July 7, 2015, 11:15 a.m. – A GOLDEN pair from the
UST Shuttlers advanced to the finals of the Luzon leg of the Philippine
National Games badminton tournament at Rizal Stadium Monday.
Twins Henry and Henrick
Peralta cruised to the championship round of the boys’ doubles after sweeping
De La Salle University’s Michael Saragena and Cyril Carbonal, 21-19, 21-13.
The Peraltas pulled away
in the second set after capitalizing on La Salle’s poor smashing and exhaustion
as they ignited a 15-7 run for the win.
UST’s Al Sabanal and
Steffie Aquino dominated the Judd Reyes-Micah Quion tandem of the Allied-NVBM
badminton team, 21-12, 21-10, to book a spot in the mixed doubles finals.
With UST clinching the
first set, Sabanal and Aquino continued their surge with a 9-2 blitz to seal
the game.
“[Binigyan ako] ng
experience and exposure at saka kung paano maging matatag lalo na sa mga
crucial game, kasi sa UAAP puno palagi ng pressure,” Aquino told the Varsitarian.
UST’s pair of Ann
Pimentel and Sugar Vizmonte dropped a 13-21, 11-21 decision against the
Allied-NVBA tandem of Pauline Tan and Paolo Bernardo in the ladies’ doubles
quarterfinals
Rookie Chris Sanchez and
Airish Ann Macalino also lost in their respective quarterfinal matches.
The championship of the
badminton tournament will be held tomorrow, 9 a.m., at the same venue. Philip
Martin L. Matel
