Guyana place third in Cup of Guiana’s Tennis Tournament 2019 in French Guiana

Nov 09, 2019 Sports

The eleven member team and two coaches returned to Guyana on November 4th, 2019 after participating in the 8th annual TRI-Nation tennis

Team Photo-Closing Ceremony – The Guyana Tennis team which participated in the Cup of Guianas tournament in French Guiana following their third place finish.

tournament hosted by French Guiana. This year’s competition saw the inclusion of Martinique as a guest team. The competition accommodated U12, U14 and U18 boys and girls in single and double categories. Guyana placed third in this year’s competition, however with the exclusion of Martinique as a guest team Guyana’s position would be second.
Exceptional performance was exhibited by the U18 girls, Afruica Gentle who played unbeaten, winning all of her singles matches. Kalyca Fraser won two of three singles matches. The duo them teamed up and won all their doubles matches. In the U18 boys, Joshua Kalekyezi won a singles match and then teamed up with Viraj Sharma and won a doubles match.
In the U14 girls, Saskia Persaud and Sekia Jones won one singles match each and teamed up for a doubles win. Vadeanand Resaul U14 boy won one singles match. As it relates to the U12 category, there was a narrow chance of great performance, since the players were relatively new to international competition. However, it was a good exposure for the entire team.
Coach Andre Lopes commented that the team played to the best of their ability however there is major room for improvement in all the players going forward in the immediate future as Guyana is hosting the 2020 event.
Meanwhile, the GLTA remains sincerely grateful to Guyana Water Inc, Sheltez Tennis Club, Assuria General (GY) Inc., Camex Restaurant Inc., Pumas Tennis Club, Mrs. Annabelle Carter-Sharma, United Tennis Club, Mr. Amar Ally (GUYOIL-Friendship E.B.D), Mr. Derrick Gobin, Hassan Tractor Spares, Mr. Lewis Katerick, Bakewell, PAS Cargo Guyana Inc, Republic Bank and Mr. Lineu DePaula for their contributions made towards the team’s expenses.