Teenager Sarah Joy Barredo shows up top guns, rules Prima Badminton

championship
SARAH Joy Barredo displayed skill and talent far advanced for her age as she captured the women's singles open
title of the 9th Prima Badminton Championship at the Powersmash Badminton Center in Makati on Sunday.
The reigning FDG Cup womens open singles champion bucked a sluggish first set performance to outlast national
teammate Mariya Anghela Sevilla, 20-22, 21-14, 21-18, to bag the womens open singles trophy.
I didnt expect I could get another achievement because there are so many talented players in this tournament, said
Barredo, who presently trains at the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall as member of the national team.
It makes me more inspired to strive harder in the upcoming tournaments. Good way to start my 2016. Im really
glad, added the 16-year-old, one of the rising stars in Philippine badminton.
Before reaching the final round, the top-ranked Barredo upset Malvinne 'Poca' Alcala in the quarterfinals (21-14, 1821, 21-13) and ousted National Universitys Jiselle Joy Capillo (21-11, 21-16) in the semifinals.
In the men's singles, national player Michael Kevin Cudiamat dethroned Marky Alcala, 21-17, 21-17, in the annual
tournament supported by Smart, Boysen Paints, Mabz Builders, Monocrete Construction, Morning Star Milling, ILO
Construction, Pioneer Insurance, Promax, Babolat, Vitwater, Regent Foods Corp., and Del Monte Fit N Right.
In other singles results, 12-year-old Jewel Albo retained the boys under-15 singles crown by scoring a 21-7, 21-16
win over Charles Alcarpio; Anthea Marie Gonzales beat Jochelle Alvarez, 21-15, 21-19, to capture the girls under-15
crown; and Janelle Anne Andres rallied past Aldreen Rae Concepcion, 16-21, 24-22, 23-21, to bag the 19-under girls
singles trophy.
Emilio Mangubat Jr.won by walkover against John Matthew Bernardo to earn the boys singles Under-19 crown, while
Mikaela Joy De Guzman outlasted Aldreen Rae Concepcion, 21-9, 21-13, to win the girls 17-under singles title.
Jason Vanzuela whipped Lance Zafra, 21-19, 12-21, 21-14, to win the boys 17-under trophy; Rey Pedron blasted
Jian Cedric Magtibay, 21-14, 21-16, to earn the boys 13-under title; and Zeth Quiambao outlasted Wijel Albo, 21-18,
16-21, 21-16, for the boys 13-under title. Rheylyn Angela Pedron beat Ivy Zapanta, 21-14, 21-11, to bag the girls
under-11 crown; and Angel Valle outlasted Lady Tuario, 21-15, 21-19, to win the girls under-13 trophy.

Filipino tandem Peter Magnaye and Paul Vivas wins Swiss

International Badminton Open doubles title
PETER Gabriel Magnaye and Paul Jefferson Vivas teamed up impressively in pocketing the men's doubles title of the
Swiss International Badminton Championship 2014 at the Centre Sportif Arena in Yverdon-Les-Bains in Switzerland
recently.
The leading pair of PBA-Smash Pilipinas rallied back in the final two sets to outplay top seed French rivals Baptiste
Careme and Ronan Labar, 6-11, 11-9, 10-11, 11-6, 11-10, to win the crown.
"We did our best and the result was pretty amazing. It was really great to play for your country and win," said Vivas,
who thanked national head coach Paulus Firman for guiding them to victory.
"We didn't get tired despite the exhausting games," said Magnaye for his part. Other Filipino players who competed in
the meet were Joper Escueta and Ronel Estanislao (men's doubles), Jessie Francisco and Eleanor Christine Inlayo
(women's doubles), and Antonino Toby Gadi (men's singles).
Escueta and Estanislao reached the quarterfinals but bowed to the pair of Careme and Labar, before Magnaye and
Vivas avenged the loss of their compatriot when they beat the two top seeded players from France in the finals.
Magnaye and Vivas, who are both member of Team Prima, were part of the seven-player team sent by the Philippine
Badminton Association (PBA) in Switzerland to compete in the four-day tournament sanctioned by the Badminton
World Federation (BWF).
It was also the first time the Philippines won the Swiss Open International, one of the longest and prestigious
European Open Circuit tournaments.
"Moreover, beating one of the strongest powerhouse European country in the badminton world, France, is a great
achievement, most specially in the open men's doubles where they are good at," said PBA-Smash Pilipinas
Indonesian coach Paulus Firman.
The eighth seed duo of Magnaye and Vivas, who recently won the country's Smart National men's doubles title, came
out strong during the semifinals when it subdued German opponents Raphael Beck and Andreas Heinz, 8-11, 11-10,
11-7, 10-11, 11-4, to enter the final round.
After winning their first two assignments in the elimination to reach the quarterfinals, Vivas and Magnaye sustained
their impressive work by defeating Malaysians Alfred Leung Yu Lau and Adam Yu Ming Lau, 11-10, 11-6, 11-3, to
reach the semifinals.

MANILA, Philippines Bianca Carlos marked her return to big-time badminton by winning the 2016 FDG
Cup Badminton Championships crown, rallying from a set down to beat last years champion Sarah
Barredo, 17-21, 21-11, 21-10, at Robinsons Place Manila last Sunday.
Carlos, a former national Open champion and many-time 19-U titlist, went on an attack mode from the
second set on, dominating Barredo with her smashes and drop shots anchored on defense and superb
court coverage to turn back her rival and clinch the womens singles Open crown in the 13th staging of
the annual event which gathered the countrys best players and rising stars.
On her way to the championship, the Ateneo mainstay subdued Luisa Baldos, repulsed former No. 1
Malvinne Alcala in another thriller of a three-setter, 17-21, 21-14, 21-16, outplayed No. 4 Monica Rivera,
21-4, 21-10, and upended second seed Nicole Albo, 21-17, 18-21, 21-11.
Barredo scraped past No. 3 Mariya Sevilla, 15-21, 21-13, 21-5, in the semis to get another crack at the
crown in the premier event held in honor of Robinsons Land Corp. president Frederick D. Go, and
sanctioned by the Philippine Badminton Association.
Malaysian Arif Latif, on the other hand, spoiled Mark Alcalas back-to-back title bid in mens Open,
fashioning out a 21-12, 21-16 victory.
The win thus completed Latifs domination of the countrys top players as he also bundled out No. 2 Kevin
Cudiamat, 21-10, 21-7, in the second round, No. 5 R-Jay Ormilla, 21-9, 21-19 and No. 6 Frell Gabuelo,
21-19, 21-19.