Mona Sarines will likely be standing in the best way of dual sister Lisa’s double bid. —NGAP PHOTO
Grace Quintanilla closed out with a two-under-par 70 and topped girls qualifying for the NGAP’s Match Play Championship, however probably the most fascinating conflict when the KO phases begin on Thursday is the one between twin sisters Mona and Lisa Sarines.
The Sarines sisters battle it out after Mona fired a second-round 73 at tree-lined Luisita in Tarlac for 144 to finish qualifying because the No. 3 seed.
That set her up towards Lisa, who tabbed the sixth seed after a 73 for 147 and is looking for a golden double after profitable the Strokeplay Championship at Pradera Verde final week.
“Will probably be a really robust match for each of us,” the 14-year-old Lisa instructed the Inquirer as she shares the identical purpose with Jet Hernandez, the champion final week who’s looking for to comb each males’s titles. “We are going to simply attempt to benefit from the match.
“I’m certain she desires each of us to win, however that may’t occur,” Lisa added with a slight giggle, referring to their mother, Dang, who’s current in all the twins’ tournaments.
The 21-year-old Hernandez, in the meantime, superior because the third-ranked participant on the boys’s aspect behind fellow nationwide group members Rolando Bregente and Shinichi Suzuki, getting his bid in movement towards teener Alexis Nailga.
“I feel that was half the problem—stepping into the match play (part),” Hernandez stated. “I didn’t care heading into the week what seed I might be. I might’ve reacted the identical means—if I used to be No. 1 or No. 16. That is already match play.
“I be ok with my sport and I don’t assume that right this moment was a mirrored image (of the place my sport is at),” he added after submitting a two-over-par 74 for 142 to complete three pictures behind Bregente. “It’s golf. These items occur. However yeah, I be ok with my sport heading into the match play.”
Bregente, who shot a second-round 72, drew Ronel Taga-An, whereas Suzuki will battle Geoffrey Tan.
Quintanilla, the reigning Singapore Newbie champion, will battle No. 8 Brittany Tamayo, at the same time as No. 2 qualifier Ally Gaccion tangles with Treasured Zaragosa.
