Day 3 of the 2011 IT&E Singles\/Doubles Badminton Tournament was a short one for 11 players, as they nailed straight set victories at the NMBA Gym at the TSL Sports Complex on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
At Court 1, all five matches were decided in two sets. In the first game, Jerome Malasarte swept Joel Ortega in the men\u2019s C singles, 21-16, 21-12. In the second match, Alma Ortega also needed only two sets to down Irish Pagarao in the women\u2019s C singles, 21-16, 21-16. The third match at Court 1 was another women\u2019s C singles game with Roma Barlao defeating Arlyn Naguit, 21-18, 21-8.<\/p>\n
The last two tiffs at Court 1 featured men\u2019s A singles players. In the fourth game, Ferdie Arago whipped Mario Diola, 21-9, 21-8, while Dick Guintu edged Andrew Galvez, 21-20, 21-10.<\/p>\n
Over at Court 2, Rodwealth Espana split his men\u2019s B2 matches, losing first to Chris Hilario, 20-21, 18-21, before bouncing back against Aries Cordero with a 21-8, 21-15 victory.<\/p>\n
In other games at Court 2, Chris Obaldo survived Kim Boranah in their women\u2019s C singles match, 21-18, 20-21, 21-18, while Noli Santos swept Jerry Balarao in the men\u2019s B1 singles, 21-18, 21-17. Vic Reyes and Ezekiel Macario were also scheduled to play at Court 2 for the men\u2019s B2 singles division, but the game was reset.<\/p>\n
At Court 3, only one of the five matches went the distance with Joseph Santos escaping past Edwin Montoya in the men\u2019s B1 singles, 21-20, 21-8, 21-17. In the men\u2019s B2 singles, Roger Vales triumphed over Oh Imbog, 21-18, 21-20, while Panapa was awarded a walkover win over Luis Camacho in the other men\u2019s B2 tiff.<\/p>\n
The two women\u2019s singles games at Court 3 resulted in sweeps with Cristy Villaflor topping Merlie Tolentino in the B1 division, 21-19, 21-18, and Michelle Caleon crushing Shirley Kim in the B2 category, 21-15, 21-18.<\/p>\n
Action in the IT&E tournament continued last night and games will also be played this weekend.<\/p>\n
Each division has a round-robin format in the elimination with only the Top 4 teams advancing to the crossover playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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