MANILA: The Philippines' Jessica Agra has climbed to the No. 2 spot based on the latest Asia Pacific Padel Tour (APPT) women's rankings. She garnered 2380 points, behind No. 1 Patricia Garcia of Spain (2600). Agra's latest ranking came after she teamed up with Indonesian Beatrice Gumulya to win the pro women's title over Chinese pair Michelle Wu and Zhaiya Chaiu, 6-0, 6-4, at the Phuket Open in Thailand on May 12. Agra and Gumulya beat Russians Olga Khlopetskaya and Irina Chernaya, 6-2, 6-3, in the quarterfinals; and Indonesians Jessy Rompies and Jessica Johan, 6-2, 6-1, in the semifinals. "I'm very excited about being ranked No. 2 in the Asia Pacific Padel Tour. It has been fun focusing on padel more this year and it feels good to be seeing improvements and results," the 32-year-old lawyer said in an interview on Tuesday.' 'I'm also happy to be representing the Philippines internationally again in a racket sport that I really enjoy playing. I'm looking forward to playing more padel tournaments and to se eing how far I can go.' This is the first pro women's title in the APPT Tour for Agra. Gumulya, a member of the 2023 Southeast Asian Games champion team, is at No. 3 with 2200 points; followed by Maria Mayoral of Spain (2000); Constanza Kokorelis of Portugal (1600); Sandy Gumulya of Indonesia (1500); Kim Ben Attar of France (1260); Yoshino Kushima of Japan (1200); and Zhaiyu Chaiu of China (1140). Last month, Agra was ranked No. 6 following her semifinal finish with compatriot Jessica Lucas in the women's open of the Hong Kong Grandslam. Agra, a former top junior tennis player who won three ITF doubles titles, also reached the semifinal of the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh in March with Kazakhstan's Dasha Berezhnaya. Her other title victories were the APPT Vietnam Open (mixed pro), MartinX Academy's Tournament Open, 4th Philippine National Padel (mixed open), 2nd Philippine National Padel (women's open) and 1st Play Padel Open (women's open). The next APPT leg is scheduled June 7 to 9 at Bali Social Club in Indonesia. Bali will host another leg in September while the other legs will be held in Singapore, Tokyo (Japan) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). "I will be joining all the legs this year, that's the plan," Agra said. "Next year, I will focus more on the International Padel Federation tournaments." Source: Philippines News Agency