THE Philippines picked up another silver in sanshou and two bronze medals in muay to improve on its previous stints in the Asian Indoor Games Friday night.

Rhea May Rifani won the country's third silver medal in the women's 52kg sanshou event while muay artists Zaidi Laruan and Jay Harold Gregorio took the bronze medals in the lightweight and welterweight classes as the Philippines posted a one-gold, three-silver and five-bronze medal haul in this third staging of the Asian meet.

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Rifani bowed to 20-year-old Chinese rival Gong Jinlan, 0-2, at the close of the sanshou event at the Trinh Hoai Duc gymnasium.

"No excuses, I lost to a better fighter," said the 24-year-old Benguet native Rifani who was wrestled down four times in the two-round encounter in a sports website.

Rifani, who entered the finals by ousting local bet Nguyen Thuy Ngan, was no match to the Chinese lass who floored the Rifani in each of the first two rounds.

The Philippines collected a total of one gold, three silvers and five bronzes and lags behind its Southeast Asian counterparts in the medal tally.

Host Vietnam is at second overall behind China with 14-20-17, Thailand 8-8-27, Indonesia 3-2-13, Malaysia 2-3-7, Laos 1-4-13, and Cambodia 1-4-5. Singapore has 1-2-3 medals and Brunei 0-1-5.

The country bettered its 1-2-3 medal effort in Macau, and is currently ranked 19th among 30 countries in the overall standings.

Boxing, one of four sports supported by the Philippine Sports Commission, became the biggest achiever with the lone gold on the heroics of Annie Albania, a silver compliment of Mitchell Martinez, and a bronze courtesy of Josie Gabuco. (Roderick Osis)