MANILA – Canadian Jay Lin Gibson pulled off a 6-2, 6-2 victory over qualifier Puchit Sukjai of Thailand Wednesday to reach the boys' singles quarterfinals in the Coca-Cola Philta International Juniors at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.

Gibson, the tournament top seed, will next meet sixth seed Koki Nara of Japan, who rallied past Filipino John Kendrick Bona, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Second seed Hao-Yu Lin and fourth seed Xiao Feng Zhou of Chinese Taipei also made it to the next round along with fifth seed Filipino Miguel Iglupas.

Hao-Yu outplayed Ethan Matthew Koh of Singapore, 6-4, 6-2, to advance against No. 8 Takahiro Kawaguchi of Japan, who survived Ryu Kotikula of Thailand, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Zhou, on the other hand, clobbered Shun Wakino of Japan, 6-1, 6-0, to forge a second-round showdown with No. 7 Connor McEvoy of Australia, who demolished Filipino Alfonso Javier Infante, 6-1, 6-0.

Iglupas conquered Korean Min Seungjun, 6-1, 6-0, to advance against No. 3 Ren Matsumura, who blanked Perawat Sukjai of Thailand, 6-0, 6-0.

In the girls singles, Korean Park Seojin ousted fifth seed Naomi Hagi of Hong Kong, 7-5, 6-0, to reach the quarterfinals of the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors event.

Joining Park in the next round were compatriots Oh Jiyun and Choi Soo Young, and No. 4 Yu Tsen Ko of Chinese Taipei.

Oh, winner in the J60 event in Singapore last January, beat Shinar Zahra Shukayna Heriyadi Sunggoro of Indonesia, 6-1, 6-2; Choi defeated Pimlaphat Lim of Thailand, 6-2, 6-1; while Yu downed Du Ruihan of China, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5. (PNA)