RSTP, RPM-Renegades, Azizeyah clinch titles in 5th ALBAIK Tennis Tournament - Yahoo News MaktoobAfte...

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RSTP, RPM-Renegades, Azizeyah clinch titles in 5th ALBAIK Tennis Tournament - Yahoo News
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After two grueling months of highly competitive tennis, three clubs emerged champions in the six
categories of the 5th ALBAIK Tennis Tournament 2013.
The winningest team was Red Sea Tennis Players (RSTP), which took the championships in
categories B2, Middle Mixed (MMX) and Higher Mixed (HMX). Next in line was RPM-Renegades,
which took the category C and category B1 crowns, while Azizeyah Tennis Club pocketed the Lower
Mixed (LMX) category in the finals matches played at the Trio Ranch tennis courts here.
It was a field day for Red Sea Tennis Players (RSTP) as it went three-for-six starting off with its B2
contingent RSTP-Adnan team which defeated archrival DJ Auto Parts at 2-1 with an insurmountable
lead of 26-20. RSTP-Tennis Pro team then took the MMX category title after defeating Zuhair Fayez
Partnership via points 22-16 after a 2-1 match score. RSTP-MTTS bagged the HMX category trophy
with a down the wire win against Jeddah Ranao Tennis Club"s JRTC-Benji anchored on RSTP team
captain Francis Idjao and partner Domelo Gesto"s 8-3 rout of JRTC"s Ayman Randa and Alimbsar
Umpa in the fourth set. RSTP won the first set with Mr. Lee and Jovi Tagudin"s 8-2 win over Tungko
and Benji Usman. JRTC then took successive sets, Alama Macapaar and Maroouf Pantaran" 8-3 win
over Rey Diega and Bok Gregorio in the second set before Elias Mangca and Jun Ouano won by 8-4
over Jonathan Tenorio and Cecil Llevares in the third set for a final tally of 2-2 (23-21).
RPM-Renegades took the category C championship via a 13-11 super tie-break extension win after a
hard-fought battle with Uricane-Reem Riviera which ended in a 2-2 tie after four sets. The
Renegades continued their winning streak and conquered RSTP-MTTS in category B1 as the pair of
Alex Pena and Ely Mallari stood their ground to score 7-5 in the fourth set against Tonton Pana and
Joel De Castro and complete a 28-25 point win after leading two sets to one.
Azizeyah, on the other hand, snatched the category LMX crown from RSTP-MTTS after losing the
first set 5-8 with Belal Gogandy and Ibrahim Akeel to Zaid Fami Saleh and Alex Tam then winning
the second set with Mohammed Bashamakh and Khaled Al-Nahdi 8-3 over Yul Dela Cruz and Ahmad
Lagman. In the third set, Amer Al-Ghamdi and Mohannad Al-Ghamdi pulled out a 8-7 tie-break win
against Dondon Alcantara and Galileo Ikot to post a commanding 2-1 lead for Azizeyah. Azizeyah
raced to a 6-1 lead in the fourth set courtesy of Awais Tariq and Mohammad Rezayath over Jonathan
Contreras and Cris Balles to post an unreachable points lead and with it their first ALBAIK
championship.
Organized by Association of Tennis Clubs in Jeddah (ASTEC) under the helm of its chairman Francis
Idjao Jr. and Tournament Director Tonton Pana, this 26th ASTEC team tennis tournament is
presented in partnership with ALBAIK Food Systems Co. Ltd. represented by Bassam Al-Seyofi (PRmanager), Mahmoud Al-Jaber (marketing coordinator) and Ed Cabiedes (branch manager) and is
supported by Deltaz Marketing (Racquet Shop) courtesy of Tony Kassis, Maher Tebakhi and Amin
Malik. Also providing support is Sky Freight Forwarders, TFC The Filipino Channel and Pepsi
Bugshan.