

{{ articles_filter_1563_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}

{{ articles_filter_1564_widget.title }}

{{ item.title }}
.mb-article-details { position: relative; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview, .mb-article-details .article-body-summary{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 30px; font-family: "Libre Caslon Text", serif; color: #000; } .mb-article-details .article-body-preview iframe , .mb-article-details .article-body-summary iframe{ width: 100%; margin: auto; } .read-more-background { background: linear-gradient(180deg, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0) 13.75%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000 / 0.8) 30.79%, color(display-p3 1.000 1.000 1.000) 72.5%); position: absolute; height: 200px; width: 100%; bottom: 0; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; padding: 0; } .read-more-background a{ color: #000; } .read-more-btn { padding: 17px 45px; font-family: Inter; font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border: 1px solid black; background-color: white; } .hidden { display: none; }
function initializeAllSwipers() { // Get all hidden inputs with cms_article_id document.querySelectorAll('[id^="cms_article_id_"]').forEach(function (input) { const cmsArticleId = input.value; const articleSelector = '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .body_images'; const swiperElement = document.querySelector(articleSelector); if (swiperElement && !swiperElement.classList.contains('swiper-initialized')) { new Swiper(articleSelector, { loop: true, pagination: false, navigation: { nextEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-next', prevEl: '#article-' + cmsArticleId + ' .swiper-button-prev', }, }); } }); } setTimeout(initializeAllSwipers, 3000); const intersectionObserver = new IntersectionObserver( (entries) => { entries.forEach((entry) => { if (entry.isIntersecting) { const newUrl = entry.target.getAttribute("data-url"); if (newUrl) { history.pushState(null, null, newUrl); let article = entry.target; // Extract metadata const author = article.querySelector('.author-section').textContent.replace('By', '').trim(); const section = article.querySelector('.section-info ').textContent.replace(' ', ' '); const title = article.querySelector('.article-title h1').textContent; // Parse URL for Chartbeat path format const parsedUrl = new URL(newUrl, window.location.origin); const cleanUrl = parsedUrl.host + parsedUrl.pathname; // Update Chartbeat configuration if (typeof window._sf_async_config !== 'undefined') { window._sf_async_config.path = cleanUrl; window._sf_async_config.sections = section; window._sf_async_config.authors = author; } // Track virtual page view with Chartbeat if (typeof pSUPERFLY !== 'undefined' && typeof pSUPERFLY.virtualPage === 'function') { try { pSUPERFLY.virtualPage({ path: cleanUrl, title: title, sections: section, authors: author }); } catch (error) { console.error('ping error', error); } } // Optional: Update document title if (title && title !== document.title) { document.title = title; } } } }); }, { threshold: 0.1 } ); function showArticleBody(button) { const article = button.closest("article"); const summary = article.querySelector(".article-body-summary"); const body = article.querySelector(".article-body-preview"); const readMoreSection = article.querySelector(".read-more-background"); // Hide summary and read-more section summary.style.display = "none"; readMoreSection.style.display = "none"; // Show the full article body body.classList.remove("hidden"); } document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { let loadCount = 0; // Track how many times articles are loaded const offset = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]; // Offset values const currentUrl = window.location.pathname.substring(1); let isLoading = false; // Prevent multiple calls if (!currentUrl) { console.log("Current URL is invalid."); return; } const sentinel = document.getElementById("load-more-sentinel"); if (!sentinel) { console.log("Sentinel element not found."); return; } function isSentinelVisible() { const rect = sentinel.getBoundingClientRect(); return ( rect.top < window.innerHeight && rect.bottom >= 0 ); } function onScroll() { if (isLoading) return; if (isSentinelVisible()) { if (loadCount >= offset.length) { console.log("Maximum load attempts reached."); window.removeEventListener("scroll", onScroll); return; } isLoading = true; const currentOffset = offset[loadCount]; window.loadMoreItems().then(() => { let article = document.querySelector('#widget_1690 > div:nth-last-of-type(2) article'); intersectionObserver.observe(article) loadCount++; }).catch(error => { console.error("Error loading more items:", error); }).finally(() => { isLoading = false; }); } } window.addEventListener("scroll", onScroll); });
Join Our Newsletters

Sign up by email to receive news.

© 2025 Manila Bulletin The Nation's Leading Newspaper. All Rights Reserved.