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Scintillating Cecil Sparkles
Scintillating Cecil Sparkles

The dust has all but settled, but the recent heroics of Fil-Am Cecil Mamiit continue to be fodder for talk among tennis circles. Raising ...

Alcantara 1<sup>st</sup> Filipino Grand Slam champ in Australian Open 2009
Alcantara 1st Filipino Grand Slam champ in Australian Open 2009

January 31, 2009. Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines (ITF Juniors ranked 29th as of January 26, 2009)  and Ch...

Arcilla exacts sweet revenge over Barte to take Bernales Cup
Arcilla exacts sweet revenge over Barte to take Bernales Cup

Months ago, in May 2008, a hamstring injury-plagued Johnny Arcilla was booted out during his Cebuana Lhuillier quarterfinal match by a 1...

Alcantara zooms to No. 21 in ITF Junior World Ranking
Alcantara zooms to No. 21 in ITF Junior World Ranking

As of January 5, 2009, Francis Casey "Niño" Alcantara has moved up to No. 21 among International Tennis Federation (ITF) Juniors in...

5 Filipino juniors win in 2009 Andrada Cup
5 Filipino juniors win in 2009 Andrada Cup

January 13, 2009.  Five Filipino age-group standouts made it to the winning column in the recent 20th Andrada Cup Age Group Tennis Ch...

Tri-meet mulled as Japan, China juniors visit SMART Tennis Camp
Tri-meet mulled as Japan, China juniors visit SMART Tennis Camp

Plaza Dilao, Paco, Manila, January 3, 2009.  Today, during SMART Sports Tennis Camp's regular training session, upcoming Filipin...

Cousins Dizon and Cansino lord over Duterte tennis in Davao
Cousins Dizon and Cansino lord over Duterte tennis in Davao

Davao City, January 10, 2009.  With cousin Juan Paolo Cansino, the Dizon siblings, Steffi, Andrei and Jenni, captured titles at the ...

LOOKING GOOD, SHAPING UP
Sports Dermatology: Athletes' Skin Disorders
Sports Dermatology: Athletes' Skin Disorders

This special feature starts a regular column by the Chairman of the Department of Dermatology of the East Avenue Medical Center, Marcellano ...

Sports Dermatology: Sun Protection
Sports Dermatology: Sun Protection

While we welcome sunlight, what is most unwelcome is too much sun, especially ultraviolet radiation (UV). Ultraviolet is a description of ...

OLYMPUS E-420
OLYMPUS E-420

The E-420 is the world's smallest digital SLR with all the features you need to take great pictures anywhere you go, every day. The innova...

HEAD Microgel's modern tennis conquers the court

Faster-paced and more aggressive, tennis has changed.

New techniques have evolved: expanded use of spin, faster, more aggressive swing styles, and more


CENTER COURT

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PHILTA to revive original Victoria Courts
PHILTA to revive original Victoria Courts

Manila, March 20, 2009.  A post-Valentine's agreement was recently reached between the Philippine Tennis Association (PHILTA...

Tierro, Patrimonio clinch Metro Open
DLSU tops UAAP Men’s Tennis Scanned Inquirer clipping of February 22, 2004 heralds DLSU toppling UST (Courtesy of Roland Kraut)
TENNIS ICON
Jean Henri Lhuillier, leading patron of Philippine tennis
Jean Henri Lhuillier, leading patron of Philippine tennis

PhilTENNIS salutes the dashing and peripatetic Jean Henri Lhuillier, President of the PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies.  Lhuillier has...

Colonel Buddy Andrada, PHILTA pillar
Colonel Buddy Andrada, PHILTA pillar

Having given two decades of his life to the presidency of the Philippine Tennis Association, Col. Salvador H. Andrada, AFP (Ret.) stepped as...

Romy Magat, PHILTA SecGen
Romy Magat, PHILTA SecGen

The dignified Romeo S. Magat, who brings to PHILTA the breadth of his management experience, celebrated his 73rd birthday on December 26, ...

Demy Andrada, tennis sparkplug
Demy Andrada, tennis sparkplug

Now doing his share to guide the next generation of Filipino tennis players, Col. Demetrio "Demy" R. Andrada, PHILTA Regional Vice Preside...

Liza Tang, pro-tennis dynamo
Liza Tang, pro-tennis dynamo

Though one would mistake her as the muse of the company, the comely and articulate Liza Tang works as Operations Manager of Dynamic Sports...

WINNING THE GAME
SMART Sports Age Grouper: Enah Baba
SMART Sports Age Grouper: Enah Baba

A timeworn line states "The proof of the pudding is in the eating."  Certainly, the best way to gauge the effectiveness or success of a...

GLORY DAYS
Classic Collegiate Cliffhanger, 1998
Classic Collegiate Cliffhanger, 1998

The UP Men's Tennis team survived a punishing encounter with a gritty UST squad at the CHK courts last Sunday to extend their winning stre...


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