The Parañaque Titans have formally unveiled their full 10‑athlete roster for the inaugural Maharlika Pilipinas Pickleball Tour (MPPT), and the squad seems constructed to contend from day one.
Headlining the roster are Leander Paez Lazaro and Sarah Jane Restauro Lim, two of the nation’s most adorned pickleball gamers. Lazaro, a nationwide crew mainstay and gold medalist on the Pickleball Viet Open, anchors the boys’s facet along with his doubles pedigree and management. Lim, extensively thought to be the Philippines’ prime feminine pickleball participant, brings almost twenty years of aggressive tennis expertise and championship composure to the ladies’s lineup.
They’re joined by a formidable solid: Ruben Antonio Gonzales Jr., former Davis Cup consultant and SEA Video games gold medalist; Jessica Marie Agra, the nation’s No. 1 padel participant and worldwide pickleball medalist; Nik Alessandro Isagan, a part of the Philippine squad that swept Vietnam within the Pickleball Champions League Asia; and Fatima Ayesha Amirul, joint MVP of the 2025 Shenzhen finals.
Rounding out the roster are Christian Josua “CJ” Luna, a trailblazer within the native scene; Matt Daniel Navarro, the youngest participant within the league and a rising pressure in Manila’s Open division; Danica Calma Bautista, a fixture in Luzon’s aggressive circuit; and Mikhyla Julianne Cruz, the breakout expertise representing the following era of fearless Filipino pickleball athletes.
Backed by Robust Possession
The Titans are powered by crew house owners Tina Mariano, Jeff Tin, Lengthy Kuan, and Atty. Albert Agra, with assist from founding companions Polland Hopia, Tela Athletics, and Tela Park. The launch was marked by a contract signing and press briefing at Tela Park in Parañaque Metropolis, the place administration declared: “In the present day isn’t only a contract signing—it’s the second ten athletes turned one crew.”
The MPPT, based by boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, kicks off October 3‑4 in Angeles Metropolis, Pampanga. Every leg winner takes house ₱1 million, making the stakes excessive from the very begin.
For the Titans, the mission is obvious: they didn’t simply assemble good gamers, they went after one of the best. With nationwide crew veterans, worldwide medalists, and hungry younger abilities all underneath one banner, Parañaque is positioning itself as a powerhouse able to storm Pacquiao’s professional pickleball league.
