TOP seed Tennielle Madis beat No. 2 and first-leg champion Korean Jiyun Oh, 6-2, 7-6 (5) yesterday to bag the girls’ singles title of the Coca-Cola PHILTA International Juniors 2 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
The 17-year-old netter from M’lang, North Cotabato also annexed the doubles title with compatriot Stefi Marithe Aludo, prevailing over Tarita Hongsyok of Thailand and Yu Tsen Ko of Chinese Taipei 6-1, 6-3.
Madis bagged her sixth singles titles this year, counting victories at the J60 events in Changhua, (Chinese Taipei), Nonthaburi (Thailand) and Colombo (Sri Lanka), and two J30 events in Makati City (Philippines).
Madis, ranked No. 296 in the ITF Juniors rankings, also bagged her fourth doubles title with Aludo.
Madis and Aludo are training under SEA Games medalist and former Davis Cupper Bobbie Angelo at the Philippine Tennis Academy founded by long-time sports patron Romy Chan.
Seventh-seed Japanese Koki Nara stunned No. 1 Canadian Jay Lin Gibson 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the boys’ title in the ITF J60 tournament supported by official ball Technifibre.
Nara, winner of two J30 events in Indonesia, eliminated Gibson in the first leg quarterfinals 7-5, 6-4.
Shanghai-based Gibson, whose mother is Chinese, has won two J60 titles in Rwanda before coming to Manila.
In the boys’ doubles category, No. 1 Lin Hao-Yu and Xiao-Feng Zhou defeated the unseeded Japanese pair of Sota Kagawa and Takahiro Kawaguchi 6-7 (3), 6-4 (11-9).
