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Madis, Aludo bag ITF juniors crown

DT · Jul 28, 2025, 3:46 AM

TENNIELLE Madis (left) and Stefi Marithe Aludo celebrate after being crowned as doubles champions in the second leg of the J60 PHINMA-ITF Junior Championships at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City on Sunday. — Photograph courtesy of ITF

Tennielle Madis and Stefi Marithe Aludo stunned top seeds Yesung Choo of Korea and Yu-Ning Tsai of Chinese Taipei, 6-1, 6-4, in the girls' doubles finals of the PHINMA-ITF Junior Championships 2 at the Manila Polo Club shell court in Makati City on Sunday.

The second-ranked Filipinos, both members of the Philippine Tennis Academy, also won the first leg over Tsai and Chinese Yuhan Chen, 6-2, 7-5.

In the girls' singles category, second seed Choo defeated fourth seed Chen, 7-5, 6-0, to claim her second title.

Choo won the first leg after prevailing over Aludo, 6-2, 6-2.

In the boys division, third seed Korean Min Hyuk Cho downed fourth seed Australian Lachlan King, 6-0, 6-0, to capture his second title.

Second seeds Tae Woo Kim of Korea and Kuan-Ting Chen of Chinese Taipei collected their second doubles title after demolishing top seeds Cho and compatriot Se Hyuk Cho, 6-2, 6-1.

Kim and Chen triumphed over fourth-seeded Taiwanese duo Kousuke Ko and Kuan-Hsien Yu, 7-5, 6-1, in the finals last week.