MATEO Rivas and Mica Emana scored a pair of straight-set wins in 16-and-under play as they anchored the Quezon City bets’ surge in the PPS-PEPP Mayor Arlene Arcillas national age-group tennis tournament at the Sta. Rosa sports complex in Laguna over the weekend.
Rivas, ranked seventh in a full-packed 64-player boys’ draw, dished out top form in posting a string of lopsided wins following an opening round bye, romping past Jonas Marquez, Samuel Davila and Jaime Reyes before shocking top seed John Bona 7-5, 6-1 in the semis of the Group 2 tournament marked by a series of reversals.
Ranged against an equally determined Andre Coladilla from Biñan, Rivas survived another first set scare then re-asserted his might in the next to hack out a 7-5, 6-2 decision and clinch the crown in the week-long event presented by Dunlop which drew a record cast of over 300 entries.
