THE Philippine padel team is making a push for a medal as the men’s and women’s pairs advanced to the quarterfinals of the 20th Asian Games at the Nagoya City Higashi Sports Center.
Danna Abad and Joshea Malazarte overcame a hard-fought second set to win over Hong Kong’s Chan Wing and Lau Hiu, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, in the women’s second round.
Jason Lapidus and Argil Canizares defeated Hong Kong’s Chau Kwan and Lo Lok, 6-2, 6-2, in their second round campaign to also advance to the quarterfinals.
The pairs moved one win away from reaching the semifinals and clinched a place in the bronze medal match, at the very least.
Padel, a racquet sport played in pairs that has elements of tennis and squash, is making its Asian Games debut in Nagoya.
Marian Jade Capadocia and Tao Tan, however, fell to Chan Hiu and Law Yik of Hong Kong, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
Abdulqoahar Allian and Raymark Gulfo were still playing against Fares Aljanahi and Abudlla Alabdulla of United Arab Emirates as of publishing time.
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