Top seed Johnny Arcilla and No. 3 PJ Tierro trampled their respective rivals in emphatic fashions to lead the Last 16 cast even as Joseph Victorino upended No. 9 Dheo Talatayod in the PPS-PEPP MAC’s Crankit Open Tennis Championships at the PCA courts in Paco, Manila on Thursday.

Arcilla, out to atone for his Final Four exit in the recent Brookside Hills Open, came out of a first round bye and scored a 6-2, 5-2(ret.) win over Raymund Diaz to arrange a clash with Davao’s rising star John David Velez, who advanced with a 1-0(ret.) victory over Renest Sonsona.

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