[gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide" ids="8620,8621"] Chet Bautista JEDDAH — Elaf Group showed its might by burying the opposition with a blitzkrieg attack as it over-powered SCTC in their Category B2 encounter while Saudi Binladen Group's two entries in Category C outclassed their respective opponents. In the Ladies Division Reem Riviera-Uricane continued its winning streak in Category HMX by steam-rolling past Al Baik-Ed team as the games proper of the 7th Al Baik Team Tennis Tournament 2015 closed its first week of the eliminations round in the sprawling courts of Trio Ranch Country Club in Jeddah. Elaf Group had an almost perfect night as it ruled the roost against Saudia City Tennis Club team in the B2 Category. Starting the 1st set with an 8-4 win by Ronald Mercado and August Talavera against the tandem of Ruel Cuasay and Ernie Capito then grabbing the 2nd set singles with Cats Catalan winning over Michael Landrito at 8-4 to post a commanding 2-0 lead in the match. In the third set Rey Tablang and Ricky Salazar Sr. shut the lights out on SCTC's Joel Sacal and Albert Ramires with an 8-4 win and a 3-0 match score to secure victory. In the fourth set Jun Atienza and Ed Umlas lost 1-8 to Ramil Abdua and Amin Paraji for a final match tally of 3-1 for Elaf team. In Category C encounters, Saudi Binladen team's RPDTC-1 and RPDTC-2 were both successful in their games against separate opponents. RPDTC-1 was able to escape a hotly contested match against team ATP-Mon by a single point at 26-25 after the match ended 2-2. SBG-RPDTC-1 took the 1st set as Leo Lagumay and Jun Delos Reyes scored an 8-1 win against Rom Magbuhos and Art Gipiga. This was followed by Joseph Eutaquio's 2nd set singles 8-6 win over Miller Narvais to banner a 2-0 lead for RPDTC-1. In the third set, ATP-Mon's Boy Liwanag and Jun Queno subdued Ernie Ong and Jeremy Condrado with an 8-5 win then in the 4th set ATP-Mon again fashioned a similar 8-5 win by Louie Abalos and Edwin Aquino against Noel Sunga and Lito Ortiz to tie the set scores at 2-2. But counting the all-important scores had the RPDTC-1 team leading at 26-25 to win the match. On the other court, SBG-RPDTC-2 had a rather easy match as it blanked team KALOPINDO 4-0. The first set was won 8-1 by Aznar Marohombsar and Ali Dipatuan against Jamil Paudac and Agakhan Saguiran. Then Alito Macadat scored an 8-0 win over Miguel Amanoddin in the 2nd set. In the third set Floridal Bayal and Joey Septimo scored an 8-1 win against Alimodin Ambolot and Steve Ader followed by another 8-0 win by Damian Mercado and Gerry Colado over Bong Tala and Karim Dimaporo due to default in the 4th set for the 4-0 tally. In the Ladies Division, opening day winners Reem Riviera-Uricane again showed their class in the HMX Category this time as they demolished team Al Baik-Ed 3-0. Team captain Dena Aquino partnered with Beng Tumale to rule the first set 8-6 against Alice Toling and Mariel Ritual. In the second set, Kate Taduro and Amor Idjao won 8-0 over Bing Cabuquin and Malou Argarin to clinch the match 2-0. Completing the sweep in the third set was the tandem of Jhoy Siongco and Tracy Atienza with an 8-3 victory against Raquel and Penn. Organized and managed by the Association of Tennis Clubs in Jeddah (ASTEC) under the helm of its current chairman Bernie Soguilon and Tournament Director Tonton Pana, this 28th ASTEC team tennis tournament being played at the Trio Ranch Country Club tennis courts is presented in partnership with Al Baik Food Systems Co. Ltd. represented by Bassam Al-Seyofi (PR Manager), Ed Cabiedes (Branch Manager) and Mazza Farajallah (Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator) and is supported by Deltaz Marketing (Racquet Shop), Sky Freight Forwarders and Pepsi Cola.
