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Oct 09, 2015 Sports
Afruica Gentle capitalized on her chance to cop the Bakewell Junior Open Girls Under-18 title when she defeated Aretta Dey in three sets 4-6, 6-1, (10-5) on Sunday last at the President’s College Tennis Court Facility.
The match featured long rallies initially much to the advantage of Dey whose was consistent and effective despite her long absence from training and competition. In the first set, the girls maintained a tie up to 4-4 when Dey broke Gentle and held serve to close out the set.
Having lost the first set, Gentle showed no mercy and easily raced to win the second set dropping only one game. In the deciding super tie-break Gentle being the more experienced was able to successfully counter Dey’s aggression and at 5-5, raced away to 10 points to win the set and title.
In the Girls Under-12 segment, the promising Sarah Klautky made light work of newcomer Nathalie Ramdyhan in straight sets 4-1, 4-0 to cop the title.
The Boys Under-14 semis featured the top four seeds with Mark McDonald defeating Keenan Persaud 2-4, 5-3, (10-6) and Heimraj Resaul getting past top seed Jordan Beaton in straight sets 5-3, 5-4(7-5).
McDonald will play Resaul in the final at the GBTI tennis courts today at 4:00pm. Tomorrow, starting at 11:00hrs, Joshua Kalekyezi will play Viraj Sharma in the Boys Under-12 final. Afruica Gentle will play Shivani Persaud in the Girls Under-14 final and McDonald will clash with Resaul again in the Boys Under-18 final. Closing Ceremony for the Tournament is set for 16:30hrs.
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