Boys Under 18 top seed Luke De Caires began his campaign strongly when he trounced third seed Oriel Bailey 6-0, 6-0 in the qurterfinals of the RBTT Tennis Tournament at the Trinidad Country Club in Maraval yesterday. The three-time champion, who will play number four Shaquille Bernard in the semifinals today, said he felt he was well prepared for the match.
"I've been training hard for the past couple weeks so I could have more match play before the tournament," he said. "There's some good players in the draw-Dillon Carmino, Krystan Valentine, Shaquille Bernard-so it won't be easy." Play was interrupted by rain late yesterday afternoon with many of the scheduled doubles matches still to play.
Results
Boys Under 18 Quarterfinals
Luke De Caires bt Oriel Bailey 6-0, 6-0, Shaquille Bernard bt Samuel Raphael 6-0, 6-2, Dillon Carmino bt Brandon Lewis 6-3, 6-3, Krystan Valantine bt Rishi Moonasar 6-1, 6-0
Boys Under 16 Quarterfinals
Kyrel Trim bt Adrian Edwards 6-2, 7-5, Scott Lanser bt Jonathan Howai 6-0, 6-0, James Mitchell bt Ibrahim Mohammed 6-0, 6-2
Boys Under 14 Quarterfinals
Jordan Warner bt Oscar Rios 6-2, 6-3, , Gianluc Robinson bt Aaron Soo Ping Chow 7-5, 6-3, Ross Hackshaw bt Nabeel Mohammed 7-5, 1-6, 7-5, Oliver Cattermole bt Che Sanchez 6-4, 6-2
Boys Under 12 Quarterfinals:
Brandon Tom bt Sam Avey 4-1, 4-2, Liu Chin bt Kobe James 5-4 (4), 4-0, Juanaldo Greig bt Timothy Davis 4-1, 4-0, Ryan Thomas bt Joshua Arnold 4-2, 4-0
Boys Under 10 Quarterfinals:
Joshua David bt Adam Ramkissoon 4-1, 5-4, Adam Escalante bt Luc Ramirez 5-3, 5-3, Scott Hackshaw bt Sanjeev Seenath 4-2, 4-0, Flynn Von Waldan bt Jacob Lewis 4-2, 4-1
Boys Under 12 Doubles
Ryan Thomas & Brandon Tom bt Kriston Anthony & Kristen Anthony 4-0, 4-0
Under 10 Doubles:
Danyel Angus & Kieil Yearwood bt Daniel Ammon & Shane Thomas 4-1, 4-1, Jacob Lewis & Adam Ramkissoon bt Jessy Ferdinand & Lili Lanser 4-1, 5-3, Adam Escalante & Luc Ramirez bt Emma Davis & Samuel West 4-1, 4-0
Girls Under 14 Quarterfinals:
Dajohnique Delancy bt Sarah Escalante 6-4, 6-1, Olivia Johnston by Sinead Aleong 6-0, 6-0, Rebecca Roberts bt Danielle Devenish 6-1, 6-0, Stefanie Tom bt Juliet Campbell 6-3, 7-5
Girls Under 12 Round Robin:
Tonyah Livonan bt Shuna Fitzwilliam 1-4, 4-2, 10-2,
Girls Under 10 Quarterfinals:
Lily Lanser bt Jessy Ferdinand 3-5, 5-3, 10-7