By Tamica Garnett
Number-two seed Jeremy Miller recorded his first men’s singles victory when he whipped Kijana Lewis 6 – 0, 6 – 1 on Saturday in the final of that category of the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) lawn tennis tournament held at the GBTI Recreational Centre, Bel Air Park.
It was Miller’s second title following his win in the men’s doubles category which he won with Jason Andrews.
But he missed out on a third after himself and partner Shawna Gentle were defeated by Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan and Godfrey Lowden 3 – 6, 7 – 5, 7 – 5 Friday night in the finals of the mixed doubles event.
Lewis reached the final after receiving a walkover from number-one seed, Philip Squires.
He had battled his way up from the preliminaries with wins over Albert Madramootoo and Jonathan Fagundes, before receiving his first walk over from Mario Niamatalli in the quarterfinals.
Miller received a bye in the preliminaries followed by a walk over from Benjattan Osbourne.
He then defeated Sandeep Chand and Leyland Leacock before topping Lewis in the final.
An elated Miller stated that he was happy about his victory, and his improved record.
“Aw well it’s good, it’s great. This is the first time I’ve won men’s singles so I feel pretty good. Before I only made it to the quarter-finals,” Miller stated.
Meanwhile, Krystal Sukra registered her third second place position when she was defeated by Carol Humphrey 5 – 7, 6 – 2, 6 – 4, in the ladies’ singles final. Sukra also placed second in the girls’ singles and the ladies doubles where she partnered with Nicola Ramdyhan.
The winners of the varying categories were last evening presented with their prizes in a presentation ceremony at the GBTI Recreational Centre.
The list of category winners is as follows:
Junior Boy’s Final
1st – Gavin Lewis
2nd – Daniel Lopes
Junior Girl’s Final
1st – Shawna Gentle
2nd – Krystal Sukra
Men’s Singles Final
1st – Jeremy Miller
2nd – Kijana Lewis
Women’s Singles Final
1st – Carol Humphrey
2nd – Krystal Sukra
Mixed Doubles Final
1st – Godfrey Lowden/ Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan
2nd – Jeremy Miller /Shawna Gentle
Men’s Doubles Final
1st – Jason Andrews/Jeremy Miller
2nd – Leyland Leacock/Gilbert Barckoy.
