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Monday, June 29, 2009

  

Bad luck falls on junior netter
Alcantara at Wimbledon singles

Filipino Francis Casey Alcantara got booted out of contention in the singles play of the prestigious 2009 Wimbledon Junior Championships on Saturday at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

The 17-year-old Alcantara soaked up a 2-6, 6-4, 3-6 defeat to Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria in their first-round encounter. Alcantara committed 22 unforced errors including a depressing seven double faults. He had 22 winners on top of four aces.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

LONDON: Andy Murray cruised into the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) while veterans Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Haas led the charge of the old boys club.

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BARANGAY Ginebra took advantage of its vast experience and enormous reservoir of talents to beat Rain or Shine, 108-100, Sunday, and clinch the first finals slot of the 2009 Philippine Basketball Association-Motolite Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Colisuem.

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PITTSFORD, New York: South Korea’s Shin Jiyai fired a five-under par 67 on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) to stretch her lead to four strokes after the third round of the $2-million Wegmans LPGA.

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SAN BEDA High School is determined to give long-time head coach Ato Badolato a grand send-off for his final season as Red Cubs head coach.

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Batangas was simply on fire in the fifth inning in beating Manila, 13-4, on Sunday in the opener of their best-of-three championship showdown for Baseball Philippines Series V crown at the Rizal Baseball Stadium.

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