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PCA TOURNEY
Guba wins in opening round

La Carlota City netter Yannick Guba breezed to an impressive 6-1, 6-3 victory against Tonito Payumo Saturday to advance into the second round of the 2005 PCA Open in Paco, Manila.

Guba, seeded tenth, will start his second round campaign today in the weeklong tournament presented by Basilan Gov. Muslim "Wahab" Akbar.

Guba and partner Nico Riego De Dios also won against Lawrence Magaway and Michael Basco yesterday at the start of the doubles' division play. Guba and De Dios are seeded eighth.

Piccio makes waves
in Antique swimfest

Kiefer Alexander Piccio of Sta. Fe Aquatics grabbed 10 gold medals over the weekend to emerge as the most bemedalled and most outstanding tanker in the boys' 9-10 category of the 1st Binirayan National Invitational Age-Group Swimming Competitions in Antique.

Piccio, a Grade 5 student at the University of St. La Salle, spearheaded the STF, which only had eight of its swimmers competing in the national event.

Piccio, who is set to see action in the 2005 Palarong Panlalawigan next week, started his gold medal sweep by ruling the 200-meter Individual Medley with a time of two minutes and 51.9 seconds, ahead of Panaad Swim Team rivals Joshua Balinas (39.36) and Karlo Del Carmen (41.66).

After his 200-m IM domination, the STF standout placed first in the 50-m backstroke (37.62) and 50-m butterfly (35.27).

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