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SEA Games: PH netters advance to singles, doubles quarterfinals

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Rosy Mina

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Alex Eala of the Philippines at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Photo courtesy of Alex Eala on Facebook." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/05/17/eala-tennis.jpg"/><figcaption>Alex Eala of the Philippines at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. <em>Photo courtesy of Alex Eala on Facebook.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Philippine tennis team notched four opening round victories on Tuesday to progress to the quarterfinals of the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam.</p><p>No. 2 seed Alex Eala posted an overwhelming 6-1, 6-1 win over 24-year-old Phonephathep Philavong of Laos at Court 4 of the Hanaka Paris Ocean Park in Tu Son, Bac Ninh. </p><p>The 16-year-old Rafa Nadal Academy player will go up against Jo-Leen Saw of Malaysia, 15, for a place in the semifinals where a bronze medal is assured.</p><p>Defending men’s doubles gold medalists Francis Casey Alcantara and Jeson Patrombon kicked off the action at Court 5 with a straight-sets win over Mathew David Krusling and Samneang Long of Cambodia.</p><p>Alcantara and Patrombon will face No. 3 seeds Muhammad Rifqi Fitriadi and Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia, who received a bye into the quarters.</p><p>Over at Court 2, Alcantara teamed up with Marian Capadocia for mixed doubles, and they ousted Malaysians Syed Mohamad Agil Syed Naguib and Jawairiah Noordin in straight sets.</p><p>Alcantara and Capadocia will see action against top-seeded Indonesians Rungkat and Aldila Sutjiadi, who also received a bye into the quarterfinals.</p><p>Finally, Jenaila Rose Prulla secured a quarterfinals slot via a walkover from Malaylack Delilah Pathummakuronen of Laos.</p><p>Prulla will challenge No. 1 seed Chanelle Van Nguyen of Vietnam, who got a bye into the quarters as well.</p><p>Other Filipinos in the SEA Games tennis competition are Treat Huey, Ruben Gonzales, Shaira Hope Rivera, and Eric Olivarez, Jr.</p><p>Huey and Gonzales, the 2019 SEA Games men’s doubles silver medalists, are the top seeds of the men’s doubles draw where they got a bye into the quarters.</p><p>In addition, Eala and SEA Games men’s team and mixed doubles gold medalist Huey received a bye into the mixed doubles quarterfinals as the No. 2 seeds.</p><p>In the women’s doubles quarterfinals, Capadocia and Rivera will face off with No. 4 seeds Noordin and Sharifah Elysia Wan Abdul Rahman of Malaysia. Both teams received a bye in the first round.</p><p>And in men’s singles, 2019 singles bronze medalist Patrombon will challenge No. 4 seed Yuttana Charoenphon of Thailand, while Olivarez will see action against Tegar Abdi Satrio Wibowo of Indonesia.</p><p>The Philippine tennis team has won two bronze medals in the Hanoi SEA Games after losing to Thailand in the semifinals of the women’s and men’s team events. </p><p>On their way to the semis, the Philippine netters swept the opening round, 2-0, by eliminating Malaysia on the women’s side and Laos on the men’s side.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/14/22/sea-games-ph-gets-2-bronze-medals-in-team-tennis">SEA Games: Philippines bags 2 bronze medals in team tennis</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/14/22/sea-games-pinoys-reach-semifinals-in-team-tennis">SEA Games: Pinoys rout Malaysia, Laos to reach semifinals in team tennis</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QMItPLJx5Q0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippine tennis team notched four opening round victories on Tuesday to progress to the quarterfinals of the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam.