By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

THE NMI’s Eli Buenaventura and Roy Pangelinan won the men’s 4.0 doubles championship in the Guam International Tennis Open Championship on the Hilton Guam Resort &Spa tennis courts last Sunday.
Buenaventura and Pangelinan stunned topseeds Benson Au-Eung and Peter Lai, 7-5, 6-3, in the semifinals and downed second seeds Sam Lai and Alvon Brown, 6-4, 6-2, in the championship match.
Buenaventura also competed in the men’s 35+ singles and made it into the semifinals.
The Northern Mariana Islands Tennis Association president retired in his semis match over eventual champion Craig Tsuda in the second set.
Buenaventura won the opening set, 6-1, before retiring in the second set with Tsuda leading, 5-4. Tsuda beat Brent Goodwin in the finals.
Other winners in the annual tournament were Michael Tan and April Flores (3.0 singles), Bobby Cruz and Mimi Clinard (4.0 singles), Clinard/Margaret Terry (women’s 4.0 doubles), Patricia Ching/ Dan Tinsay (mixed 4.0 doubles);
Rosalie Cao Tapu (35+ singles), Torgun Smith/Craig Tsuda (35+men’s doubles), Leah Duenas/ Kayoko Sugahara (women’s 35+ doubles) and Kayoko Sugahara/ Torgun Smith (35+ mixed doubles).