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Ninvalle, Edghill, Britton win GTTA Open titles
Khalil Ninvalle, Chelsea Edghill and Shemar Britton won Open titles on Saturday when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) hosted a year-end tournament at the National Gymnasium.
Chelsea Edghill
In the 11-13 years old Open Singles category, Khalil Ninvalle beat Selenas Jackman in the final 11-7, 11-8, 13-11 (3-0). Joint 3rd place went to Khalid Gobin and Tyriq Saunders.
In the semi-finals, Ninvalle beat Gobin 11-4, 11-5, 13-11 (3-0) and Jackman beat Saunders 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5 (3-2). The players that didn’t make it out of their groups were nine years old Kaysan Ninvalle, Keithlyn Smith and Aneka Phillips.
In the 15-18 years old Open Singles category, Chelsea Edghill beat Shemar Britton in the final 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8 (3-1) with joint third place going to Elishaba Johnson and Ryan Narine.
Edghill defeated Johnson 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 16-14 (3-1) in the semi-final while Britton beat Narine 2-11, 11-2, 14-12 and11-8 (3-1).
In the Open Singles competition, Shemar Britton beat Kyle Edghill 11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 12-10 (3-1) while joint third place went to Paul Meusa and Joel Alleyne.
In the semi-finals, Britton beat Meusa 15-13, 15-13, 11-8 (3-0) and Edghill beat Alleyne 12-10, 5-11, 13-11, 3-11, 11-5 (3-2). A release from the GTTA stated that the presentation ceremony will be held on Saturday.
Shemar Britton
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