Boxer Violito Payla assured the Philippines of one more silver medal last night on Day 10 of the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, following the second place finishes of cue artist Antonio Gabica and taekwondo jins Tshomlee Go and Mary Antoinette Rivera.

But Negrense athletes fell short of a medal with Cauayan-born Arniel Ferrera and Joebert Delicano of Victorias City failing to surpass the world-class field in their respective events in the athletics competitions at the Khalifa Stadium.

Ferrera, the 2005 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, registered a 57.50-meter effort to place seventh in men's hammer throw, while Delicano placed eighth in the men's long jump with a 7.56-m leap.

Anya Tanpinco, who hails from Bacolod City, was disqualified in the second round of the women's individual golf hostilities at the Doha Golf Clbu. She shot a round of 73 on opening day. Payla, who hails from Cagayan de Oro City, posted a referee-stopped-contest outscored victory over Chinese Yang Bo, 40-20, at the Aspire Hall 5 to forge a gold medal bout with Somjit Jongjohor, a 23-3 winner over Katsuaki Susa of Japan.

The victory of Payla, who aims to avenge his three setbacks against Jongjohor in their previous fights, came a day after Gabica and Go seized silver medals Saturday night in the men's 8-ball singles and men's taekwondo hostilities, respectively.

Rivero delivered the Philippines' first silver medal in the quadrennial meet after reaching the finals of the women's 67-kg. category in taekwondo, before bowing to the superior Korean Kyung Seon Hwang, 1-6, late Friday night at the Qatar Sports Club Indoor Hall.

Go settled for the silver medal after absorbing a 1-4 setback against Korean Ju Young Kim in the men's 62-kg. category.

Genebert Basadre assured the RP pugs of another bronze after pummeling Serdar Hudayberdiyev of Turkmenistan, 24-4, in the quarters of the lightweight division.

The 34-year-old Gabica had an impressive run in the men's 8-ball singles competitions at the Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose Hall before losing to Japanese Satoshi Kawabata, 7-9, in the finals. Leonardo Andam settled for bronze after bowing to Kawabat, 6-9, in the semifinals.

Perennial national marathon champion Eduardo Buenavista paced the field at the start, but eventually lost steam to place 12th in men's marathon with a clocking of two hours, 24 minutes and 50 seconds.

In tennis, sixth seed Cecil Mamiit advance to the quarterfinals after outlasting Japanese Toshihide Matsu, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. *CIT

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