![Chris Ross, Japeth Aguilar and Justin Brownlee of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/383768428_1504702050303075_2349943631389886255_n-400x200.jpg)
Call it the lull before the storm, Jordan’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson hugging Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone, Justin Brownlee and TNT Tropang Giga teammate Calvin Oftana when they ran across each other at a training facility in the 19th Asian Games last Wednesday.
![EJ Obiena of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/382585395_1758335467971268_3463136070206552599_n-400x200.jpg)
Barring any unforeseen circumstance, Asia’s best pole vaulter and Filipino superstar Ernest John Obiena is expected to deliver the Philippines’ first gold medal in the 19th Asian Games on Saturday, September 30.
![Gilas Womens at the 2023 Asian Games [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/382708080_703641595132387_8445248423510047935_n-400x200.jpg)
Pontejos sizzled for 23 points including seven three pointers in the team’s second straight win at the SX Olympic gymnasium.
![Francis Alcantara and Alex Eala of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/382571415_1067281877509244_1089309098273089827_n-400x200.jpg)
Alex Eala of the Philippines summed up her bronze medal-winning performance with Francis Alcantara in the mixed doubles of tennis competitions on Friday, Sept. 29, at the 19th Asian Games with just one word
![Nesthy Petcio of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NESTHY1-400x200.jpg)
Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines faces top seed Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in an early clash between the top contenders in the women’s 57 kg class at the 2023 Asian Games on Friday, Sept. 29.
![Clyde Mondilla of the Philippines [photo credit; Clyde Mondilla Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/356386583_1656798141490081_8212125392253973297_n-400x200.jpg)
Clyde Mondilla of the Philippines put together a stirring bogey-free seven-under 65 as he tied for ninth after 18 holes of men’s play in golf competitions in the 2023 Asian Games at the West Lake International Golf course in Xihu District on Wednesday, September 27.
![Rianne Malixi of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PSC7124-scaled-e1695906865461-400x200.jpg)
Ranged against the world No. 2 and a former LPGA campaigner, Rianne Malixi didn’t cringe and instead delivered a solid round that put her right in the medal mix at the start of the women’s golf competitions in the 2023 Asian Games on Thursday, September 28.
![Team Sibol file photo [PR photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/346119451_630364875256504_1643914683283801924_n-e1695819257353-400x200.jpg)
The John To-led Philippine Sibol team dropped out of contention in the Dream Three Kingdoms 2 quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Games esports event at the Hangzhou Esports center on Thursday, September 28.
![Alex Eala of the Philippines [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Alex-Eala-Tennis-19th-Asian-Games01_psc-poc-400x200.jpg)
Alex Eala bowed to Chinese top seed Zheng Qinwen, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, but successfully ended the country’s 17-year medal drought in tennis on Thursday, September 28, at the city’s Olympic Tennis Centre.
![Justin Brownlee of the Philippines against Thailand at the 2023 Asian Games [PSC-POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/382266622_707026184619041_2181445154918113872_n-400x200.jpg)
Gilas Pilipinas needed more than three full quarters to solve the riddle of Thailand and Tyler Lamb on Thursday, September 28, going without a clue before finding the answer in the last six minutes to win, 87-72, in the 19th Asian Games at the Zhejiang University Zijingang Gymnasium.