Makeda Bain added to her recent triumph in the Catch National Junior Championship Under-12 girls’ competition when she defeated Curacao’s Keziah Fluonia for the girls’ U-14 Division singles crown in the COTECC Tournament, Wednesday.
In the clash of unbeaten players, Bain won in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 at the National Racquet Centre in Tacarigua.
On Tuesday in the semifinals, Bain dismissed fellow T&T player Cyra Ramcharan 6-1, 6-1 while Fluonia stopped an all-T&T title match with her 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Catch Un-14 champion and U-16 runner-up, Madison Khan.
Bain then combined with Fluonia in the girls’ U-14 doubles to whip USA’s Anneleise Orr and T&T’s Cherdine Sylvester 6-1, 6-1 in their semifinal and will do battle with the Mohammed sisters, Lilly and Karissa who ousted Amy Damascus and Khan 6-2, 6-4 in the other final-four clash.
In the U-12 Sub Regional COTECC competition, T&T’s Zelig Williams, who topped his round-robin group with a 4-0 record swept past countryman Ryan Steuart 6-1, 6-2 in their semifinal and will face fellow local Justin Duncan for the title today after the latter battled pasty previously undefeated Venezuelan Adrian Sanchez 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in their semifinals.
Today’s U-14 boys’ final will feature El Salvador’s Mateo Gutierrez and Barbadian Dimitri Kirton after their wins over Guyana’s Nathan De Nobrega (6-1, 6-4), and younger brother Zane Kirton (7-6(4), 6-3), respectively.
In the boys’ U-14 doubles, Barbadians Tyler Davis and Zach King won their semifinals against T&T’s Jason Hills and Jaysean Wells 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-4 and will come up against T&T’s Nirav Dougdeen and Suriname’s Rahil Chablani after they stunned the top-ranked Barbadian Kirton brothers 7-6(3), 6-0.
In the five-player girls’ U-12 round-robin series, Ysanne Williams stayed on course for a showdown with fellow T&T player Keyah Roberts for the title after the former crushed Victoria Mc Kay 6-1, 6-1 while Teijha Wellington went under to Samiyah Mohammed in the late match, 7-5, 0-6, 5-10. Due to the persistent rain, the boy’s U-12 Doubles semifinals, and girls’ U-12 Doubles round-robin matches were postponed to Thursday.
Wednesday’s other results
Boys U-14 singles consolation semifinals: Denney Estava (St Luc) bt Novak Malcolm 4-0, 4-1; Tyler Davis (B’dos) bt Rahil Chablani (Sur) 4-2, 0-4, 10-8.
Girls U-14 singles consolation final: Cybelle Ferrier (Sur) bt Emilia Tedder (Cur) 4-1, 4-5(3), 10-6.
Boys U-12 singles consolation
Quarterfinals: Gerald Maduro (Cur) bt Dylan Clifford 2-4, 4-0, 10-8.
Semifinals: Favian Dates bt Ethan Primus 4-1, 4-1.
Monday
Boys U-14 Doubles quarterfinals: Tyler Davis/Zach King (B’dos) bt Nathan De Nobrega (Guy)/Giovanni Quinn (A&B) 6-2, 6-3.