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Sunday, May 31, 2009 |
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Alcantara claims first claycourt title |
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By Emil C. Noguera, Correspondent
Filipino rising star Francis Casey Alcantara and Taiwanese Hsieh
Cheng-Peng finally nailed their first clay court doubles title in
the 45th Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgian International Junior
Championships 2009 at the Royal Astrid Tennis Club in
Charleloi-Marcinelle, Belgium.
The fourth-seeded Alcantara and Hsieh toppled
the seventh pick pair of Guilherme Clezar of Brazil and Karim-Mohamed
Maamoun of Egypt in the finals via 6-3, 6-2 demolition in this
graded-one tournament.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Pulpul on a roll in RP Open
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Demosthenes Pulpul pulled off a 9-2 upset victory over Kelly Fisher
to remain unscathed in the Philippine Open Pool Championship
Saturday at the SM Megamall, Megatrade Hall 2.
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Lakers earn return trip to finals
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DENVER, Colorado: The Los Angeles Lakers are headed back to the NBA
finals for the second-straight year after rolling over the Denver
Nuggets 119-92 Friday to take their semifinal series four games to
two.
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Nadal advances;
Ivanovic, Safina on collision course
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PARIS: Rafael Nadal breezed past Lleyton Hewitt at Roland Garros for
the third time in four years on Friday as the four-time champion
took another confident step closer to a record fifth French Open
title.
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Mosley hopes to be Pacquiao’s next foe
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LOS ANGELES: World Boxing Assocciation (WBA) welterweight champion
Shane Mosley says he is eager to fight Filipino superstar Manny
Pacquiao and is willing to change weight classes to do it.
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Air Force, UP triumph in softball opener
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Defending champions Air Force, in the men’s division, and
University of the Philippines, in the distaff side, came up with
contrasting victories at the start of the 2009 Cebuana Lhuiller
National Open Softball Championships Saturday in separate venues.
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Timberlake shines as Oracle downs Pharex to take 2-1 lead
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CHRIS Timberlake led a mighty assault in the pivotal period as
Oracle Residences came back with a convincing 88-70 triumph over
Pharex Saturday to move just a win away from capturing the 2009 PBL
PG Flex Unity Cup at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.
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UST, SSC dispute semis lead
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UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas and San Sebastian College fight for the
top seeding in the semifinals of Shakey’s V-League’s
quarterfinal round on Sunday at The Arena in San Juan City.
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Four teams begin quarterfinal Showdown
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PUREFOODS, which secured the last quarterfinal ticket, faces Rain or
Shine while Burger King collides against Sta. Lucia Sunday in Game 1
of the best-of-three series of the 2009 PBA-Motolite Fiesta
Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.
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MARTIAL
TALK
By Perry Gil S. Mallari
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Modern influences on
western boxing
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(last part)
Filipino Martial Arts Influence: The Filipino
martial arts and Western boxing crossed their paths in the island of
Hawaii during the 1920s.
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