Philippine tennis gets a big shot in the arm as the MAC’s Crankit Tennis Academy of Australia ties up with the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala to put up a rich Open tournament next month at the Philippine Columbian Association courts in Paco, Manila.

The MAC’s Crankit PPS-PEPP Open will also feature the juniors age-group championships, guaranteeing a huge cast of rising and leading players from the ranks and members of the national pool and team in the P580,000 tournament sanctioned by the Unified Tennis Philippines on April 21 to 29.