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CAREBACO Open International 2019 Guyanese players holding their own
After a successful Junior Under-19 campaign with Guyana winning 3-gold and two bronze medals, the Guyanese Team of Narayan Ramdhani,
Guyana’s Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra battling in the Men’s Doubles against Barbadians, Shae Michael Martin & Gavin Robinson.
Priyanna Ramdhani, Jonathan Mangra, Tyrese Jeffrey and Akili Haynes turned focus to the Carebaco Open International which served off on Tuesday last at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium in Barbados.
Although this tournament is if a higher standard as players from around the world are playing for Olympic Qualifying points, the Guyanese players are trying their utmost to stand up to these world class players and try to get as much points as possible to improve their ranking points to get into the Olympics.
Twenty-three (23) countries with 70 athletes are competing, they are the Czech Republic, Germany, Panama, USA, Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, Wales, Poland, Finland, Iceland, Slovakia, Suriname, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Jamaica, England, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, and Mongolia.
Reaching the quarter-finals/round of 8 in the championship are: Narayan Ramdhani and Priyanna Ramdhani in the Mixed Doubles; Jonathan Mangra and Kathrine Winter of Jamaica in Mixed Doubles; Narayan Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra in Men’s Doubles and Priyanna Ramdhani and Sabrina Scott of Barbados in the Ladies Doubles.
Following are the results of the matches played to date:
Day 1 results (Tuesday 20, 2019) Men Singles Qualification Rounds:
Tyrese Jeffrey defeated Raval Jaggessar of Trinidad: 22-20, 16-21, 21-17
Akili Haynes defeated Aslam Bhikha of Barbados: 21-8, 21-14
Day-2 results main draw (Wednesday 21, 2019): Men’s Singles Round 1:
Akili Haynes lost to Vinson Chiu of USA: 21-8, 21-8
Tyrese Jeffrey lost to Samuel O’Brian Ricketts of Jamaica: 21-4, 21-6
Jonathan Mangra lost to Sam Parsons of England: 21-5, 21-12
Narayan Ramdhani gained a Walk-Over: 21-0, 21-0
Mens Singles Round 2:
Narayan Ramdhani lost to Milan Dratva of Slovakia: 21-13, 21-6
Ladies Singles Round 1:
Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Tishelle George of Trinidad: 21-3, 21-1
Ladies Singles Round 2:
Priyanna Ramdhani lost to Haramara Gaitan of Mexico: 21-15, 21-13
Men Doubles Round 1:
Tyrese Jeffrey & Akili Haynes lost to Francisco Hau Liu & Kyle Alexander Munoz Seixas of Panama: 21-23, 22-20, 21-19
Narayan Ramdhani & Jonathan Mangra defeated Shae Michael Martin & Gavin Robinson of Barbados: 21-12, 21-10
Mix Doubles Round 2:
Guyana Players got Byes in Round-1
Narayan Ramdhani & Priyanna Ramdhani defeated Cory Fanus & Monyata Riviera of Barbados: 21-12, 18-21, 21-14
Jonathan Mangra (GUY) &Katherine Winter (JAM) defeated Amir Mahabir & Meera Mahabir of Trinidad: 21-13, 21-5. The tournament continued last evening with quarter-final matches.
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