Cebu bets dominate PPS Bohol leg

MANILA, Philippines — Francis Rosales and Nicole Villar hacked out a pair of victories each in varying fashions to share MVP honors and lead the Cebuanos’ domination of the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala Ubay, Bohol leg age-group tennis tournament at the Sto. Niño Tennis Courts over the weekend.

The top-seeded Rosales toppled fellow Cebuano and No. 2 Cesar Salimbangon, 6-3, 6-2, in the boys’ 16-and-under finals then trounced Paul Coderos, 6-2, 6-3, to clinch the 18-U diadem, completing the two-title romp without dropping a set in the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop and presented by Dunlop as official ball.

But it was unranked Villar who produced a pair of big wins in the girls’ side, edging fancied Bless Coderos twice, first in a grueling 16-U finale, 7-6 (11-9), 3-6, 10-8, then holding off her top-seeded rival, 6-4, 6-4, in the premier division of the event backed by Asiatraders Corp. and sanctioned by the United Tennis Philippines, made up of PPS-PEPP, Cebuana Lhuillier, Wilson, Toby’s, Dunlop, Slazenger and B-Meg.