Ramdhanis among Guyanese advancing to next round
THE GUYANA Badminton Association team, currently participating in the Suriname Annual Easter International Tournament at the Walter Amo Sports Hall in Paramaribo, had many reasons to smile yesterday.This was mainly due to the Ramdhani siblings, Priyanna and her brother Narayan, along with Jonathan Mangra, Ronald Chang Yuen and Hemray Beharry, all advancing to the next round in their various categories.
In her Under-15 Girls singles fixture against Suriname’s Faith Sariman, Priyanna, who is a multiple titleholder in this sport on the local scene, reigned supreme with her 21-6 and 21-6 victory, before she teamed up with Suriname’s Shemara Lindvelt to defeat Kayleigh Moenne and Chaista Soemodipoero also of Suriname 21-1, 21-6 in their quarterfinal doubles matchup.
In the Under-19 Boys round two singles action, Narayan Ramdhani made light work of Tariq Sweet of Suriname to come out on top 21-7, 21-11, even as Mangra beat Joao Troenokromo 21-11, 21-8 and in their quarter-final fixtures, Narayan Ramdhani thrashed Quinten Kertotiko 21-9, 21-7, but Mangra lost to Denzel Sweet 21-10, 21-17.
In her Girls Under-19 singles quarter-finals round fixture against Suriname’s Imani Mangroe, Guyana’s Ambika Ramraj suffered a 21-6, 21-11 defeat, while she also lost her semifinals matchup in the doubles category of the same age group in which he teamed up with Krystal Peters and went under to the pair of Lindvelt and Sherifa Jameson 21-4, 21-1.
Narayan Ramdhani and Mangra gave the Guyanese contingent much to smile about after they defeated Jascha Atmodikromo and Roche Young-A-Fat 21-10, 21-8, then watched as Hemraj Beharry and Ronald Chang Yuen got past Gyan Baldew and Joao Troenokromo 21-9, 21-17, with both matches being played in the Boys Under-19 doubles category.
As they have done so many times on the local circuit, the Ramdhani siblings, Priyanna and Narayan, teamed up to compete in the Under-19 Mixed doubles quarter-finals and kept the Golden Arrowhead flying proudly following their 21-9, 21-4 win over Jia Luo & Vivlane Chen, though Mangra and Ramraj lost to Mitch Nai Chung Tong and Santusha Ramzan 21-10, 21-17.
