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Tennis: Carbonilla, Hou finish as finalists in J5 Singapore

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Chieh En Hou of Chinese Taipei and Heinz Aslan Carbonilla of the Philippines with their J5 Singapore runners-up trophies. Photo courtesy of the Philippine Tennis Academy on Facebook." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/08/28/08282022-ph-tennis.jpg"/><figcaption>Chieh En Hou of Chinese Taipei and Heinz Aslan Carbonilla of the Philippines with their J5 Singapore runners-up trophies. <em>Photo courtesy of the Philippine Tennis Academy on Facebook.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Heinz Aslan Carbonilla of the Philippines and Chieh En Hou of Chinese Taipei ended their J5 Singapore campaign as runners-up after losing to No. 4 seeds Quang Vinh Nguyen and Vinhhien Truong of Vietnam, 3-6, 3-6, in the final on Saturday.</p><p>It was the first final on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour Juniors for 16-year-old Carbonilla, whose best doubles result was a quarterfinals finish with compatriot Marc Andrei Jarata, 17, at the J5 Nonthaburi in Thailand last week.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/13/22/tennis-pinoy-teens-finish-as-runners-up-in-thailand">READ: Pascua, Gonzaga finish as runners-up in J5 Thailand</a></li></ul><p>At the J5 Singapore ITF Junior Championships 2022 held at the Kallang Tennis Center, Carbonilla and Hou received a walkover in the first round from No. 1 seeds Michael Dylan Jimenez of Singapore and Jacob Kailiang Shen of Hong Kong.</p><p>They eliminated the Vietnamese duo of Minh Tuan Dinh and Minh Phat Nguyen in the quarterfinals, 6-1, 7-5, and upset No. 3 seeds Bill Chan of Singapore and Brendan Loh of Australia in the semifinals, 6-3, 6-4.</p><p>In the singles tournament, Carbonilla posted three straight-sets wins as the No. 4 seed in the qualifying draw. </p><p>He got past the main draw opening round after No. 7 seed Ke Hau Hung of Chinese Taipei retired, 3-6, 7-6, 5-0, ret., then fell short in the second round against Truong, 3-6, 2-6.</p><p>Filipino Joewyn Rey Pascua, the 2022 J5 Tay Ninh City champion, also competed in Singapore as the No. 6 seed in the singles main draw.</p><p>The 16-year-old ousted Chun Tang of Chinese Taipei in the first round, 6-3, 6-2, and qualifier Minh Phat Nguyen of Vietnam in the second round, 7-6(7), 6-4.</p><p>He overcame No. 1 seed Jimenez in the quarterfinals, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, before losing to Minghui Zhang of China, 6-7(1), 1-6, in the semifinals.</p><p>In the doubles draw, Pascua and Dai Khanh Nguyen of Vietnam withdrew from their first-round match. </p><p>Axl Lajon Gonzaga, 17, was the third Filipino player in the J5 Singapore tournament.</p><p>He was the No. 1 seed in the qualifying draw, where he lost to home bet Gareth Ong, 6-4, 5-7, 7-10, in the first round.</p><p>At the J5 Nonthaburi this month, Pascua and Gonzaga were doubles finalists in the tournament’s first leg and quarterfinalists in last week’s second leg. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/04/22/tennis-pinoys-win-2-junior-doubles-titles-in-indonesia">READ: Joewyn Pascua, Axl Gonzaga win 2 junior doubles titles in Indonesia</a></li></ul><p>In May, they won back-to-back doubles titles at the J5 Yogyakarta in Indonesia.</p><p>Carbonilla, Pascua, and Gonzaga are set to participate in the J4 Singapore event from August 29 to September 3 as they are on the acceptance list as of August 28.</p><p>The venue remains to be the Kallang Tennis Center, which has outdoor hard courts.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1500300" width="100%"></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>

Heinz Aslan Carbonilla of the Philippines and Chieh En Hou of Chinese Taipei ended their J5 Singapore campaign as runners-up.