Smashing hardcourt action is coming as the bigger and more competitive Philippine Badminton Open 2024 begins on Wednesday, June 5, at the First Pacific Leadership Academy Badminton Center in Antipolo City.
This year, the Philippine Super 500 tournament boasts a prize pool of P1,000,000 across five divisions: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.
Mark Anthony Velasco and Mika De Guzman, both standouts from the UAAP and the national team, will defend their respective singles crowns in this tournament backed by Smart, Mizuno, the Philippine Sports Commission, and the MVP Sports Foundation. It is Rabie Jayson Oba-ob of the Philippine Air Force, the tournament's top seed, who will see action on the all-men's singles opening day with his first-round match later in the afternoon against either Mark Arki Enseñado or Kirk Nathan Abarquez in this event also backed by Jollibee, Chowking, and the FPLA.
De Guzman, on the other hand, will not see action until Friday against Adamson University's Danice Jhean Colao or De La Salle University's Mia Manguilimotan in the Round of 32, in a half of the draw that also includes familiar foes such as University of the Philippines' Anthea Gonzalez and National University's Sarah Joy Barredo.
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