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 23, 2021, 6:36 PM
Francis Casey Alcantara and Ruben Gonzales seek to regain composure when they see action in the second leg of the ASC BMW $25,000 Men’s World Tennis Tour in Naples, Florida this week.
Alcantara and Gonzales, who are only in their second tournament since pandemic sidelined them for almost a year, are set to clash with unseeded Americans Justin Butsch and Alex Rybakov in the opening round Tuesday (early Monday in Manila) of the 16-pair main draw field.
Both Alcantara and Gonzales, and Butsch and Rybako lost their respective first-round matches in the first leg of the $25,000 Futures claycourt event last week.
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