Both T&T teams No. 1 in ‘Worlds’ qualifier | Regional Sports

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BOTH Trinidad and Tobago teams are ranked No. 1 going the North/Central American and Caribbean pre-qualifying competition for the World Junior Tennis Tournament in the Dominican Republic.

The Under-14 tournament, sanctioned by both the Central America and the Caribbean Tennis Confederation (COTECC) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), served off yesterday, and will be contested on a daily basis until Saturday.

Each fixture will consist of two singles and then a doubles match, and after three days of round-robin action, the top two teams from each group will battle from Thursday until Saturday to crown the champions. The winning male and female outfits will move forward to tackle the teams from Mexico, the United States and hosts Canada in the qualifying tournament in the middle of next month.--

It is not surprising that the T&T teams are ranked No. 1 in this week’s competition. When the COTECC rankings were last updated in January, Makeda Bain was the top-ranked female player, and her team-mates Cyra Ramcharan and Cherdine Sylvester were listed at No. 8 and 12, respectively.

There were also two top-ten players on the boys’ team as Josiah Hills and Christopher Khan were listed at No. 4 and No. 7, respectively. And the 29th-ranked Oliver Harrigan defeated Jaysean Wells and Novak Malcolm, ranked tenth and 12th respectively, in COTECC for the third place on the team in the trials two months ago. The trio began their campaign against Bermuda in yesterday, but no details were available by press time. Bahamas are the other country in Group A.

Bahamas and T&T are also in Group A in the girls’ event, along with Guatemala, who were scheduled to oppose the latter yesterday. Kino Francis is coaching this country’s boys’ team this week, while Larry Yearwood is in charge of the girls.

GROUPS

GIRLS A – T&T (1), Guatemala, Bahamas. B – Costa Rica (2), Curacao, Dominican Republic. C – El Salvador (4), Suriname, Honduras. D – Puerto Rico (2), Aruba, Jamaica.

BOYS – A – T&T (1), Bermuda, Bahamas. B – Costa Rica (4), Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Panama (4). C – Guatemala (3), Puerto Rico, Aruba, El Salvador (6). D – Honduras (2), Curacao, Suriname, Barbados (5).

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