Court 3
Defending champions Ateneo de Manila University, led by highly ranked Patrick Natividad, won all its matches against the Far Eastern University Tamaraws to keep solo 3rd place in the Men’s Badminton Tournament of the UAAP. The Blue Shuttlers would only drop one game in the entire series to have an overall games won record of 30-16.
Men’s Singles Match 1: Patrick Natividad (ADMU) def. Jade Marine Sarmiento (FEU); 2:0
ADMU 1 – 0 FEU
#4 ranked in the Men’s open division and currently the shuttler who has logged-in the most minutes of game time in the current season of the UAAP Men’s Badminton Tournament, Patrick Natividad, needed just 20 minutes of court-action to beat Jade Marine Sarmiento of the Far Eastern University Tamaraws. Natividad would only give up 16 total points in 2 games. Both games ended with scores of 21-8.
Aggregate Score: Natividad 42 – Sarmiento 16
Total Match Time: 20 mins
Men’s Singles Match 2: Justin Natividad (ADMU) def. Josh Mark Maquelabit (FEU); 2:0
ADMU 2 – 0 FEU
Inspired by his brother’s routing of Jade Sarmiento, Justin Natividad was looking for a set-sweep of his opponent Josh Mark Maquelabit in the 2nd match of the series. Justin Natividad would have the harder path in scoring the sweep. The first game needed advantage points with Justin Natividad winning the close first game 24-22. The 2nd set would be a different story with a tired Maquelabit failing to re-do his first set performance. He would fall to Justin Natividad in the 2nd set and lose the match 21-19.
Aggregate Score: Natividad 45 – Maquelabit 36
Total Match Time: 40 mins
Men’s Doubles Match 1: Patrick Natividad and Carlo Glen Remo (ADMU) def. Rafael Nicholas Dionisio and Joel Christian Mendez (FEU); 2:1
ADMU 3 – 0 FEU (ADMU wins)
The pairing of Patrick Natividad and Carlo Remo would need 3 sets to defeat Rafael Dionisio and Joel Mendez. They would handily beat the FEU pair in the first set with a score of 21-14. The 2nd set saw Dionisio and Mendez adjust to the movements of the pair from Katipunan to take the close set 21-19. Dionisio and Mendez however had no answer to Patrick Natividad’s sharp returns resulting to a 3rd game blow-out. Natividad and Remo would take the final game 21-7.
Aggregate Score: Natividad (37) and Remo (24) 61 – Dionisio (20) and Mendaez (27) 47
Total Match Time: 35 mins.
Men’s Double Match 2: Patrick Gecosaia and Justin Natividad (ADMU) def. Joshua Bernardo and Josh Mark Maquelabit (FEU); 2:0
ADMU 4 – 0 FEU (ADMU wins)
Patrick Gecosaia, playing in his first game this season, was paired with Justin Natividad in this match-up. It was an outstanding performance by him. He would make his presence felt in both sets in the routing of the FEU pairing of Joshua Benardo and Josh Maquelabit. Final scores for the 1st and 2nd game are 21-15 and 21-13 respectively.
Aggregate Score: Gecosaia (28) and Natividad (14) 42 – Bernardo (15) and Maquelabit (13) 28
Total Match Time: 25 mins
Men’s Singles Match 3: Nicole Clarence Filart (ADMU) def. Rafael Nicholas Dionisio Jr. (FEU)
ADMU 5 – 0 FEU (ADMU wins)
Nicole Filart outclassed his opponent Rafael Dionisio in straight sets. From the start of the 1st game, it was clear that Nicole Filart was the better shuttler compared to his opponent from Sampaloc. Filart would win both sets with scores of 21-9 and 21-8.
Aggregate Score: Filart 42 – Dionisio 17
Total Match Time: 25 mins.
Total Games Won: ADMU 10 – 1 FEU
