Salazar, Bandoquillo share PPS honors

Shyrin Salazar took the cudgels for the local bets as she copped the girls’ 14-and-under crown even as unranked Giulian Bandoquillo snared the boys’ title in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age-group tennis tournament at the La Carlota Tennis Court in Negros Occidental on Monday.

The sixth-ranked Salazar subdued fellow-giant killer and fellow La Carlota bet Kim Galanza, 6-3, 2-6, 10-7, in the semis then trounced second seed Bliss Bayking, 6-2, 6-4, to bag the crown while Bandoquillo upset top seed Rewel Justiniani, 6-2, 6-2, in the semis then shocked No. 2 Ceasar Po, 5-7, 6-3, 10-8, to snatch the 14-U plum in the in the Group 2 event sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop and presented by Slazenger.