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Patrombon closes in on Sarawak tennis title

- Joey Villar -

MANILA, Philippines - Top seed Jeson Patrombon dumped sixth pick Julien Cagnina of Belgium, 6-0, 7-5, and then whipped German qualifier Jannis Kahlke, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to the finals of the 17th Sarawak Chief Minister’s Cup Tennis Championship in Kuching, Malaysia.

The 17-year-old Patrombon, who is currently 10th in the world juniors ranking, made it to the finals versus second seed Andrew Whittington of Australia, who downed unseeded German Robin Kern, 6-2, 7-5.

The Iligan City pride also kept himself in the running for the doubles title after he and partner Jaden Grinter of the New Zealand bucked a first set defeat to edge out No. 4 Kimmer Coppejans of Belgium and Maxim Lunkin of Russia, 1-6, 6-4, 10-7.

But Patrombon and partner Jaden Grinter of New Zealand also made a good run in the double before being stopped Luke Saville and Joey Swaysland of Australia, 6-4, 6-1.

Patrombon is competing in the circuit with hopes of matching if not eclipsing his strong second place finish in last week’s Grade 1 tournament in Thailand where he gained 100 ITF ranking points.

A championship is worth 150 points in this Grade 1 tournament, just one level below Grand Slam events.

The Filipino lad aims to make the top five in his last season in the ITF Tour.

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ANDREW WHITTINGTON OF AUSTRALIA

BUT PATROMBON

CUP TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

GERMAN ROBIN KERN

GRAND SLAM

ILIGAN CITY

JADEN GRINTER OF NEW ZEALAND

JADEN GRINTER OF THE NEW ZEALAND

JANNIS KAHLKE

JESON PATROMBON

JULIEN CAGNINA OF BELGIUM

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