After losing at the first hurdle on Thursday’s day one of the Special singles qualification event in Lima, Peru, Guyana’s Shemar Britton and Chelsea Edghill rebounded in fine style to advance to day’s semifinals.
On Thursday, top seed Edghill was defeated 4-3 by Peru’s Maria Maldonado after being up 3-1 in games.
She, however, lost the next three games allowing Maldonado to go on and reach the final along with Trinidad and Tobago’s Rheann Chung and book the spots for the games.
Britton, playing against Colombian Julian Ramos after drawing a bye in the first round went down 2-4 to the Colombia.
Yesterday, however, Edghill defeated El Salvador’s Gabriela Suarez 4-1 to advance to today’s semis where she will play Ecuador’s Nathaly Paredes.
Britton advanced to today’s semi-final after dispatching St Lucia’s De Andre Calderon 4-1.
He will again face Colombian Ramos for a chance to advance to the final.
The players are being coached by former Caribbean men’s singles champion and ITTF Course Conductor and Coach Sydney Christophe.
