MANILA, Philippines — SIXTH seed Filipino Miguel Iglupas defeated Puchit Sukjai of Thailand, 7-5, 6-3, Wednesday to reach the boys' singles quarterfinal in the ITF J60 Coca-Cola Philta International Juniors Leg 2 at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
The University of the Philippines freshman battled cramping in both legs in the second set to advance against No. 2 Lin Hao-Yu of Chinese Taipei, who prevailed over Jack Cooper of Hong Kong, 6-3, 6-2. "My legs began to hurt after the first set, I'm glad that I was able to finish the match," said the 18-year-old Iglupas from Iligan City, who is playing in his final tournament in the juniors.
