Another article got from Philippine Sports Entertainment Portal which features a young lad from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines who won at the recently held Australian Open Junior Boys doubles title Championship together with Chinese-Taipei partner Cheng Peng Hsieh. Here's the article:
"Another Filipino has achieved sports greatness and has achieved a feat never been done before in Philippine history.
Superb Filipino tennis player Francis Casey “Nino” Alcantara, a sixteen year old Filipino became the first Filipino ever to win a Grand Slam event after pairing with a Taiwanese for the boys doubles title of the Australian Open tennis Championships.
Filipinos from around the globe praised Francis Casey “Nino” Alcantara for his spectacular feat in the Australian Open Junior Boys doubles title with Chinese-Taipei partner Cheng Peng Hsieh.
Alcantara, known to friends as Niño, paired with 17-year-old Cheng-Peng Hsieh to demolish Mikhal Biryukov of Russia and Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan, 6-4, 6-2, in the finals to achieve what no Filipino has done before.
Alcantara’s coach Jun Toledo was an outstanding Davis Cup doubles player and has always shown great confidence in the future of the simple lad from Cagayan De Oro City. Alcantara is the first Filipino to win a grand slam tennis title.
En route to the championship, the duo did not drop a single set and only twice did they have to play a tiebreak.
“I don’t know what to say. I’m very happy. I guess it still has to sink in,” Alcantara, the Philippines’ top-ranked junior player and No. 20 in the world said.
Felix Barrientos reached the semifinals of the Wimbledon juniors singles in 1985, the year he was ranked No. 1 in the world in the junior circuit.
In 1953 tennis great and Hall of Famer Felicisimo “Mighty Mite” Ampon won the Wimbledon Plate—a tournament for first- and second-round losers of the Wimbledon mens singles.
Alcantara is the eldest of three children. He learned to play tennis from his father who passed away six years ago.
“I dedicate this to him,” said Alcantara whose mother Sarah, a government employee, was there cheering him at the sidelines.
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3 comments:
hi, haze!!!...yup, hurrah, alcantara!!!...my husband watched his game on t.v. wala ko kita kay at work man ko...sayang! =(
we should all be proud of this guy 'cause he literally put not just the Philippines, but Cagayan de Oro as well, on the map!!! =)
hi te mai..amazing jud bitaw siya..sa tv patrol ra sad ko kita niya ui..gi-feature man xa..hehe
another sports star from the Philippines? Amazing! Hope you;ll continue to hone the skills of Filipino Athletes!
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