Madison, Capadocia pull off Crankit Open reversals

American Kane Madison came away with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 victory over second seed Aileen Rogan while Jade Charito Capadocia wore down No. 3 Patricia Velez in the tiebreak and hacked out a 3-6, 7-5, 10-6 victory as they barged into the quarterfinals of the PPS-PEPP MAC’s Crankit Open Tennis Championships at the PCA courts in Paco, Manila yesterday.

A wild card entry, the 16-year-old Madison got past qualifier Patricia Lim, 6-2, 6-0, in the first round then surprised Rogan with her variety of shots to fashion out the straight-set victory for a Last 8 clash with fifth-ranked Clarice Patrimonio, who whipped Bea Acena, 6-1, 6-2.

Capadocia, on the other hand, proved steadier than Velez in the pressure-packed stage, coming away with key hits to snatch the victory for a showdown with Ma. Regina Santiago, who also booted out No. 7 Miles Vitaliano, 6-0, 6-0, in the upper half of the women’s draw in the event sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala headed by president/CEO Bobby Castro and the MAC’s Crankit Foundation of Australia, led by MAC’s Crankit Tennis Academy) founder-coach Patricia Concon-Puzon.

Top seed Khim Iglupas cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 romp over Denise Bernardo to lead the quarterfinalists, who include No. 8 Frances Santiago, who thumped Rafaella Villanueva, 6-3, 6-1; No. 6 Shaira Rivera, who ousted Macie Carlos, 6-1, 6-1; and recent Brookside Open winner Marian Capadocia, who crushed Jastine Maneja, 6-0, 6-0.

In men’s play, No. 1 Johnny Arcilla blasted junior star John David Velez, 6-0, 6-3, to advance to the quarters.