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Digicel Senior National Squash Championships Favorites Joseph, Arjune, Jeffery advance
Kristian Jeffery (left) beat Raphael DeGroot 3-0 on Friday night. (Sean Devers Photo)
Jason Khalil (left) beat a pumped up Regan Pollard on Friday night. (Sean Devers photo)
Day three of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Digicel Senior National Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club on Friday saw action in the Men’s Open category with favorites, defending Champion Nyron Joseph, number one seed Alex Arjune and Kristian Jeffery all sitting in winner’s row after the completion of the night’s proceedings.
Yesterday’s action was divided into two parts and in the early session Javed Alli defeated Joe Mekdeci 11/6, 5/11, 11/7, 11/8 and Garfield Wiltshire beat Douglas De Groot 11/9, 11/5, 11/7 in the opening round of the Plate matches in the Veterans category.
In the first Men’s quarter finals Kristian Jeffrey proved too good for Raphael De Groot winning in straight sets 11/6, 11/5, 11/7.
Jason Ray Khalil sneaked past Regan Pollard in a close first game 11/8 and an even closer second game 11/9. By this time Pollard was totally exhausted but still fought hard before losing the third game 7/11.
Defending Champion Nyron Joseph plays a backhand shot in victory over Ben Mekdeci at the GT Club on Friday night. (Sean Devers photo)
Alex Arjoon would prove to be too strong for Javed Alli, winning comfortably 11/5, 11/6, 11/1.
In the final quarter final match for the evening, defending champion Nyron Joseph was up against Ben Mekdeci. Spectators were looking forward to a close game between these two players but on this day Nyron would prove to be too good. He was a straight set winner 11/2, 11/8, 11/8.
In the two veterans matches were played yesterday Javed Alli defeated Joe Mekdeci 11/6, 5/11, 11/7, 11/8 and Garfield Wiltshire beat Douglas De Groot 11/9, 11/5, 11/7
Results from Friday night:
Men’s Open
Kristian Jeffrey defeated Raphael De Groot 11/6, 11/5, 11/7
Jason Ray Khalil beat Regan Pollard 11/8, 11/9, 11/7
Alex Arjoon defeated Javed Alli 11/5, 11/6, 11/1
Nyron Joseph beat Ben Mekdeci 11/2, 11/8, 11/8
Women’s Plate
Rebecca Low beat Maya Collins 11/7, 11/2, 11/4
Victoria Arjoon defeated Makeda Harding 11/7, 11/4, 11/7
Men’s Plate
Alex Cheeks defeated Darren Mc Donald 11/2, 11/2, 11/9
Daniel Islam beat Jonathan Antczak 11/3, 11/1, 11/9
Anthony Islam beat Medhi Ramdhani 9/11, 11/7, 11/6, 13/11
Alec Melville beat Rithew Saywack 11/9, 11/9, 11/9
Men’s Veterans
Joe Mekdeci beat Douglas De Groot 11/4, 11/6, 11/7
Medhi Ramdhani defeated David Fernandes 8/11, 13/11, 11/7, 11/7
Garfield Wiltshire beat Javed Alli 11/6, 9/11, 12/10, 11/5
The tournament was scheduled for last night with the finals being played off today from 11.00hrs.
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