Abarquez scores twinkill in Cebuana Lhuillier tennis
Cebuana Elizabeth Abarquez posted a double-victory to lead the cast of winners in the 11th Cebuana Lhuillier Agegroup Tennis Circuit at the CitiGreen Tennis Resort in Barangay Punta Princesa, this city.
Abarquez ruled the girls 16 division after a dominant 63, 6-3 victory over Sultan Kudarat’s Carlyn Bless Guarde.
Abarquez claimed her second title together with Shynne Villareal in the doubles as they defeated the tandem of Ghylana Yu and Pherl Bless Coderos, 8-4. She missed her triple championship after exhaustion caught up with her allowing Guarde to win the girls 18 title, 7-5, 6-3.
Tiffany Nocos and Chad Connor Cuizon, for their part, also won the championship in their respective divisions. Nocos claimed the girls 12 title over Corazon Lambonao, 6-0, 6-3, while Cuizon outsmarted Bryzen Wynn Matthew Sanchez, 40, 4-0 to win the unisex-10 under championship.
Marc Nicole Suson fell short against Vince Tugade who copped the boys 16 crown, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-1.
Multi-titled Jose Maria Pague of Zamboanga City denied Tugade a double victory with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the boys 18 finals. Rupert Tortal dominated the boys 14 after zapping Brent Cortes, 6-1, 3-6, 10-4.
Oroquieta City’s Nash Austines won the boys 12 title over Christopher Sonsona, 6-2, 7-5, while another Zamboanga bet Ezra Enriquez reigned supreme in the girls 14 after upending Minette April Bentillo, 6-3, 6-1.
Bentillo managed to bounce back in the girls 14 doubles after winning the title together with Ezra Enriquez. They beat Hilary Coderos and Corazon Lambonao, 8-0. In the boys’ side, the duo of Euri Tagal and Nash Agustines blasted Brent Cortes and Ashton Villanueva, 8-4 for the championship, while the Wendyll Deja and Rusel Cero topped the boys 18 at the expense of Pague and Ramon Wilfred Bentillo. —
Caecent No-ot Magsumbol
points that Utah dealt them last March.
They travel to Portland and play the Blazers (19-27) tomorrow then the Utah Jazz (29-17) the following day. Losing is already eminent but for the love of Metta World Peace and Robert Sacre, at least make good use of that brown leather ball.
If it is any consolation to a shamed Laker Nation, the team needs one more victory to equal their total number of wins last season. I would dare say that they will win ten more games of their remaining 34 regular season games. Anything less contributes some more to the embarrassment.
One of the NBA’s most iconic franchises with a winning tradition now sits at 27th in a field of 30 teams. They are two rungs above Miami and Brooklyn and if their losing ways continue, the Lakers will again have two first-round picks in the 2017 rookie draft. At least from 2014 up to the present, the draft picks were serviceable.
Are they tanking on purpose? Are they tired of chasing wins? Do they lack motivation? Who’s to blame – players, coaches or management? It has been four years since the Lakers been to the playoffs and it is high time to get back to the Purple Reign.