2nd Pinoy Mabuhay Cup - Veteran tennisters notch clinical wins

Riyadh – Seasoned tennisters and early favorites UTT Logistics, SEC Power Netters and DIFA Spin hitters led the blitz at the ongoing 2nd Pinoy Mabuhay Cup, trashing their opponents with brilliant display of tennis at Al Yamama Hotel Tennis Courts.

In Court 1 & 2 last August 10, seeded players provided the wall for UTT’s near demolition of Acers, bringing home the bacon at that night, 42-31, with only its C2 players (Art Bumatay & Gilbert Masias) succumbing to Acers’ Abdulaziz Manzano & Michael Reyes, 2-8. UTT is to face Spin smashers on Sunday, August 22, in the 4th round .

In Court 3 & 4, Al Rumaih/SAIB turned the tables on Pacific Cargo, overpowering the latter with guts and experience as it emerged victorious after see-saw games going into the final matches of the night.

A day later, in court 1 & 2, DIFA Spinners, anchored by Pete Petersen & Tom Silverio, overcame the Net Warriors, 39 games to 31, after splitting the first four matches. Petersen and Silverio’s (B1/B2 tennisters) drubbing of Net Warriors’ Boy Gopez and Ernie Carillo to 2 games only proved enough to provide them the bonus point and catapult DIFA on top with 9 wins (86 games).

DIFA’s trashing of Net Warriors’ lower ranked tennisters was crucial as the latter was limited to only 5 games with four matches still to be accounted for. DIFA’s C2 players (Danny Maun & Romy Asiones) got past NW’s Rudy Tablate & Alex Bergonia, 8-2, while its C3/C4 players (Asiones & Rudy Alberto) overwhelmed the duo of Ver Rubio & Bergonia, 8-3. They are to meet FC Netters today, August 20, in Court 1, 2 & 3.

In Court 5 & 6, Positive Beat tennisters regrouped to turn the tide on Siemens as their last four matches proved to be nail-biting. Siemens’ smashers rallied to catch up to their opponents but lost steam as they surrendered a dozen of breakpoints to go down, 19 games to 31.

Tennisters Randy Cepe & Bob Cardinal (B1/B2) and the tandem of Jess Butalid and Max Ingal (B3/B4) produced the goods for Positive Beat, coming home winners, after more than two hours of devastating rallies, 8-2 and 8-3, respectively.

Overall, D’Stallions led the pack going into the 3rd round, with 16 wins (131 games), followed by SEC Power Netters, 13 (124). On 3rd place is UTT Logistics with 12 (86), followed by Serve & Volley, 9 (116). Trailing them are Nestle and Al Rumaih-SAIB, both with identical 9 wins (96 games). Gem Beringuel