Unknown foe makes waves in Toby's tennis

MANILA, Philippines - Unseeded Daniel Villasenor needed only two sets to dispose of No. 8 seed Jammie Delapaz with a 6-4, 6-4 win in the 16 years old and under category of the ninth Toby’s Sports-Prince Summer Tennis Festival.

Employing perfect ground strokes and precision baseline shots, Villasenor gave Delapaz a thorough beating.

“I am happy that I was hitting the ball at the right time and making shots that are on target. My game plan is really to use my ground strokes and baseline game so I can dictate the tempo of the game as early as the first set,” said Villasenor.

The 16-year old Delapaz appeared to regain his composure in the latter part of the first and second set but the consistent play of Villasenor closed the door for Delapaz. “Medyo minalas ako ngayon at medyo erratic ang plays ko. It’s just that Daniel was the better player today and I am looking forward to meeting him again in other tennis tournaments” said Delapaz.

In other results in the boys 16 years old under, Jose Nicolas Cano downed Jeremiah Latorre (6-1, 6-0), Geoffrey Kyle Pinili crushed Roman Galvez (6-1, 6-0), Argilance Canizares ripped Marsen Gonzales (6-1, 6-4), Andrew Joshua Cano defeated Johnrey Rudas (7-5, 6-2), Enrique Ferrer defeated Sergio Ramos III (6-1, 6-3), Arjohn Delacruz trounced Stefan Suarez (6-0, 6-1) and John Mavick Victoria outsteadied Reynaldo Mariano (6-1, 7-5).

Easily the country’s biggest and longest running tennis age-group tournament, the Toby’s Sports-Prince Summer Tennis Festival recently opened at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Courts, in cooperation with Equipe, Kontrol Sports Eyeware, the Philippine Tennis Association (PHILTA), and Futures Tennis Foundation.

This year’s activities include singles ranking, boys and girls divisions for age categories 12, 14, 16, and 18 years old and under; singles ranking, 10 years old boys and girls; singles non-ranking/beginners, boys girls 12 and 16 years old and under; and doubles ranking, boys and girls 14 and 18 years old and under. Each participant is allowed a maximum of two singles- and one doubles-event categories.

In the girls 16 years old and under division, Bea Ebriaga bundled out sixth seed Joana Carnay (6-4, 3-6, 10-3, while Samantha Lim toppled Anne Rene Castillo (6-3, 7-5).

Marinel Rudas topped Rachelle De Guzman (6-0, 6-4) Treena Quierrez downed Maria Angela Sunga (6-1, 6-0) Andrea Nicole Regino outlasted Rocio Climent (6-0, 7-5) and Macy Gonzales crushed Joy Yuen (6-0,6-2) 

The 9th Toby’s Sports - Prince Summer Tennis Festival is held daily at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Courts with the finals slated on May 2,Sunday.