Vadeanand Resaul and Devine Kalekyezi were the only Guyanese to pick up wins after the first two days of the ongoing 2019 JITIC U14 lawn tennis tournament which is currently being staged in the Twin-Island Republic.
Resaul, who dropped his first round match against Mexico’s Diego Schtulmann 4-1, 4-0, rebounded on Saturday to down Alexis Jamal of Trinidad and Tobago 2-1 in a close encounter.
The Guyanese took the first set 4-1 before Jamal tied the contest with a 5-2 second set win. The tie break, however, went to Resaul who clawed it 7-4.
The other Guyanese victor – Devine Kalekyezi – took an easy 2-0 win over Trinidadian Zachery Byng 4-1, 4-1 on Sunday to record his first win of the championships after dropping two matches on the opening day and one Sunday.
Sekai Jones and Saskia Persaud – the other two Guyanese participating in the championships – failed to record wins on the opening two days.
See below the scores from the first two days:
Saturday’s results
Rosario Elmudesi (Dom) defeated Sekai Jones (GUY) (4-0/4-0)
Raquel Santos (ESA) defeated Sekai Jones (GUY) (4-0/4-0)
Saskia Persaud (GUY) lost (4-0/4-0) to Ana Camila Garcia (GUA)
Devine Kalekyezi (GUY) lost to Marcos Castellanos (GUA) (4-0/4-0)
Devine Kalekyezi (GUY)lost to Javier Araya (CRC)(4-1/4-1)
Vadeanand Resaul (GUY) lost to Diego Schtulmann (MEX) (4-1/4-0)
Sunday’s results
Sekai Jones (GUY) lost to Charlotte Ready (TTO)(4-1/5-3)
Sekai Jones (GUY)lost to Aila Koorndijk (SUR)(4-0/4-0)
Saskia Persaud (GUY)lost to Sibley Charles (ANT)(4-0/4-0)
Saskia Persaud (GUY)lost to Alyssa James (JAM)(4-0/4-0
Devine Kalekyezi (GUY)lost to Carlos Roman (PUR)(4-0/4-2)
Devine Kalekyezi (GUY)won Zachery Byng (TTO)(4-1/4-1)
Vadeanand Resaul (GUY)lost to Antonio Del Toro (PUR)(4-2/5-3)
Vadeanand Resaul (GUY)won Alexis Jamal (TTO)(4-1/5-4(7-4tie break)
