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Nov 20, 2012 Sports
Nicola Ramdyhan captured her first Under-18 Girls title when she defeated Krystal Sukra in the final of the Pegasus Tennis Open tournament. Playing the round-robin format both players won all their matches for 2 wins each before facing off in the final.
Ramdyhan counter attacked well against her hard hitting opponent and managed to out rally her opponent in most of the exchanges. Her consistent defensive style coupled with the ability to hit winners when required frustrated Sukra who couldn’t control her emotions and made a lot of errors.
Ramdyhan took advantage of that and stayed focused to defeat Sukra for the second time in the tournament 6-4 6-4. Her previous win over Sukra was in the Ladies Open semi finals which gives her the opportunity to win the Open title at age 14. The match will be played on Wednesday (tomorrow) against seasoned Berbician, Carol Humphrey.
Nicola Ramdyhan who is the daughter of ITF Level 2 Coach Shelly Ramdyhan separates herself from her counterparts with her ability to stay focused and to play consistently and has performed well both locally and internationally over the past year.
In the Boys Under-18, Craig Campbell survived a scare after a meltdown against Seanden David Longe in the championship game. After taking the first set 7-5 and leading 5-0, David Longe reeled off 7 straight games to force a super tiebreaker decider.
Both players played at the same level in the first set but at 5/5 Campbell decided to play a more attacking game at the net to go ahead. In the second set, Campbell riding the first set momentum raced ahead 5/0 before David-Longe, the more experienced of the dup launched his comeback.
Longe and Campbell battled point for point before Campbell who had regained his composure eked out the win 13-11 to win his first boys Under-18 title. The match ended 7-5 5-7 13-11 in favor of Campbell.
Meanwhile, the finals for the Men Doubles was down to be contested last evening after Leyland Leacock /Nicholas Fenty outlasted the pair of Andre Lopes/Daniel Lopes 7-6 6-3 in their semi final encounter. They were down to face Jeremy Miller /Jason Andrews.
The semi-final encounters in the Men’s Singles will be played today and will see Jeremy Miller taking on Gavin Lewis while Anthony Downes will match racquets with Leyland Leacock.
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