Mukesh Ram­s­ingh, Aaron Wool­ford and Kendon Corn­wall each earned quar­ter­fi­nal berths in the Chetwynd End of Year Ten­nis Tour­na­ment's men's sin­gles di­vi­sion when ac­tion con­tin­ued this week­end at the club's court on Tu­na­puna Road, Tu­na­puna.

Ram­s­ingh out­classed Ren­dell Ack­ie in straight sets, 6-2 6-3, while Corn­wall pulled off a hard-fought vic­to­ry over Kevon Bap­tiste 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the tiebreak, to strength­en his po­si­tion for a first-ever Chetwynd men's ti­tle.

Mean­while, num­ber two seed Wool­ford turned back a bat­tling Vaughn Mar­tin 6-2 6-0 to be among the top eight play­ers in the play-offs. Mar­tin, an ex vol­ley­ball stand­out who al­so played bas­ket­ball, may feel con­tent­ed with his per­for­mances to date, con­sid­er­ing his hands have had much more suc­cess­es in oth­er sports.

In the Mixed Dou­bles, the pair of Ki­no Fran­cis and Sarah Sa­landy, the num­ber one seed who are favoured to take home the ti­tle, did not dis­ap­point on the day, whip­ping the team of An­gela Agard and Mal­colm Reid 6-4, 6-4 to earn a semi­fi­nal berth.

Sa­landy and Fran­cis were joined in the semi­fi­nals by the com­bined force of Bren­da Al­leyne and Randy Bai­ley who pre­vailed over the team of Cliff Meade and Maryam Ab­dul­lah-Mo­hammed 6-3 6-0.

Ram­s­ingh, de­spite his suc­cess in the sin­gles, could not repli­cate that when he paired with Va­lerie Matas in the mixed dou­bles, go­ing down to the team of Adisa Ide­mu­dia and Aretha Fran­cis 6-3, 4-6, 10-5.

Mean­while, the duo of Ask­ia Richards and Ali­cia Coop­er al­so ad­vanced to the tour­na­ment's semi­fi­nal play-off, cour­tesy a 6-1 6-1 tri­umph over the pair of Cher­ry La­paix and Narad Ram­s­ingh.

RE­SULTS:

Mixed Dou­bles:

Bren­da Al­leyne/Randy Bai­ley def Cliff Meade/Maryam Ab­dul­lah Mo­hammed, 6-3 6-0

Ki­no Fran­cis/Sarah Sa­landy (1) def An­gela Agard/Mal­colm Reid, 6-4 6-4

Cher­ry La­paix/Narad Ram­s­ingh lost to Ask­ia Richards/Ali­cia Coop­er 6-1 6-1

Mukesh Ram­s­ingh/Va­lerie Matas lost to Adisa Ide­mu­dia/Aretha Fran­cis 6-3 4-6 10-5

Men's Sin­gles:

Mukesh Ram­s­ingh def Ren­dell Ack­ie, 6-2 6-3

Vaughn Mar­tin lost to num­ber 2 Aaron Wool­ford, 6-2 6-0

And Kendon Corn­wall def Kevon Bap­tiste, 6-3 7-6 (4)