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Brodeth sustains form in PPS Baybay

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Ormoc City’s Kimi Brodeth came away with another twin kill while young David Sepulveda missed matching the feat but flourished with a win and a runner-up finish in the PPS-PEPP Baybay City National Juniors Tennis Championships at Baybay courts in Leyte over the weekend.

Coming off a two-title feat at home last week, Brodeth re-asserted her mastery over the girls’ 16- and 18-and-under field, trouncing Kate Imalay from Danao, Cebu, 6-1, 6-1, then dominating fellow Ormocanon Mia Gemida, 6-3, 6-0, respectively, for another double in the Group 2 tournament of the country’s longest-talent search.

Sepulveda, on the other hand, held off Urcisino Villa from Sogod, Leyte, in the first set before settling down in the next to fashion a 7-5, 6-2 victory in the boys’ 12-U finals but the rising Pardo, Cebu City star fell short of his title crack in 14-U play, bowing to Kenzo Brodeth via the same scoreline.

But his 1-2 finish proved enough to net him a share of Most Valuable Player honors with Kimi Brodeth in the event serving as a prelude to the Pintaflores Festival Juniors Championships in San Carlos, Negros Occidental beginning Thursday.

Other winners in the week-long event were Imalay, Ma. Caroliean Fiel, John David Velez and Gerald Gemida.

Imalay made up for her 16-U title setback by winning the 14-U trophy via 6-2, 6-0 rout of Samantha Ortega from Tuburan, Cebu; Fiel nailed another 12-U crown with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Chrystell Laguna; Velez, also from Ormoc, clinched another 18-U diadem with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of El Zylter Tagalog; and Gemida stopped Christian Laguna, 6-2, 6-2, in the boys’ 16-U final.

Spicing up the Pintaflores netfest to be held in conjunction with San Carlos City’s annual festival celebrations, are the Legends 35s and 45s men’s singles, the 40s and 50s men’s doubles and the women’s doubles to be capped by the Open Championship for the men’s singles and men’s doubles on 30 October to 3 November.

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