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Tennielle Madis and Stefi Marithe Aludo
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Philippine Tennis Academy players Tennielle Madis and Stefi Marithe Aludo clobbered third seeds Seojin Park of Korea and Haritha Shree Venkaresh of India, 6-1, 6-0, to reach the doubles final of the J60 PHINMA-ITF Championships 2 on Saturday at the Manila Polo Club shell court in Makati City.
The victory set up the Filipino pair against top seeds Yesung Choo of Korea and Yu-Ning Tsai of Chinese Taipei, who prevailed over fourth seeds Taylah Lessue of Australia and Elizaveta Nalesnik of Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 10-4.
Meanwhile, Madis and Aludo registered contrasting wins to earn semifinal berths in the singles category.
The top-ranked Madis survived No. 7 Nalesnik, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7), to advance against No. 4 and first leg champion Chen, a 6-2, 6-4 winner over No. 8 Taiwanese Yen-Ni Chiang.
No. 6 and first leg runner-up Aludo, on the other hand, eliminated No. 3 Tsai, 6-3, 6-3, to advance against second seed Choo, who beat Japanese Fukui, 7-5, 6-1.