Published February 26, 2021, 1:14 PM
National tennis team standouts Francis Casey Alcantara and Ruben Gonzales still couldn’t find their groove in their second tournament as a duo this year.
Alcantara and Gonzales bowed out of the $25,000 ASC BMW Men’s World Tennis Tour in Naples, Florida anew after losing to the Peruvian pair of Conner Huertas del Pino and Alexander Merino, 7-6 (9), 4-6, 10-7, in the second leg’s quarterfinals on Friday morning (Manila time).
Coming off a dismal defeat in the grueling first set, the Filipino netters struck back to force a decider only to lose steam in the end.
Published February 24, 2021, 1:11 PM
Francis Casey Alcantara and Ruben Gonzales won by default in the ASC BMW $25,000 Men’s World Tennis Tour in Naples, Florida after one of their doubles opponents tested positive for COVID-19.
Alcantara and Gonzales were scheduled to play against Justin Butsch and Alex Rybakov in the first round Tuesday (early Wednesday in Manila) when officials decided not to push through with the match due to the said health test result.
The name of the player was withheld for privacy purposes.
“He didn’t show up na sa courts kanina,” Alcantara said in a message to
Manila Bulletin.