TOP FINISHERS. Alexa Joy Milliam (third from left) rules the singles event of the Rina Caniza Women's Open Tennis Championships at the Philippine Columbian Association outdoor courts in Paco, Manila on Saturday (Feb. 11, 2023). Also in photo are (from left) doubles champions Allyssa Mae Bornia and Shaira Hope Rivera, former national player Rina Caniza, singles runner-up Tennielle Madis and doubles runners-up Maria Hannah Divinagracia and Joanna Tao Yee Tan. (PNA photo by Jean Malanum) MANILA - Top seed Alexa Joy Milliam lived up to her billing and claimed victory in the Rina Caniza Women's Open Tennis Championships at the Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) outdoor courts in Paco, Manila on Saturday. The 17-year-old netter from La Carlota City, Negros Occidental province banked on a steady baseline game to conquer unseeded Tennielle Madis of M'lang town, North Cotabato province, 6-3, 6-3. "I did not expect to win. My mindset is that, win or lose, as long as I gave m
TITLE SHOWDOWN.Unseeded Tennielle Madis (right) and top seed Alexa Joy Milliam will dispute the singles title in the Rina Caniza Women's Open Tennis Championships at the Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) outdoor courts in Paco, Manila on Friday (Feb. 11, 2023).(Contributed photo) MANILA-Unseeded Tennielle Madis stayed on track with her title bid after marching to the final round of the Rina Caniza Women's Open Tennis Championships to be held on Friday at the Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) outdoor courts in Paco, Manila. Madis, who hails from M'lang, North Cotabato, pulled off a 6-2, 6-2 victory over No. 14 Nichole Dela Rita to arrange a championship duel with top seed Alexa Joy Milliam in the tournament co-sponsored by the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP). "This is my first Open tournament. I hope to perform well in the final," said the 15-year-old Madis, who was leading 7-6 (2), 4-0 when Rachel Patricia Velez, a gold medalist a