Yuka Saso of the Philippines (center), her father (left) Masakazu Saso, and caddie Lionel Matichuk celebrate with the Harton S. Semple Trophy after winning the 76th U.S. Women's Open Championship. (AFP) At one point during the presentation ceremony of the Harton S. Semple trophy, Filipino-Japanese...
Filipina golf sensation Yuka Saso cannot help but to be in awe after learning that she has earned a five-year membership to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. Yuka Saso of the Philippines celebrates with the Harton S. Semple Trophy after winning the 76th U.S. Women's Open...
Yuka Saso (AFP) US Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso said that she looks forward to the day of meeting her idol Rory McIlroy. The 19-year-old Saso was thrilled to get a message via social media post from McIlroy during the final day of the US Women’s Open last Sunday at the Lake Course of The...
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas returns the ball to Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 10 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 8, 2021. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP) Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Daniil Medvedev in...
Photo from Alex Eala's Instagram account Alex Eala and Russian Oksana Selekhmeteva dumped Belgium’s Sofia Costoulas and Finland’s Laura Hietaranta, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles Tuesday night, June 8. The top-seeded Eala and Selekhmeteva hardly...
Yuka Saso holds the Harton S. Semple trophy after winning the US Women's Open title Sunday in San Francisco, California. (LPGA.Com Images) Newly crowned US Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso said that winning the prestigious title doesn’t mean things will turn out the same in her next tournaments,...
Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page Alex Eala and Russian partner Oksana Selekhemeteva opened their Roland Garros Girls Doubles campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory over Belarus’ Evialina Laskevich and Russia’s Alina Shcherbinina early Tuesday, June 8. The win came hours after Eala...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has filed a resolution congratulating Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso for her historic win in the 76th US Women's Open. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) “Congratulations for bringing an unexpected victory for our people! Our...
Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning against Italy's Jannik Sinner during their men's singles fourth round tennis match at Court Suzanne Lenglen on Day 9 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 7, 2021. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP) Novak Djokovic survived...
Filipino golfer Yuka Saso made history last Sunday when she won the US Women’s Open championship at the Olympic course in San Francisco, California. Born in San Ildefonso, Bulacan to a Filipina mother and a Japanese father, she tied the record set by 2016 Olympic gold medalist Imbee Park who...
Alex Eala Alex Eala crashed out early in the Roland Garros Girls Singles after absorbing a first-round 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1 upset defeat to unseeded Matilda Mutavdzic of Great Britain Monday night, June 7. Eala, seeded second in the tournament, fought tooth and nail to forge a deciding third set but...
"Today is a great day in Philippine sports." This was how Malacañang described the victory of Filipino-Japanese teenager Yuka Saso in the US Women's Open on Monday (Philippine time), becoming the youngest champion at the tournament at the age of 19. A file photo of President Duterte looking at...
