NAKOPO ni Marian Jade Capadocia ang singles at mixed double title sa Palawan Pawnshop-Pentaflores Open Tennis Championship kamakailan sa San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

PNG Tennis winner - Marian Jade Capadocia returns a shot against Marinel Rudas during the Philippine National Games Tennis women’s single finals at Lingayen, Pangasinan on Friday, March 11, 2016. Capadocia won the match, 6-1, 6-4. Jojo Riñoza/Manila Bulletin
PNG Tennis winner - Marian Jade Capadocia returns a shot against Marinel Rudas during the Philippine National Games Tennis women’s single finals at Lingayen, Pangasinan on Friday, March 11, 2016. Capadocia won the match, 6-1, 6-4. Jojo Riñoza/Manila Bulletin

Ginapi ng 24-anyos at dating RP No.1 si Khim Iglupas, 6-3, 6-1, sa championship match. Umusad ang No.3 seeded sa Finals nang gapiin sina Ellain Bahonsua, 6-0, 6-0 (quarterfinals) at Rachel de Guzman, 6-0, 6-3 (semifinals).

Kasangga si National player Jason Patrombon, nagwagi sila kontra Shaira Rivera at Vicente Anasta sa mixed doubles finals, 6-4, 6-4.

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‘Masayang-masaya po ako at nakatikim po uli ng panalo. Mas huhusayan ko pa po ang training ngayon at nakabalik ako sa National Team,” pahayag ni Capadocia.

Ang pambato ng Arellano University ay naalis sa RP team na sumabak sa SEA Games nitong Agosto sa Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.