Trinidad and Tobago tennis players stay perfect at ITF tournament

THE Trinidad and Tobago players were ruthless at the International Tennis Federation World Junior Tennis tournament in the Dominican Republic on March 5, as they did not drop a set against The Bahamas.

Both the TT boys and girls won 3-0 over The Bahamas. Makeda Bain, Cherdine Sylvester and Cyra Ramcharan are representing TT in the girls’ competition. Ramcharan got past Mariana Bostwick 6-3, 6-1; Bain eased past Caitlyn Pratt 6-1, 6-0; and Bain and Sylvester breezed past Bostwick and Pratt 6-0, 6-0 in a doubles match.

The TT boys were equally convincing. Chris Khan grabbed a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 win over Harrison Van Onselen and Josiah Hills eased past Ethan Newbold 6-3, 6-1 in the other singles match. Khan then teamed up with Oliver Harragan in a doubles match and defeated the pair of Van Onselen and Julius Williams 6-1, 6-2.

Earlier this week, the TT boys defeated Bermuda 3-0. Khan whipped Manuel Maldonado 6-1, 6-0; Hills cruised past Raul Maldonado 6-0, 6-0; and Hills and Harragan got past Raul and Trystan Thompson 6-0, 6-0.

The TT girls also won their contest over Guatemala 3-0. In the singles matches, Bain was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Juliana Alvarado and Ramcharan defeated Valencia Schaeffer 6-4, 6-2.

Bain and Sylvester had to battle against Alvarado and Melan Castro, but prevailed with a 1-6, 6-2, 10-8 victory.