MANILA – No. 1 Filipino Tennielle Madis downed fourth seed Russian Alexandra Cheishvili, 6-0, 6-4, Saturday to reach the girls’ singles final in the Coca-Cola-Philta International Juniors 2 at Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila.

The 17-year-old from M'lang, North Cotabato will meet second seed and first leg champion Jiyun Oh of Korea for the title.

Oh defeated Filipino No. 3 Stefi Marithe Aludo, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, in the other semifinal match.

"Tenny (Madis) really played very, very well. She's on fire. The pressure's there but she was able to handle it," Southeast Asian Games medalist and former Davis Cupper Bobbie Angelo, who is training Madis and Aludo at the Philippine Tennis Academy, said.

"About Stefi, she did her best, coming back in the second set. But her opponent performed better in the third set," he added.

Madis has won six singles title this year. Her other victories were at the J30 PHINMA Week 1 and 2 in Makati City in July and J60 events in Colombo (Sri Lanka) in September, Nonthaburi (Thailand) in October and Changhua City Chinese Taipei (November).

She also has three doubles titles with Aludo.

Meanwhile, top seed Canadian Jay Lin Gibson prevailed over Korean Fu Wang Choi, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0, to reach the boys’ singles final of the ITF J60 event.

"I feel quite good, an improvement from the first week. I have more confidence hitting the balls now," the 16-year-old Gibson, who will battle seventh seed Japanese Koki Nara, said.

Nara, who ousted Gibson, 7-5, 6-4, in the first leg quarterfinals, stunned second seed Lin Hao-Yu of Chinese Taipei, 6-3, 6-0, in the Final Four.

"He (Nara) knows my game. Hopefully, I'll win," the Shanghai-based Gibson, whose mother is a Chinese, added.

Nara bagged two singles titles in Indonesia while Gibson also won two in Rwanda this year. (PNA)