MANILA, April 9 -- Olongapo City's Cadee Jan Dagoon stunned top seed Ave Maria Policarpio, 6-3, 6-2, to capture the girls' U14 title in the Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. National Juniors Tennis Championships at the Olongapo Tennis Club on April 7.

Dagoon, the elementary division singles silver medalist at the 2023 Palarong Pambansa, settled for a runner-up finish in the U16 category where she retired against Nueva Ecija's Jayden Reece Ballado in the final. The score was 5-1.

Ballado ousted No. 1 Sandra Bautista, 7-5, 6-4, in the semifinal round of the Group I tournament presented by Dunlop.

Meanwhile, Marcus Go of Quezon City bagged the boys' U12 crown over Jairus Peralta, 6-2, 6-2. But he lost to No. 1 Mikael Honrado of Makati City, 5-7, 5-...