THE sisters Marian and Jella Capadocia earned a trip to Paris, France after winning the Women’s Doubles Championship in the 1st Peugeot Philippine Tennis Open National Finals held last weekend at the Valle Verde Coutry Club in Pasig City.
Younger sister Marian is already the country’s best singles player but the two have only been playing doubles fairly recently.
“I was really happy. Because finally it’s a dream come true for me and for my sister to go to Paris. My sister is good you know. If she trained everyday like me, she would’ve been really good. Better than me I think. Though right now, she is still more mature than I am,” said Marian.
After winning their semifinals match the Capadocias only enjoyed a short two-hour break before the championship against the top seeded pair of Marinel Rudas and Edelyn Balanga.
The sisters drew first blood as they relied on service winners and crisp volleys to post a 6-3 win in the first set.
Marian and Jella trailed early in the second set, 0-2, but recovered to grab the lead at 3-2. Rudas and Balanga then relied on their power game to rattle off four straight to win the second set 6-3.
At the tiebreak, Rudas and Balanga won the first two points but Marian and Jella immediately came back strong to tally the next three points to lead 3- 2. The game was again as close as it could get with scores tied 4-4, 5-5 and 6-6. The Capadocias then stamped their class to score the remaining points to win the set 10-6 and the championship with the final score, 6-3, 3-6, (10-6).
“All our opponents are really good. They’re tough but me and my sister really wanted to win. I mean all of us wanted to win of course. But being sisters our edge is our teamwork. We don’t train together as much because my sister has to work also. So yeah, we won because of our teamwork,” said Marian.
Jella is a first year law student at Arellano Law School where she also works. Younger sister Marian is a freshman at Arellano University. Both trained hard in between classes which is why they will be bringing their sister act to Paris.
