National men’s singles champion Nigel Bryan and top female player Natalie Cummings won the prestigious men and women’s singles titles as the inaugural Titans Gold Cup anniversary tournament concluded Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall.
While for Cummings it was all smooth sailing, Bryan was forced to avenge an earlier defeat to Joel Alleyne which he did in empathic fashion in the men’s singles final winning 4-0.
Cummings proved that with Trenace Lowe and Chelsea Edghill overseas, she is the top female player and hardly worked up a sweat in defeating rising star Neveah Clarkston who had upset Jody Ann Blake in the semi-final.
The three-day tournament saw double wins for Shemar Britton and Clarkston while Colin France ruled the roost in the veterans categories.
Another rising star, Brandon Jaikarran, won the boys U13 category and placed second in the u15 category while Kaysan Ninvalle continued his dominance of the U11 category and was runner up in the u13 division. Colin Wong was the youngest winner of the tournament carting off the round robin U9 category from Krystian Sahadeo, Dhanesh Persaud and Christopher Shepperd in that order while Ninvalle came from behind to defeat Isaiah Layne 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6 in the boys 11 years and under final.
Thuraia Roberts won the round robin girls U9 category from Sharana Roberts and Janay Johnson while in the boys U13 final Brandon Jaikarran won by walk over from Ninvalle.
In the semi-finals Jaikarran upset the much-vaunted Tyriq Saunders 3-11, 11-8, 4-11, 13-11, 5-11 while Ninvalle made light work of Jamal Nicholas winning 12-10, 11-7, 11-8.
The girls 13 years and under event was a round robin affair and after the dust settled Selenas Jackman was declared the winner from Neveah Clarkston, Abigale Martin and Thuraia Thomas in that order.
Saunders, though, was able to redeem himself in the boys U15 category where he took out the formidable Miguel Wong, 11-3, 11-6, and 11-6 in the semi-finals while Jaikarran ousted Yeudister Persaud 11-5, 11-6, and 12-10.
In the final Saunders defeated Jaikarran 15-13, 8-11, 11-8, 7-11 and 14-12.
The girls 15 years and under category was another round robin affair and saw Clarkston turning the tables on Jackman with Martin and Sealon Roberts third and fourth.
In the boys 18 years and under final Britton edged Kyle Edghill 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5.
Edghill had earlier defeated Nicholas Romain 12-14, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8 while Britton defeated Wong 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 in the semi-finals.
Priscilla Greaves won the girls 18 years and under final defeating Clarkston 11-9, 4-11, 5-11, 17-15, 11-6.
In the semi-finals Clarkston again got the better of Jackman 11-6, 11-13, 11-13, 10-12, 10-12 while Greaves defeated Martin 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 5-11.
Edghill duly won the B Class defeating defeating Kevon Corbin 5-11, 7-11, 6-11, 9-11. In the semi-finals Corbin defeated Wong 11-6, 13-11, 6-11, 11-6 and Edghill defeated Kevin Prass 8-11, 8-11, 9-11
Britton captured his second title when he defeated Edghill 11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 9-11, 11-9 in the U21 Open final.
Edghill had defeated Corbin 12-14, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 while Britton ousted Corlette 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 in the semi-finals.
The Over 50 result saw France winning from Anderson with Remy Taitt and Joe Clarke joint third while the over 40 final saw France again defeating Anderson with Taitt third.
In the women’s final Cummings defeated Clarkston 11-5, 11-4, 12-10.
Clarkston upset Blake who is making a return to the sport winning the semi-final matchup 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6 while Cummings defeated Greaves 11-7, 11-7, 11-5.
In the men’s final Bryan defeated Alleyne 11-8, 1-8, 11-4, 13-11.
Bryan defeated France 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 and Alleyne took out Hickerson, Shemar Britton’s conqueror 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 in the semi-finals.
