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Top seeds advance in Manzano Cup

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December 22, 2002 | 12:00am
Top seeds Christian Canlas and Raymond Villarete played true to form yesterday to earn quarterfinal berths in the boys’ 14-under division of the fifth Armando Manzano Memorial Cup tennis tournament at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.

Canlas breezed past Jeffrey Onate, 6-0, 6-2, to advance against Johnwill Baldonado, who scored a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Elijah Collado.

Villarete outclassed Gerard Michael Ngo, 6-0, 6-1, to forge a quarterfinal showdown with seventh seed Jose Lorenzo Opulencia, a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Nico Katigbak.

ARMANDO MANZANO MEMORIAL CUP

CANLAS

CHRISTIAN CANLAS AND RAYMOND VILLARETE

ELIJAH COLLADO

GERARD MICHAEL NGO

JEFFREY ONATE

JOHNWILL BALDONADO

JOSE LORENZO OPULENCIA

NICO KATIGBAK

RIZAL MEMORIAL TENNIS CENTER

VILLARETE
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