Mateo Rivas upended No. 2 Darwin Cosca in the semis then clipped Joshua Diva, 6-3, 6-2, to snare the boys' 16-and-under crown while fellow Quezon City bet Mica Emana re-stamped her class in the girls' side of the PPS-PEPP Apalit national age-group tennis tournament in Pampanga last Wednesday.

Five others from Makati City; Sta. Rosa, Laguna; Agoo, La Union; Pasig City; and Bacoor, Cavite and another from QC shared the spotlight but Rivas and Emana bagged the MVP honors again in the Group 2 tournament presented by Dunlop which drew full-packed 32-player rosters in four age divisions in the boys' category.

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