FILE–Jeson Patrombom and Francis Alcantara of the Philippines. INQUIRER PHOTO/AUGUST DELA CRUZ
BAC NINH, Vietnam—It’s going to be one other All-Filipino showdown for the boys’s doubles gold medal of tennis within the thirty first Southeast Asian Games on the Hanaka Sports and Service Center.
Ruben Gonzales and Treat Huey partnered completely in beating Vietnam’s Giang Trinh Linh and Mihn Tuan Pham, 6-4, 6-2, to rearrange the ultimate duel with their 2019 tormentors Jeson Patrombon and Francis Casey Alcantara, who scored a 6-4, 6-4 conquer one other Vietnamese pair, Quoc Khan Le and Văn Phuong Nguyen.
The gold medal match is about for Saturday.
“We are now assured of a gold and a silver in the men’s doubles again,” males’s tennis coach Chris Cuarto mentioned. “It’s really a big relief for the team despite all the difficulties we encountered in Manila.”
Top seed Alex Eala, nevertheless, settled for a bronze medal after dropping to fourth-seeded Thai Luksika Kumkhum, 4-6, 1-6, within the ladies’s singles semifinals.
“For Alex, there’s still a lot to learn and more SEA Games tournaments to play,” Cuarto mentioned of the 16-year-old rising star. “It’s going to be her time soon,”
Eala and Huey settled for the bronze medal on Thursday evening after dropping to Thailand’s Pruchya Isaro and Patcharin Cheapchandej, 6-3, 6-3, 10-4, within the combined doubles semifinals.
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