Nicola Ramdyhan beats mom to Assuria Classic Ladies Singles title

Apr 27, 2015 Sports

Young Nicola Ramdyhan put on a show of her best tennis shots against her own mother and coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan to grab the Assuria Ladies Singles Open Championship. But she first had to overcome being down two breaks at 3-0 in the first set before she tactfully absorbed the powerful groundstrokes of her coach and used it consistently to her advantage to win the first set 6-4.

Nicola Ramdyhan (right) put on a show of her best tennis to outgun her mother and coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan.

In the second set Coach Shelly again quickly went up 4-1 with tactical full court placement of her shots earning several winners in the process but again it was the younger Ramdyhan who seemed to enjoy the challenge of being down and she slowly gained momentum with confidence to out-rally her mother to win the set and close the match at 6-4.
In the Men’s Semifinals Anthony Downes quickly brushed aside 13yr old Mark McDonald 6-1, 6-0 to set himself up to play Daniel Lopes in the Men’s Open Finals. Lopes’ road to the finals was not smooth as his semifinal match against Leyland Leacock was not predictable in that it kept spectators on the edge of their seats. In the first set both players struggled to hold serve but Leacock prevailed to close the set at 6-3.
In the second set Lopes stepped up his game and unleashed a variety of solid groundstrokes from the baseline to win 6-0 never giving Leacock a chance. In the third set Leacock fought back and was up 3-0 when Lopes being determined broke back and won two games. Leacock then won two games to go up 5-2. Lopes then broke back to take the score to 5-3 and held to 5-4. Then Leacock serving for the match lost his serve to Lopes who delivered several passing shots to even the score at 5-5. At this time both players became more aggressive and held serve to 6-6. In the tie breaker Leacock won the first two points after which it was all Lopes to grasp the tiebreaker at 7-2 to win the set and match.
The Veteran categories are owned by the tactical experts Carlos Adams and Godfrey Lowden both of whom traded championships in the past. Both men will face each other in the Men’s Over 35 Singles and Men’s Over 45 Singles Finals.