PH bets fall in tennis mixed doubles, AJ Lim advances

TOP-seed Aldila Sutjuadi and Chris

Philippines 6-7, 6-3, 13-11 on Tuesday in the 30th Southeast Asian Games tennis mixed doubles competition match points in the super tiebreak to

“It was a tough match for us. They played very well, both of them. They played very solid also. In the super tiebreak, we were lucky that we are able to give them pressure during the matchpoint so they made a few mistakes. We

matchpoint,” said Sutjuadi.

“We had some chances in the end,” said Huey. “Three match

played great. She was the reason that we were in the match and had

Cruz, Benjamin Guevarra Jr., Jeffrey Ignacio, Michael Angelo chances to win. But they are the number one seed for a reason. They played well in the end and they deserve to win. Tough match for us.”

In women’s singles, Priska Madelyn Nugroho of Indonesia eliminated topseed Peangtarn Plipuech of Thailand

Sutjuadi, the second seed in women’s singles, beat Csilla Fodor of Vietnam 6-1, 6-2 while No. 3 Aunchisa Chanta of Thailand beat Charmaine Shi Yi Seah of Singapore.

Clarice Patrimonio of the Philippines, the silver medalist in 2017, lost to Savanna Ly Nguyen of

Vietnam 2-6, 2-6.

In men’s singles, No. 1 Nguyen

Bun of Cambodia 6-0, 6-3 while Alberto Lim of the Philippines eliminated No. 8 Muhammad Shaheed Alam Bin Mdqsud Alam of Singapore 7-6, 6-4.