MARICRIS FERNANDEZ-GENTZ won her comeback match in a major local tournament on Wednesday, scoring an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Yoko Naito of Japan in the Holcim-International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women’s Tournament Week One at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.

Fernandez-Gentz, in her first match in the Philippines since coming out of retirement, dispatched the 20-year-old Japanese qualifier in one hour and four minutes. The country’s hopes now rest on the 30-year-old former champion after Riza Zalameda bowed to fourth-ranked Mi Yoo of Korea, 6-3, 6-1.

AND now the courtship begins.

Tuesday’s sports headlines exploded with the P10-million suit filed against Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Harry Angping by the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Philsoc) for coercion and grave threats, among others.

AFTER a franchise-best fourth-place finish in the Fiesta Cup last season, Rain or Shine is now on its worst start since joining the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in 2006.

The Elasto Painters have yet to win in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup, dropping their first six assignments by an average of 8.16 points.