Williams secures ninth Wimby final appearance
Glydel Guevarra and JB Aguilar hope to bring their winning act to Naga, seeking another pair of victories in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala regional age group tennis tournament which got going Friday at the Naga City Tennis Courts in Camarines Sur.
The duo nailed two victories each in the Iriga stop of the yearlong, nationwide circuit last week with Guevarra, one of the local aces, and Aguilar from Camalig, Albay upbeat of their chances to score a repeat in the 12- and 14-and-under divisions of the Group 4 tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop headed by president/CEO Bobby Castro and presented by Slazenger.
LONDON (AP) – All these years later, Wimbledon still brings out the best in Venus Williams.
With her latest display of gutsy serving and big hitting, Williams beat Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday to reach her ninth title match at the All England Club and first since 2009.
At 37, Williams is the oldest Wimbledon finalist since Martina Navratilova was the 1994 runner-up at that age.
Williams also stopped Konta's bid to become the first woman from Britain in 40 years to win the country's Grand Slam tournament.
“I couldn't have asked for more, but I'll ask for a little more. One more win would be amazing,'' Williams said. ``It won't be a given, but I'm going to give it my all.''
She will be seeking her sixth Wimbledon championship and eighth Grand Slam singles trophy overall. Her most recent came in 2008, when she defeated her younger sister, Serena, for the title at the All England Club. A year later, she lost the final to Serena.
Two female truck drivers and employees of Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC) will be competing in Volvo’s Thailand Hub Fuelwatch “Off-road” Challenge 2017 on Sunday.
Jennifer Inting, 27, and Alma Bonita, 35, employed as dumptruck drivers at the mine sites of the Hinatuan Mining Corporation (HMC) and Cagdianao Mining Corporation (CMC), respectively, will represent their companies in the Volvo driving competition.
Last Thursday, the two flew to Thailand to compete with truck drivers from other countries in Volvo’s search for a representative to the South East Asia Fuelwatch “Off-road” Challenge to be held in Sweden later this year.
The two ladies are travelling outside the country for the first time.
Three junior division games today kick off the 15th Fr. Martin Cup Division 2 basketball tournament at the St. Placid gymnasium of the San Beda College-Manila campus in Mendiola.
The San Beda-Manila Red Cubs-A will clash with the Rich Golden Montessori School Spartans at 8 a.m. while San Beda-B takes on Diliman Preparatory School at 9:30 a.m.
The Letran Squires meets the La Salle Greenhills Greenies at 11 a.m.
Commissioner Robert de la Rosa said two senior division matches will follow this Sunday, with the San Beda Red Lions taking on the Ateneo Blue Eagles at 8 a.m.
Guest team San Juan confronts Diliman College at 9:30 a.m.