ONE major upset was recorded on the opening night of the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Ansa McAl Lucozade Handicap Tournament which got underway Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club’s Squash courts, Camp Street.According to a release, the tournament which is being staged in collaboration with GSA’s corporate sponsor DIGICEL, there were several close and exciting matches with one major upset in category `A’ when Beau Fernandes with a plus 12 (+12) handicap defeated Demetrius De Abreu ( 0 )15-10, 12-15, 15-6.
In other results from the category `A’ matches, James Mekdeci (+8) defeated Midesh Ramdhani (+12) 15-7, 15-11; Aliyah Persaud (+7) defeated Elan Rahaman (+12) 15-6, 15-5; Kamir Khan (+10) beat Nechemiyah Levans (+8) 15-6, 15-11; Abosaide Cadogan (+5) beat Teija Edwards +12 15-8, 15-10; Paige Fernandes (+10) beat Louis Da Silva (+12) 15-9, 8-15, 15-10; Mashal Allicock (+12) defeated Chad De Abreu 15-12, 15-6 and Mohyryan Baksh +10 beat Mikhail Persaud (+12) 12-15, 15-8, 15-7.
In the open category, Medhi Rahaman (+7) defeated Jonathan Fernandes (+10) 15-9, 15-7; Jonathan Antzak (+9) beat Johan Da Silva (+10) 15-6, 15-7; Satesh Singh (+6) beat Theron Mohabeer (+7) 15-14, 15-14; John Maikoo (+7) defeated David Fernandes (+10) 15-15, 15-7, 15-14; Ashley De Groot (+3) beat Antonio Joseph (+10) 15-12, 15-9; Lloyd Fung-A-Fat (+8) beat Dominique Dias (+12) 15-9, 15-11 and Adam Alves (+8) defeated Javed Rahaman (-1) 15-10, 15-7.
Almost 50 players have signed up to participate in the two categories of the tournament which concludes on Saturday evening.
Peter Michael DeGroot is the defending champion in the Open category and he has been given a minus 10 handicap.
In Category `A’, the top-ranked players are Ethan Jonas, Lucas Jonas, Demetrius De Abreu, Madison Fernandes, Aliyah Persaud, Michael Alphonso and Abosaide Cadogan,
All matches are best-of-three and the action starts each evening at 18:00hrs.