MANILA, Philippines — Six Filipino wildcard bets, including Clarice Patrimonio, proved no match to their foreign rivals and crashed out right in the first round of the 22nd Mitsubishi Lancer International Juniors Championships Tuesday at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
Though their rivals were unseeded, Patrimonio, Tamitha Nguyen, Marinel Rudas, Marian Jade Capadocia, Anne Rene Castillo and Calvin Canlas still could not summon the skill to overcome their rivals.
Patrimonio, daughter of four-time PBA MVP winner Alvin, suffered a 6-2, 6-2 defeat against Indonesian Nadia Ravita.
Nguyen lost to Sweden’s Susanne Celik, 6-2, 6-1; Rudas to Belgian Elike Lemmens, 6-0, 7-5; and Castillo to Canadian Kimberley-Ann Surin, 6-0, 6-0.
Capadocia, who last year reached the third round, yielded to Romanian Patricia Maria Tig, 6-4, 6-3, while Canlas was blanked by Mexican Juan Pablo Murra, 6-0, 6-0.
Other Filipino wildcard entries Jurence Mendoza, Enrique Ferrer, Andrew Joshua Cano, Juan Alfonso Opulencia, Kyle Parpan and Maika Tanpoco are still playing at presstime.
Mendoza is playing against Taiwanese Jao Chi-Shan, Ferrer against Canadian Edward Nguyen, Cano against Chinese Cao Zhaoyi, Opulencia against Australian Nick Kyrgios, Parpan against Japanese Soichiro Moritani and Tanpoco against Belgian Klaartje Liebens.
Boys’ top seed Jeson Patrombon, who is determined to win his first singles title this year, earned an opening-round bye. (MB)
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