Digicel Senior National Squash Championships 2016 Defending Men’s Open Champ Joseph moves a step closer to retaining title

Jul 02, 2016 Sports

Nyron Joseph (left) and Darren McDonald in action. (Sean Devers photo)

Taylor Fernandes clobbers the ball into the wall against Makeda Harding at the GT Club on Thursday night. (Sean Devers photo)

Action on day two of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Digicel Senior National Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club Inc courts on Thursday night saw compelling performances in the Men’s and Women’s Open matches, while competition continued in the Veterans category.
In the Men’s Open round of sixteen, number one seed Alex Arjoon easily disposed of Rithew Saywack 11/5, 11/1, 11/4, while defending champion Nyron Joseph was a comfortable winner over Darren McDonald 11/4, 11/3, 11/1.
Kristian Jeffrey made light work of Jonathan Antczak only conceding one point and winning 11/0, 11/0, 11/1. Jason Ray Khalil outplayed Anthony Islam 11/4, 11/2, 11/8.
In the match of the evening, former Caribbean junior champion Javed Alli had to call on all of his years of experience when he turned back the challenge of current national junior player Alec Melville in five tough games. Javed won the first two games 11/6, 11/4 but Alec won a close third game 11/9 and then breezed through the fourth without dropping a point winning 11/0. At 10 all in the fifth it was anyone’s game but Javed won the next two points to take the match 12/10.

Ashley Khalil (left) dominated Rebecca Low to win 11-3, 11-1, 11-0 in the ladies Open on Thursday night at the GT Club. (Sean Devers photo)

President of GSA David Fernandes (left) ran out of gas against Javed Ali who had beaten Douglas DeGroot on the opening night. (Sean Devers photo)

In the Women’s Open quarter finals, number one seed Ashley Khalil dominated Rebecca Low winning 11/3, 11/1, 11/0, while in the contest between former Caribbean junior champions Akeila Wiltshire and Victoria Arjoon, Wiltshire won 12/10, 11/7, 11/6 and Taylor Fernandes beat Makeda Harding 11/8, 11/3, 11/2
In the Veterans division, GSA President David Fernandes, who celebrated his 49th birthday on the opening night of the five day tournament, ran out of gas and suffered a 11/3, 11/4, 11/2 defeat at the hands of Javed Alli.
Results in Men’s Open:
Alex Arjoon beat Rithew Saywack 11/5, 11/1, 11/4
Nyron Joseph defeated Darren McDonald 11/4, 11/3, 11/1
Kristian Jeffrey defeated Jonathan Antczak 11/0, 11/0, 11/1
Jason Ray Khalil beat Anthony Islam 11/4, 11/2, 11/8
Regan Pollard beat Medhi Ramdhani 11/3, 11/2, 11/6
Raphael De Groot defeated Daniel Islam 10/12, 11/3, 11/1, 11/2
Ben Mekdeci beat Alex Cheeks 11/3, 11/1, 11/2
Javed Alli beat Alec Melville 11/6, 11/4, 9/11, 0/11, 12/10
Results in Women’s Open:
Ashley Khalil defeated Rebecca Low 11/3, 11/1, 11/0
Akeila Wiltshire beat Victoria Arjoon 12/10, 11/7, 11/6
Taylor Fernandes beat Makeda Harding 11/8, 11/3, 11/2
Larissa Wiltshire beat Maya Collins 11/3, 11/2, 11/2
Results in Men’s Veterans:
Javed Alli defeated David Fernandes 11/3, 11/4, 11/2
Medhi Ramdhani beat Douglas De Groot 9/11, 11/8, 11/9, 11/8
Garfield Wiltshire beat Robin Low 12/10, 11/6, 11/4
Matches were scheduled to continue at 18:00hrs last night. After tonight’s games which begins at 18:00hrs, the finals set is set for Sunday from 11.00hrs and will include a fund raising Bar-B-Q.