Filipino picklers secure 3 medals

The Philippines bagged three medals in the WPC SERIES-Asia Pickleball Open Championship in Pattaya, Thailand last Friday.

Medelene Ramos Saraza and Patricia Raymundo defeated Bambi Zoleta and Sarah Cable of Thailand, 21-5, in the final of the women’s doubles 19+ division.

Saraza and Raymundo finished the elimination round undefeated with four straight wins and a 15-7 win over Callista Chen of Singapore and Thai Prae Srichatrapimuk in the semifinals.

In the women’s doubles 35+ open category Bien Zoleta and Grace Woo clinched the bronze medal after a 21-17 victory over Indian Shraddha Damani and Sindoor Mittal of India.

Zoleta and Woo qualified for the semifinals after taking the second spot in Group B with a 3-1 record.

Unfortunately, the Filipino duo lost to Kai Fen Yi and Tien Wen Wang of Taiwan, 5-15, in the semifinals.

“This is the second time I got a medal in an Open 5.0 category coming from my last year’s gold in mixed open in WPC World Champs,” Zoleta said.

“Thank you Ate Grace we really fought hard and played harder in all our matches. The intensity and grit. Yesterday was one for the books.”