EZRA Sue-Ho etched his name in history when he became the first Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA)-organised MACORP-sponsored Open Men’s Singles winner, outplaying the number one seed Jeremy Miller 6-4, 6-1 in front of a packed crowd at the Pegasus Courts last Saturday evening. Sue-Ho had a dream match as he repeatedly crunched forehand winners against Miller, who could not come to grips with the leftie’s style of play, in a match that started off evenly as both players held serve to tie the game at 2.
Sue-Ho broke away to take a 5-2 lead but Miller refused to let go easily, as he dug deep to pull back a break but faltered again on his own serve when the score was 5-4 and lost the first set as Sue-Ho continuously attacked Miller’s serve with deep forehand returns to set up the point.
Sue-Ho upped the pressure in the second set as he began coming in to the net behind good approach shots to secure an early break and a 2-0 lead.
The third game was the highlight of the match as a pumped-up Miller hit three forehand winners after Sue-Ho went ahead 40-0  on his serve, before the eventual champion responded with an ace as he held his nerve and the match went to three deuces before Sue-Ho held serve to break the challenge from Miller.
Miller was finally able to win a game after trailing 0-5 and it was left for Sue-Ho to serve out the match, which he did comfortably to complete the win and claim the title.
The tournament concludes this evening at the same venue with the presentation of prizes set to commence at 18:00 h.
The winners are as follows:
Men’s Singles – Ezra Sue-Ho, runner-up Jeremy Miller
Ladies Singles – Shawna Gentle, runner-up:Aruna Ramrattan
Men’s 35 Singles – Andre Lopes, runner-up Rudy Grant
Men’s 45 Singles – Rudy Grant, runner-up Albert Madramootoo
Men’s Doubles – Ezra Sue-Ho/Godfrey Lowden, runners-up Leyland Leacock/Gilbert Barckoy
Mixed Doubles – Jeremy Miller/Shelly Ramdyhan, runners-up Ezra Sue-Ho/Shawna Gentle
Boys’ 18 Singles – Gavin Lewis, runner-up: Seanden David-Longe
Girls’ 18 Singles – Shawna Gentle, runner-up Aruna Ramrattan
Men’s 55 Doubles – Maxie Fox/Sakae Yamada, runners-up Omar Persaud/Bobby Khan
Men’s 45 Doubles – Godfrey Lowden/Omar Persaud, runners-up Maxie Fox/Sakae Yamada
Men’s 35 Doubles – Godfrey Lowden/Omar Persaud, runners-up Carlos Adams/Gilbert Barckoy