PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Bien Zoleta-Mañalac and Princess Catindig gave the Philippine soft tennis team its first gold in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.
Zoleta-Mañalac and Catindig teamed up to capture the women’s doubles gold by beating Thailand’s Chatmanee Jankiaw and Napawee Jankiaw, 5-2.
It was Zoleta-Mañalac’s second consecutive gold medal in the women’s doubles, having won in 2019 but with a different partner in sister Bambi Zoleta.
In 2019, Catindig won a bronze with Erdlyn Peralta as partner.
Zoleta-Mañalac and Catindig proved to be an equally effective pair, topping roup A after victories over Cambodia and Indonesia to set up a finals showdown against Group B topnotcher Thailand.
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