JEDDAH: First days of action in the 8th Albaik Tennis Tournament saw Elaf Group draw first blood in the Middle Mix category, winning 3-sets-to-1, against tournament organizer’s team ASTEC-Deltaz.
Elaf started strong with the tandem of Obet Tumale and Ronald Mercado taking the first set 8-4 followed by an easy win by Cats Catalan and Ricky Salazar, posting a huge 8-1 victory. Astec fought back in the third set with the consistent play of veteran Ely Ramos and Jhune delos Reyes forcing a tie-break, but which they lost eventually to Elaf’s pair of August Talavera and Marlon Pagsanjan. The fourth set was another tie-breaker which was won by Astec’s Marlon Delfin and Nestor Pandac 8-7 (7-5).
Hidada Engineering, meanwhile, blasted its opponent in Category C, blanking a relatively new team Makkah Ranao Tennis Club (MRTC) 4-0, with its 2 pairs of Dexter Lacson-Bernard Lembago and Ramon Manalac-Ahl de Umda scoring 8-0 against their respective opponents. Hidada’s other team in Group 2 defeated Saudi Oger Friends Tennis Club (SOFTC) by just a few points 2-2 (26-24). In the higher category, Hidada also showed its dominance in B2 by blasting former champions Uricane Tennis Club 3 – 1, with two sets stretching into tiebreaks while the other two sets were won by Hidada’s tandem of Tony Cleofas-Jojo Magdamo (8-5) and Joel Chan-Jun Ordonez 8-6 against their respective opponents.
SGS Tennis Racquet Club likewise posted two wins apiece in both its C and Lower Mix entries. Bolstering their billing as a force to reckon with in these categories, SGS clobbered both their respective opponents 4 – 0, against GMTC in “C” and SOFTC in “Lower Mix”. In the other Group-3 C match, SGS bested its opponent Hidada Engineering after posting identical scores of 2-2 (27-27) in a super tie-break, in which SGS pair of Jun Nalugon-Nelson Sta. Clara beat Hidada’s Ramon Manalac-Dexter Lacson, 12-10.
This year-end tennis tournament welcomed six new teams that are composed mainly of relatively beginners in tennis as shown in their first-round encounters namely Tornadoes, Winter Spinner, Aramco-KAUST, GMTC, KAMC-Makkah, and Bok’s team.
Organized by ASTEC under the helm of Chairman Bernie Soguilon and Tournament Director Tonton Pana, this 29th Astec tournament is presented in partnership with ALBAIK Food Systems Inc., and is supported by Deltaz Marketing, Sky Freight Forwarders, Sports Track and Qatar Airways. The tournament is expected to conclude by Nov. 5.
Elaf started strong with the tandem of Obet Tumale and Ronald Mercado taking the first set 8-4 followed by an easy win by Cats Catalan and Ricky Salazar, posting a huge 8-1 victory. Astec fought back in the third set with the consistent play of veteran Ely Ramos and Jhune delos Reyes forcing a tie-break, but which they lost eventually to Elaf’s pair of August Talavera and Marlon Pagsanjan. The fourth set was another tie-breaker which was won by Astec’s Marlon Delfin and Nestor Pandac 8-7 (7-5).
Hidada Engineering, meanwhile, blasted its opponent in Category C, blanking a relatively new team Makkah Ranao Tennis Club (MRTC) 4-0, with its 2 pairs of Dexter Lacson-Bernard Lembago and Ramon Manalac-Ahl de Umda scoring 8-0 against their respective opponents. Hidada’s other team in Group 2 defeated Saudi Oger Friends Tennis Club (SOFTC) by just a few points 2-2 (26-24). In the higher category, Hidada also showed its dominance in B2 by blasting former champions Uricane Tennis Club 3 – 1, with two sets stretching into tiebreaks while the other two sets were won by Hidada’s tandem of Tony Cleofas-Jojo Magdamo (8-5) and Joel Chan-Jun Ordonez 8-6 against their respective opponents.
SGS Tennis Racquet Club likewise posted two wins apiece in both its C and Lower Mix entries. Bolstering their billing as a force to reckon with in these categories, SGS clobbered both their respective opponents 4 – 0, against GMTC in “C” and SOFTC in “Lower Mix”. In the other Group-3 C match, SGS bested its opponent Hidada Engineering after posting identical scores of 2-2 (27-27) in a super tie-break, in which SGS pair of Jun Nalugon-Nelson Sta. Clara beat Hidada’s Ramon Manalac-Dexter Lacson, 12-10.
This year-end tennis tournament welcomed six new teams that are composed mainly of relatively beginners in tennis as shown in their first-round encounters namely Tornadoes, Winter Spinner, Aramco-KAUST, GMTC, KAMC-Makkah, and Bok’s team.
Organized by ASTEC under the helm of Chairman Bernie Soguilon and Tournament Director Tonton Pana, this 29th Astec tournament is presented in partnership with ALBAIK Food Systems Inc., and is supported by Deltaz Marketing, Sky Freight Forwarders, Sports Track and Qatar Airways. The tournament is expected to conclude by Nov. 5.
