Riyadh – Early favorite D’Stallions prevailed over its fiercest rival, UTT Logistics, to win the Title of Pinoy Netters Mabuhay Cup 2004, convincingly, 5-1 (47 games to 39), recently at Al Yamama Hotel Tennis Complex here.
Victory was imminent for D’Stallions when its low-ranked players, Ferdie De Guzman & Max Lopez (C3 & C4) eked out a hard-fought win against the formidable duo of Gerson Baretta & Bong de Leon in Court 4 last September 29.
The win was followed by the demolition of D’Stallions’ C1 tennisters (Richard Lanuza & Willie Nicholas) of UTT’s Deo Pelaez & Serge Ariola, 8-3. Only UTT’s duo of Art Bumatay & Gilbert Masias survived the onslaught of D’Stallions, overpowering the tandem of Marlon dela Cruz & Raffy Sta. Ana with the same score. From this point, there was no stopping for D’Stallions as the rest of its high-ranked tennisters emerged triumphant.
Aside from de Guzman & Lopez and dela Cruz & Sta. Ana, D’Stallions grouped Paul Pagulayan & Pete Manalo (B1 & B2) 8-4; Richard Villanueva & M.A. Hibshi (B3 & B4) 8-7; and Gener Marasigan & Abet Bagay (B5 & B6).
In Court 1 & 2, Serve & Volley doused cold water on Nestle’s quest for prestige as it subdued the latter with ease, 4-2, to capture 3rd runner-up honors. DIFA Spinners settled for the final 5th place while GSK Consumers Health Care ended up in 6th .
Meanwhile, although MASCO failed to get top plums out of 18 competing teams, four of its tennisters made headway as Best Players in the two-month competition. Nelson Etor & Rey Lamban lambasted the rest in their categories (B3 & B4), respectively. Their teammates, Dennis de Castro (B5) and Rey Esteban (B6), also pulled the rug under their rivals.
Other Best Players were Lito Punay & Jilany Chawdhry of Al Rumaih/SAIB (B1/B2); Richard Lanuza & Willy Nicholas (C1) of D’Stallions; Romy Suarez & Jonathan del Pilar (C2) of Siemens and Romy Asiones (C3) and Rudy Alberto (C4) of DIFA Spinners.
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