Carlos Yulo knows this feeling. The suspense. The waiting. The uncomfortable arithmetic of watching rivals come after you, each with a chance to snatch away the gold.
Gilas Pilipinas’ women’s 3x3 team is one win away from turning an Asian Games semifinal into something considerably shinier, after brushing aside Thailand, 13-8, on Friday to book a place in the gold-medal match.
If rankings decided tennis matches, Alex Eala would have been shopping for quarterfinal plans by Thursday night. Instead, World No. 180 Tatiana Prozorova had other ideas.