Durable Arcilla rips Pague, bags Escudero Cup

By The Manila Times

Feb 25, 2023 12:12 am

Johnny Arcilla overwhelmed Jose Maria Pague with a stellar play that has anchored his long reign in local tennis, coming away with a 6-2, 6-0 victory to capture the Escudero Cup National Tennis Open Championship in San Pablo City yesterday.

He broke his young rival in the fourth game of the opening frame, then repeated the feat in the eighth before turning their second set duel into a virtual workout, limiting Pague to just one point in the latter's three turns on serve.

Johnny Arcilla (left) clinches another Open trophy over Jose Maria Pague CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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