The Trophy Stall Independence Open and Age Group Badminton tournament served off on Wednesday last at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with play in the Open Men’s Singles, Under-17 Boys and Girls Singles categories.
Priyanna Ramdhani (left) in her match against Sekhar Mallampati.
Following are the results of the day’s action:
Open Men Singles
Marlon Chang defeated Akili Haynes: 21-12, 21-11; Avinash Odit got past Gokarn Ramdhani: 21-15, 21-12; Jonathan Mangra trounced Chet Bowling: 21-6, 21-7; Priyanna Ramdhani thumped Sekhar Mallampati: 21-3, 21-6 (Priyanna played in the Men’s Division since there was not much competition in the Ladies Division).
Under-17 Girls Semi-Finals
Priyanka Shivnauth squeezed past Gabriela Pertab: 22-20, 16-21, 11-21
Under-17 Boys Singles – Round Robin
Tyreese Jeffrey defeated Tyreese Richards: 21-5, 25-23
Due to a Power outage the tournament had to finish earlier than expected and was scheduled to continue yesterday afternoon. Tomorrow, the Under-11 and 13 events will be played off from 10:00hrs.