Third seed Allen Rombawa posted a win and a runner-up finish while Denise Bernardo took the girls’ 18-and-under crown as they bagged the MVP honors in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala San Pablo regional age-group tennis tournament at the Alina and San Pablo Tennis Courts in Laguna on Wednesday.

Rombawa dominated JT Bernardo, 6-1, 6-1, in the boys’ 16-U finals but yielded the 18-U diadem, 7-6(3) ret., to fellow local bet Cesar Mestiola due to bum stomach. The No. 2 Bernardo, on the other hand, survived a first set scare and the Los Baños bet ripped top seed Anna De Myer in the second frame to fashion out a 7-6(3), 6-0 victory in the premier division of the Group 2 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop headed by president/CEO Bobby Castro and presented by Dunlop as official ball.