BERBICIAN Godfrey Lowden spared no time in entrapping the Assuria Men’s Over-35 singles tennis championship title from Carlos Adams in straight sets with a 6-3, 6-0 victory on Monday evening at the Le Resouvenir Tennis Club.According to a release, the two players have a rivalry that goes back years and expectations were high since both men are very resilient in their attempt to be Guyana’s modern-day veteran tennis champion. There were a flurry of shots between the two players as they both seemed energised enough to break each other’s serve until 3-3, when Adams seemed to slow down with a high level of unforced errors.
This is when Lowden started to deliver spectacular passing shots to easily go on to take the first set at 6-3.
Lowden started the second set re-energised as he played a slower and more tactical game, immediately breaking Adams’ first service game.
This threw off Adams who seemed uncharacteristically low on energy and started to land more balls in mid-court.
Lowden, recognising this opportunity, moved into the net which proved very effective as he whitewashed Adams to take the set at 6-0.
The two were engaged in battle once again last evening at the Nash Tennis Court from 18:00hrs in the Men’s Over-45 singles where spectators expected fierce action once again.