FORMER junior star Alberto Lim, Jr. and veteran Fritz Verdad hacked out stirring semifinal upsets over third seed Vicente Anasta and No. 4 Eric Jed Olivarez, respectively, on Saturday to forge a showdown for the Mayor Eric Olivarez Cup National Open Tennis crown in Sucat, Parañaque. Lim, 24, overpowered Anasta…
FORMER junior star Alberto Lim, Jr. and veteran Fritz Verdad hacked out stirring semifinal upsets over third seed Vicente Anasta and No. 4 Eric Jed Olivarez, respectively, on Saturday to forge a showdown for the Mayor Eric Olivarez Cup National Open Tennis crown in Sucat, Parañaque.
They dispute the crown and the top P50,000 purse plus trophy and Unified Tennis Philippines and Universal Tennis points at 10 a.m. Sunday also at the Olivarez Sports Center. Verdad, 29, trampled Laurenz Quitara, 6-2, 6-1, repelled No. 13 Eury Gaspar, 6-4, 7-5, and put one over second seed Jose Maria Pague, 6-1, 6-2, before battering No. 8 Jeleardo Amazona, 6-1, 6-0, to gain a crack at the championship in the event held under the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala program put up by Palawan Pawnshop president and CEO Bobby Castro.
In contrast, Verdad toughened up after yielding in the tiebreak in the first set, breaking Olivarez, the recent Hagedorn Open winner, in the third game of the second frame then winning the next three to seize control.
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