Escoses, Amahit cruise to the Next Round

Escoses, Amahit cruise to the Next Round

- Dan Rupinta

 

Nov 25, 2008  -  There were no major surprises in the 4^th day of action at the 2008 Yonex-Sunrise Phils National Open Badminton Championships held at the YPBC, Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong City.      In the Open Category Men’s Singles Round 32, Seeds 1 and 2, Lloyd Escoses (ETC-YPBC) and Arolas Amahit (Phils Army/Philstar) crushed their respective rivals in dominating fashion.   Escoses defeated Jerome Serrano (FEU-Hooked), 21-9, 21-8 in 23 minutes, while Amahit clobbered Calvin Bandialan (Allied-Astec-Club 650), 21-12, 21-10 in almost identical time.    With the win, Escoses booked a ticket for the much-anticipated duel with Antonino Gadi of the Golden Shuttle Foundation in the Round of 16, who has defeated Julius Marcos of the Phils Navy, 21-4, 21-10.   

 

Arguably considered as the toughest Open Men’s Singles draw in YSPNOBC 5-year history, the Men’s Singles event features former Philippine National team members and current national team standouts.   Other winners in the Men’s Singles Open Event R32 were Ian Gil Piencenaves of Butuan City Badminton Club/PLDT and Jornelleous Castro of Iloilo Doctors College/Valiant Club of Iloilo.     Former national team member Owen Lopez was not as lucky as his former teammates in the Phils team as he fall to pesky Heildenberg Dimarucot of the University of the East in one of the closely-contested match of the evening, 21-16, 21-12.    

 

In the Open Men’s Doubles category, top 2 seeded pairs Bryan Chan/Michael Paclibar of DLSU and Joffre Arollado and Cliff Marvin Yan of Solid Badminton Club easily advanced to the R16 by winning their matches in less than 20 minutes.     While in the Open Women’s Doubles category, Iloilo’s pride Lynette Esico and Annelyn Alba moved to the R16 by hurdling their opponents from DLSU, Bernice Arsenio and Caitlyn Chan, 21-10, 21-19. 

 

Catch the Round of 16 Open events action on Thurs, Nov 27 starting at 4pm.

 

To view the complete results, you may log on to http://www.worldkalakal.com/2008yonexsunrisetourney

 

The 2008 Yonex-Sunrise Philippines National Open Badminton Championships is presented by YONEX-SUNRISE and co-presented by PHITEN.  This event is also brought to us by:  Badminton Hub, Sportshub, My Shaldan, Makati Shangri-la, BSI Medicated Spray, Fish Designs, Potraitme.net, Tacorific, Potato Corner and our official & exclusive print partner, The Philippine Star.    The tournament runs from November 22-30, 2008