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FOURTH seed Yannick Guba ended seven years of
frustration by winning his first Open title in the 1st Gov. Anacleto
C. Alcala Memorial Cup at the Lucena City Tennis Club shell court.
Banking on his brilliant
all-round game, the 22-year-old netter from La Carlota City in
Negros Occidental defeated former RP Davis Cupper and third seed
Rolando Ruel Jr., 6-4, 6-2, to pocket the P20,000 top purse.
“I’m so happy to have finally
won my first title,” said Guba, who won back-to-back MVP titles
while playing for De La Salle.
“It’s tough to play in this
kind of surface and the weather was so hot. I tried to stay focused
and get more points at the net,” added Guba, who received the
champion’s trophy from Rep. Procy Alcala (Second District) of
Quezon and LCTC President Benjo Marquez.
Earlier, local bet and tournament
top seed Bambi Zoleta stamped her class over second seed Aileen
Rogan, 6-2, 6-2, to win the ladies’ singles title.
Bambi and elder sister Bien went
home with their fourth doubles title following a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win
over Alyssa Callejo and Rogan.
Top seeds Ronald Joven and Rocky
Paglalunan claimed their second doubles title after beating second
seeds Alexander Lazaro and Patrick John Tierro, 7-5, 6-7 (4) (10-3).
In other results, Anacleto
Alcala Jr. and Boyet Castro beat Eboy Salvacion and Ody Tayag, 7-5,
4-6 (10-5), in the men’s doubles 35 and above. Alcala also topped
the 45 and above division, teaming up with Boboy Contado to whip
Ding Aparte and Erwin Pastrana, 6-0, 6-0.
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