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Asian Games: Gonzales, Alcantara halted by Thais in tennis doubles opener

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Rosy Mina

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Tennis aces Francis Casey Alcantara and Ruben Gonzales won the gold for men’s doubles at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia. Ruben Gonzales on Instagram/File." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/05/28/20230528-tennis.jpg"/><figcaption>Tennis aces Francis Casey Alcantara and Ruben Gonzales won the gold for men’s doubles at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.<em> Ruben Gonzales on Instagram/File.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Filipino No. 4 seeds Ruben Gonzales and Francis Casey Alcantara made an early exit from the men’s doubles event of the 19th Asian Games (Asiad) in Hangzhou, China on Sunday.</p><p>The two-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalists suffered a 6-4, 4-6, 5-10 upset against Thantub Suksumrarn and Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul of Thailand on Centre Court of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre.</p><p>Gonzales and Alcantara rallied from 1-3 to 3-3 by holding serve at 40-15 then catching up to deuce and converting their first break point.</p><p>After securing a love service hold for 5-4, the Philippine Davis Cuppers broke serve to take the first set, 6-4.</p><p>The second set had no service breaks until the ninth game, with the Filipinos overcoming deuces in the first and seventh games.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/21/23/asian-games-eala-gonzales-alcantara-motivated-to-represent-ph">Asian Games: Eala, Gonzales, Alcantara motivated to represent PH</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/29/23/after-seag-gold-gonzales-and-alcantara-hungry-for-more ">Tennis: After tough SEAG gold win, Gonzales and Alcantara are hungry for more</a></li></ul><p>Suksumrarn and Trongcharoenchaikul broke at deuce to serve for the set at 5-4, and they notched a love hold to force a super tiebreak, 6-4.</p><p>At 2-2, Suksumrarn and Trongcharoenchaikul pulled away to 6-2 and 7-3.</p><p>Gonzales, 38, and Alcantara, 31, sought to reduce the gap by trailing at 4-8, but were unable to foil their opponents’ comeback attempt.</p><p>The Thais closed out the match at 10-5 to arrange a second-round clash versus Seongchan Hong and Soonwoo Kwon of South Korea, who eliminated Chak Lam Coleman Wong and Hong Kit Wong of Hong Kong, 6-2, 6-2.</p><p>Suksumrarn and Trongcharoenchaikul served six aces and one double fault, converted two out five break points, and won a total of 70 points.</p><p>Gonzales and Alcantara had one ace and a single double fault, won both of their break opportunities, and had 69 total points won.</p><p>According to the mixed doubles draw, Alcantara will return to action with 18-year-old Alex Eala as the No. 14 seeds.</p><p>They will face Sunira Thapa and Pranav Khanal of Nepal in the second round after both teams received a bye.</p><p>Eala, meanwhile, will begin her women’s singles campaign on Monday as the fourth seed who got a bye in the opening round. She is set to play first on Court 5 versus Sarah Ibrahim Khan of Pakistan.</p><p>The Asiad tennis events are scheduled from September 24 to 30, while the continental meet that began on Saturday will run until October 8.</p><div><br/><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s-47kDJXW1g?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><div> </div>

Ruben Gonzales and Francis Casey Alcantara made an early exit from the men’s doubles event of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Sunday.