LANAO DEL NORTE’S Heiz Asian Carbonilla bagged two singles titles and one doubles crown to lead the winners’ roster in the recent Cebuana Lhuillier Age Group Championship Series leg in Talibon, Bohol, recently.
Carbonilla started off with the 10-under title after beating another Lanao del Norte bet, Kurt Gervan Bandolis, 4-0, 4-0, at the Talibon Tennis Club courts. He rallied past Bohol’s Chryshyll, 3-6, 6-0, 11-9 in the boys’ 12-under finals and partnered with Bandolis to sweep KC Miasco and Casy Padilla, 4-1 , 4-0, to take the 10-under unisex doubles title.
Cebu City’s Nicole Suson beat another Cebuano, Francis Hidalgo, 7-5, 7-5, in the boys’ 16-under finals and Norman Joseph Enriquez, 6-1, 7-5, in the 18-under championship.
“It is just a matter of time that some of these young players will soon be wearing the country’s colors in future international competitions. I believe that in the 10 years that we have been sponsoring this age-group series, we have expanded the base of our tennis talents,” said Jean Henri Lhuillier, president and CEO of Cebuana Lhuillier and current chairman of the Philippine Tennis Association.
Richard Bautista