The Manila Times

Carlos cruises into Asian Under-14 meet QF

- EMIL C. NOGUERA

juniors cam - bela Carlos barged into the girls’ singles quarterfin­als of the 2017 Asian Under- 14 Tennis Championsh­ip being held at the Lawn Tennis Associatio­n of Thailand Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Carlos, a three-time Philippine Columbian Associatio­n Open juniors champion, overpowere­d wild card Noelle Vivian Faber of Singapore via an impressive 6-0, 6-0 decision in the tournament organized by the Asian Tennis Federation.

The 13-year old Carlos will be up of Sweden, who scored a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Chanikarn Nakudom of Thailand in the second round.

Carlos aims to continue her winning ways in the doubles event when she partnered with Chinese

and Terada advanced to the quarters after beating Faber and Kang Na Lim of South Korea, 6-4, 6-3.

Early this year, Carlos had a threeweek training at Hope Tennis Academy in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. She then competed in the 1st Asian Tennis Federation Under-14 Series in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia where she won the doubles event with Malaysian Han singles play.

Meanwhile, Edgardo Manuel Angara failed to duplicate his 6-1, 6-1 win over Permpoon Teeratanee of Thailand as he lost to top pick Chathurya Nilaweera of Sri Lanka, 4-6, 2-6, in the boys’ singles.

Angara eyes vengeance in doubles when he and his Malaysian partner Jared Jia-Sheng Leong tackle Malaysians

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