Name : Malvinne Ann Venice Alcala Birth Date : 05 November 1995 This cute young girl just progress to main draw of Hongkong SS 2010 by beating Ngan Yi Cheung(HKG) 22-20 21-18 in second round of Qualification. Before that, she also manage to beat Lidya Cheah in 3 tight set 21-15 17-21 22-20 in first round of Qualification. She also will participate in Li-Ning Singapore Youth International 2010(GS-U17) She is the first seeded there. Check here : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=D1D1AD58-64D5-42CA-93E4-7B78FB687228&draw=12 some pictures of her: Alkala with Maria Kristin Tomorrow she will meet Pi Hongyan in First round of HKG SS. Gud luck!
i think her journey will end tomolow..but never mind..we can see her so many times in Badminton tournament...
She won the U-17 final, beating the winner from last year. At 15 years old, she's a promising star for the Philippine team! How far can she go? I recently heard about that Thai girl Ratchanok, who already has a Super Series title at 16. That's a phenomenal (and unheard of) achievement at that age, so I expect Malvinne will have a more conventional development as a pro.
Nope, Ratchanok hasn't won a Super Series title yet but she has won 2 back-to-back GP and GP Gold titles!
Whoa, just checked and they appear to be best friends. :lol: I guess from time in junior tournaments or did Malvinne (aka Poca) train in Thailand?
Training in KLRC and currently in relationship with INA future MD and handsome one, Rafias..( tall boy : 1.82 M)
Thanks for sharing this info. Someone to look forward on the Philippine badminton team. I hope this will inspire more Filipinos to play competitive badminton.
She is talented for sure. Another girl to watch out for is Bianca Carlos in the Philippine badminton scene.
hope so,but i heard that the Phil.B.A. still don't have program for venice alcala for this year,and her world ranking is going down from ranked 97 to ranked 135.if she still not joining any tournaments this first quarter of the year maybe it will become worst..so the Phil.B.A. must do something about it and they should monitor or aware about the world ranking of the Phil.team players specially to their top players like venice alcala.
FYI: venice alcala won back to back the 2011 Lin-Ning singapore junior int'l series (2010-2011) UGS 17.and also her brother mark shelley alcala won twice in 2009 Lin-Ning junior int'l series UBS 11 and 2011 Lin-Ning singapore junior int'l series UBS 13.and i hope this sibling will continue their journey for giving honor for their country.they are the filipino's pride! FYI: venice alcala also won the 2011 Lin-Ning Australia junior int'l series UGS19 and runner-up in mixed doubles U19.
bianca carlos never heard that name,but its good for philippines if bianca carlos go far in the international scene at least the philippines has now 2 international caliber players.i will keep monitoring on this 2 philippinos players in the international tournaments. but who's the best? venice alcala or bianca carlos?.is there any tournaments that they play together and meet in the finals?
yup!they played in PBARS 2nd and 4th leg,in 2nd leg they met in semi finals venice alcala (poca) won in 2 sets, and in the 4th leg they met in the finals and venice alcala (poca) won again in 2 sets again.FYI: venice alcala is now currently ranked #1 in the philippines since 2009.