In-form Bliss Bayking pockets 2nd PPS MVP plum

MANILA, Philippines — Bliss Bayking sustained her top form and duplicated her two-title feat in Maasin last week, posting a pair of lopsided triumphs in the PPS-PEPP Baybay City regional age-group tennis tournament at the Baybay Tennis Club in Leyte.

The 16-year-old Bayking, from San Carlos City, toppled Joyce Gorgonio twice, scoring a 6-2, 6-0 victory in the finals of her age division then taking the girls’ 18-and-under diadem – and the MVP trophy – via a 6-2, 6-3 scoreline.

No. 3 Vinz Lominoque also eased past the same opponent to match Bayking’s feat in the boys’ side of the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala headed by president/CEO Bobby Castro and presented by Dunlop. The unranked Cebu City bet beat Sail Lago, 6-1, 6-2, in the 16-U championship then took the 18-U title – and also the MVP trophy – with an emphatic 6-0, 6-0 win.

Lago, from Sogod, Leyte, recovered from the twin losses by winning the 14-U plum with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Zymer Casem with No. 2 Mia Gemida from Ormoc City claiming the girls’ crown with a 6-1, 6-1 reversal over top seed Corazon Lambonao.