Madis, Lagarde score PPS CdO twinkill

Tenielle Madis and Kylde Lagarde came away with a pair of victories each to clinch the MVP honors in their respective sides in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala Cagayan de Oro regional tennis tournament at the Nazareth Tennis Club on Monday.

Madis crushed Val Dandasan, 4-0, 4-0, to run away with the 10-unisex crown then the Mlang, Cotabato rising star held off Casey Padilla, 6-1, 1-6, 10-7, to bag the girls’ 12-and-under title while Lagarde of Gen. Santos City upended top seed Vince Tugade twice to snare the boys’ 16- (6-7(2), 7-5, 10-6) and 18-U (6-1, 6-0) titles in the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop and presented by Slazenger.