JEDDAH — Team DJ Auto Parts stamped its class in the MMX category with a 4-0 shut-out of Hitec-Hidada team and Category C newcomer team Dark Horse showed promise with an impressive 4-0 debut game against Garden City during the first week of eliminations of the 4th Al Baik Team Tennis Challenge 2012 at the Al Bilad Hotel tennis courts here recently. Over at the Sheraton Hotel tennis courts Category C team Hitec-Hidada scored a closely fought 3-1 victory over Toyota Express. Starting off with Romeo Espino/Ben Consolacion team DJ Auto Parts had to endure tie break before winning 8-7 over a stubborn pair of Hitec-Hidada?s Jojo Aran/Tony Cleofas to take the first set. Same was true for the 2nd set as Froilan Malapad/Nur Panizales narrowly escaped to win 8-6 against Ruben Macalindong/Tirso Manalo to give team DJ Auto a commanding 2-0 lead midway through the match. In the make-or-break 3rd set, DJ?s team captain Marlon Ordono with Ahmad Sholeh made sure victory was their?s as they hammered Wajdi Bukhari/Jojo Lontac to coast to a comfortable 8-2 win to seal a 3-0 win. Playing for the all-important points, DJ?s Sandy Dalit/Ramil Abdua scored an 8-3 win over Ely Ramos/Jun Ordonez to complete a 4-0 sweep of the match for team DJ Auto Parts. In Category C, Dark Horse also scored a a 4-0 victory over Garden City with wins by Bobring Yparraguire/Richard Calma over Edward Benavidez/Richard Villauala 8-2, Mansoor Khalid/Kelly Cortes against Brendo Carpio/Raffy Fuentes 8-2, Herbert Amores/Armand Mahusay versus Arnel Cruzate/Lito De Guzman at 8-6 and Rico Arenas/Adan Republica over Arleen De Venecia/Edwin Chu at 8-3. At the Sheraton Hotel tennis courts, Hitec-Hidada?s Category C entry took a hard-earned 3-1 victory against a fighting Toyota Express team. With Hitec racing to a 2-0 lead on an 8-6 win by Elmer Sagales/Boy Limbaga over Ronel Sicat/Ronald Cadiz in the first set, followed by 8-5 result of Pons Hernandez/Joseph Deapera against Jovani Benting/Jerry Valle everything looked rosy for Hitec. But an overwhelming 8-1 win by Toyota Express? Russell Inabangan/Agot Cuevas over Iking Noval/Bert Dela Paz in the third canto placed the fourth set as the decision game. The crucial fourth set was closely fought and was won following a tie-break by Hitec?s James Labra/Rene Nicodemus at 8-7 against Delfin Reyes/Roger Dapitan. Other match results in Category C are as follows: Tropapips 2(30) defeat Zuhair Fayez 2(23), Category B2: ABTC 3(26) defeat Toyota Express 1(16), DJ Auto Parts 3(29) defeat Shelter 1(25) and Category MMX: DPWorld 3(28) defeat Friday Bulls 1(22). Organized and managed by the Association of Tennis Clubs in Jeddah (ASTEC), this team tennis tournament is being sponsored by Al Baik Food Systems, under the aegis of its PR Manager Bassam Al-Seyofi and Marketing Coordinator Mahmoud Al-Jaber. Others supporting the event are Deltaz Marketing (Racquet Shop) through Maher Tebakhi and Amin Malik; and Al-Raddadi Clinic through Ahmad Abdulrahman, Dr. Jethro Fajardo and Tony Bustamante.
