Francis Casey Alcantara and Thai partner Pruchya Isaro fell short in their title bid at the Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger after yielding into the quarterfinals on Friday, Feb. 14. Pruchya Isaro, left, and Francis Casey Alcantara. (File Photo/Francis Casey Alcantara) The unseeded...
Francis Casey Alcantara and Thai partner Pruchya Isaro stunned their seeded rivals on Wednesday, Feb. 12, to barge into the quarterfinals of the Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger in Manama, Bahrain. Francis Casey Alcantara, right, with Thai partner Pruchya Isaro. (File Photo from...
Francis Casey Alcantara and his Thai partner Pruchya Isara yielded to unseeded Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki and Kaito Uesugi, 5-7, 4-6, in the quarterfinal round of the ATP Challenger Chennai Open in India Thursday, Feb. 6. Alcantara and Isaro put up a gallant fight in their 1-hour and...
Francis Casey Alcantara and his Thai partner Pruchya Isaro overcame a sluggish second set and pulled off a hard-earned 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 win over Timofey Skatov and Alexey Zakharov to advance to the quarterfinal round of the ATP Challenger Chennai Open in India Wednesday, Feb. 5. Coming in as the...
Philippines’ top doubles player Francis Casey Alcantara tries his luck in the Challenger Tour once again when he competes in the Bangkok 3 Open in Thailand this week. The 32-year-old Alcantara is joining forces with a different partner this time in Zdenek Kolar of Czechia in his bid for a...
Francis Casey Alcantara and American partner Evan King came up short in their campaign in the Bangkok Open 2 Challenger after yielding in the quarterfinals on Thursday, Jan. 9, in Thailand. File Photo: Francis Casey Alcantara Facebook The unseeded pair rose from an opening-set hiccup but failed to...
Francis Casey Alcantara and American Evan King survived the tough plays of Indian duo Niki Kalinyanda Poonacha and Saketh Myeni, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Bangkok Open 2 in Thailand on Wednesday, Jan. 8. File Photo: Francis Casey Alcantara Facebook The unseeded pair...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlán will make his professional tennis debut next month when he plays doubles at an ATP Challenger tournament. Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlán (AP) The 45-year-old Forlán will play with Argentina’s Federico Coria at the clay...
The Association of Tennis Profesionals (ATP) title remains elusive for Francis Casey Alcantara as he and Thai partner Pruchya Isaro bowed to Japan’s Kaichi Uchida and Takeru Yuzuki, 6-1, 7-5, in the finals of the Zhangjiagang International Challenger in China Saturday, Aug. 31. Francis...
Francis Casey Alcantara and Sun Fajing stumbled early in the Guangzhou Nansha International Challenger at the expense of their seeded rivals on Wednesday, May 1, in China. Sun Fajing, left, and Francis Casey Alcantara lost in the opening round of the Guangzhou Nansha International Challenger....
Ruben Gonzales and Korean Nam JiSung fell short in their title bid at the NSW Open after bowing in the finals on Saturday, Nov. 4, in Sydney, Australia. The third-seeded tandem yielded to Americans Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac, 6-4, 6-4, to settle for the runner-up honors in the ATP Challenger...
Francis Casey Alcantara and Sun Fajing of China yielded to unseeded Chinese pair Xin Gao and Aoran Wang, 7-6 (8), 6-3, in the semifinals of the ATP Shenzhen Luohu Challenger in China on Friday, Oct. 20. Francis Casey Alcantara, right, and Sun Fajing of China compete in the semis of the ATP Shenzhen...
