Trinidad and Tobago trio shine on Day 3 of Sagicor tennis

DANIEL Dumas, Christiana Hills, Novak Malcolm won their matches on day three of the Sagicor Junior Tennis Tournament at the National Racquet Centre, Tacarigua on July 8.

Trinidad and Tobago`s Daniel Dumas defeated Guyanese Denzel Luther 6-0, 7-5 in their second-round match in group two of the Boy’s 18 and under category.

The Guyanese contingent pulled a match back against their TT opponents when Gerald Scotland defeated Deron Dumas 6-2, 7-6. In the girl’s equivalent, Christiana Hills got past Naomi Mohammed 6-2, 6-4 while Venezuelan Ana Sanchez won against Laura-Li Maillard 6-4,6-4.

In the Boy`s 16 and under Connor Carrington brushed aside Jonathan De Gannes 6-1,6- 1 in the opening round match of group two. However, Guyanese Nathan De Nobrega crushed TT’s Favian Dates 6-0,6-0 in group three of the opening round of the Boy`s 14 and under. In that same group, Novak Malcolm won easily against Sanjay Ramcharitar 6-0,6-3. In group two Oliver Harragin defeated Lukas Seedansingh 6-0,6-1 whilst Gabriel Mansoor beat Ridello Boodhai 6-4,6-4 in group one.

St Lucian Riley Smith survived a challenging first set to beat local player Malik Bain 5- 4,4-0 in the Boy’s ten and under. Aryan Garg couldn’t mimic his St Lucian counterpart as he lost 4-0, 5-3 to Christian Duncan.

In the Girl’s 12 and under, Anaya Roberts swept Johara Dowlat 6-0,6-0 in Group One. American Kaheņya Mukorą won against TT’s Isabella Rambhajan in group two. In the Girl’s ten and Under, Guyanese Israbella Grannum won a thriller against Suriya Ramdath 5-3,4-2.