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16th Mitsubushi Lancer International Junior Championship : 1 Pinoy lang ang pumasok

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Ang wild card entry na si Kyle Joshua Dandan ang tanging Pinoy na nakalusot sa boys division ng 16th Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Championships matapos iposte ang 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory kahapon laban sa kanyang kapwa wild card na si Laurence Magaway sa Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.

Makakaharap ni Dandan, naglaro sa prestihiyosong Orange Bowl Championships may dalawang taon na ang nakalipas, si No. 8 Lachlan Ferguson ng Australia na naka-bye sa first-round kasama si top seed Karan Rastogi ng India, No. 2 Remko De Rije ng Netherlands, No. 3 Joel Kerley ng Australia, No. 4 Willim Ward ng New Zealand, No. 5 Coen Van Kuelen ng Netherlands, No. 6 Divij Sharan at No. 7 Tushar Liberhan ng India.

Ang apat pang local wild cards na nabigong umusad sa second round ng event na ito na supor-tado ng Accel at Wilson balls ay sina Michael Basco, Irwin de Guzman, Miguel Narvaez at Ralph Kevin Barte.

Lumuhod si Basco kay Australian David Jeflea, 1-6, 1-6, natalo si De Guz-man kay Australian Steven Popovic, 3-6, 4-6, bumagsak si Narvaez kay British qualifier Richard Wire, 5-7, 4-6, at yumuko si Barte sa kanyang kababayan at kapwa qua-lifier na si Elliot Wronski, 4-6, 5-7.

Sa iba pang mat-ches, nahirapan si Martin Sa-yer ng HongKong bago igupo ang Taiwanese na si Chang Huai-En, 6-2, 7-6 (4), tinalo ni Aus-tralian Steven Goh ang Japanese na si Naoki Sato, 7-6 (3), 6-2, naghabol naman ang Romanian na si Victor Bogi Leonte bago pabag-sakin si Kevin Doh ng New Zealand, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0, Nakalusot ang Indonesian na si Aryton Wibowo kay Michana Leong ng Solomon Island, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, at tinalo ng Irish na si Tristan Mahon Farron si Indian qualifier Sanam Singh, 7-5, 6-1, para makausad sa ikalawang round.

Ang iba pang winners ay sina Luka Ocvirk ng Slovenia kontra kay James McGee ng Ireland, 6-1, 6-3, German Philip Piyamongkol laban kay Australian David Galic, 6-4, 6-0, Syrym Abdulkhalikov ng Kazakhstan kay Keith Meisner ng Great Britain, 6-1, 6-3, Australian Andrew Coelho kay Peter Todd Ley laban kay Martin Pedersen ng Denmark, 6-1, 6-2, at Lai Xiao Peng ng HongKong kay Gojorge Godenho ng Portugal, 6-1, 6-2.

Sa girls division, maagang nasibak ang mga Filipino bets na sina Alyssa Anne Labay, Melissa Orteza, Julie Em Botor at Catherine Flores.

ALYSSA ANNE LABAY

ARYTON WIBOWO

AUSTRALIAN ANDREW COELHO

AUSTRALIAN DAVID GALIC

AUSTRALIAN DAVID JEFLEA

AUSTRALIAN STEVEN POPOVIC

CATHERINE FLORES

CHANG HUAI-EN

KAY

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