Tennis: Pinoy partner fall in French Open

by Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Francis Casey Alcantara and Fil-American Raymond Sarmiento bowed out in the boys’ doubles second round of the French Open.

The 18-year-old Alcantara and Sarmiento were eliminated by Spain’s Carlos Boluda-Purkiss and Italy’s Alessandro Collela, 7-6 (4), 6-3, who advanced against German second seeds Peter Heller and Kevin Krawietz in the quarterfinals.

The Germans earlier hacked out a 6-1, 6-1 over French Lucas Szewczyk and Thomas Szewcyk.

Alcantara and Sarmiento, who teamed up to win in the Grade 1 Mitsubishi Lancer Open last March, groped for form in the red clay courts.

The other Filipino bet, Jeson Patrombon, was eliminated in the second round of the singles Tuesday by Duilio Beretta of Peru, 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-2. Sarmiento bowed out in the singles in the first round.

Tennis: Fil-Am Barte and partner Burdette roll through doubles title

by Will Seaton, Stanford Daily

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Lindsay Burdette can’t be stopped this postseason, putting up another remarkable run to become NCAA doubles champion with longtime partner Hilary Barte, and upset the nation’s No. 1 team from Tennessee 7-5, 4-6, 6-0.

“I have known deep down that Hilary and I were the best team together,” Lindsay Burdette said. “That showed me that it was the right thing and it just made me work that much harder so that we can be together.”

The No. 2 team in the country all season, Burdette and Barte have really proved their dominance. With an overall record of 36-6, the team is Stanford’s first NCAA doubles champions since Alice Barnes and Erin Burdette — Lindsay’s older sister — defeated Amber Liu and Ann Yelsey in 2005 in an all-Stanford final.

Their run to the final was a fairly routine affair. They recorded four wins before the final match, all in straight sets. In fact, their most dominant match came in the semifinals over No. 4 Andrea Remynse and Yasmin Schnack of UCLA, as they won 6-0, 6-1

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Tennis: Stanford’s Barte Collects Singles, Doubles Titles

Junior Hilary Barte captured singles and doubles crowns at the NCTC Classic over the weekend, as the Stanford women’s tennis squad kicked off its spring season.

While other team members were competing at the Freeman Memorial Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., Barte and senior Lindsay Burdette, junior Jennifer Yen and sophomore Logan Hansen participated in the NCTC Classic.

Barte defeated USC’s Maria Sanchez 7-5, 6-2 to claim the singles title, then teamed with Burdette to defeat UCLA’s Andrea Remynse and Yasmin Schnack 8-6 for the doubles championship.

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Mamiit eyes Asiad breakthru

by Joaquin Henson (Philipine Star)

Three-time Southeast Asian (SEA) Games men’s singles gold medalist Cecil Mamiit vowed the other day to play with the same level of intensity, passion and drive at the Asian Games in Guangzhou this November as in Laos but hesitated to promise any medals because he expects the competition to be world-class.

Still, Mamiit said the Philippine team will be more than ready for war particularly as the men are playing with the best of Asia in the Davis Cup ties this year. >>>READ COMPLETE ARTICLE>>>

SEA Games: All Fil-Ams in men’s single tennis

by Jun Lomibao, Business Mirror Sports

…Cecil Mamiit disposed of a pretender from Cambodia, Filipino-American Treat Huey took care of a more onerous business and the Philippines is guaranteed of a second tennis gold medal in the 25th SEA Games on Wednesday.

Mamiit handily beat Cambodian Tan Nysan, 6-1, 6-2, to arrange an all-Filipino final for the men’s singles crown with Huey, who booted out top Thai 2007 champion Danai Udomchoke, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6).

The morning after Mamiit and Huey labored to win for the Philippines its first tennis gold medal—the men’s team—on Saturday, Mamiit told Filipino scribes Huey would take care of bundling out Udomchoke, who was picked to repeat as men’s singles champion. READ FULL STORY>>>