Caribbean Senior TT championship Singles Competition…

Shemar Britton beat Barbadian Mark Dowell in four sets to stay in a good position to advance from his group in the singles category of the Caribbean Senior Table Tennis Championships on Thursday in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

He captured the first two sets 11-9, 11-9 before losing the third 11-9 but came back to win the eliminator 11-9 and pick up his second win on the trot in the Championship.
Shemar Britton picked up Guyana only singles win on Wednesday with a 3-0 stoppage of Aruba Xie Shaofeng 11-7, 11-2 and 11-5.
His country mate Niran Bissu lost to Tyrese Knights 3-0; the sets went 11-6, 11-1 and 11-5.

Bissu who is debuting in the senior competition also went down to Jamaican Emani McPherson.
National team veteran Joel Alleyne lost his singles battles against Ruddy Raga 3-0.
He also lost out to Oscar Birriel 11-4, 11-8 and 11-3.

Elishaba Johnson also lost his single match against Jamaican Rohan Lewis on Thursday and was also defeated by the Dominican Republic (DR) Abit Tejada.
In the women singles, Olympian Chelsea Edghill beat Cuban Rosalba Aguiar 3-1 only dropping one set that ended 13-10 after a grueling match.
She had loss her first match to the host’s Eva Brito 11-9, 11-9 and 12-10.

Natalie Cummings then beat Trinidad’s Jordan Thong 3 sets to 1.
She won the first set 11-5 before losing the second set 11-8 before winning the remaining two sets to claim the victory.
Cummings had a rocky start to the singles tournament after she went down to Fabiola Diaz 3-1 in her first match.

Antigua and Barbuda’s Stuti Kashyap defeated Guyanese Thuraia Thomas 11-1, 11-4 and 12-10 racing up her second loss of the singles aspect; the first coming at the hands of Puerto Rico Alondra Rodrigues 3-0.
Thomas also loss to DR’s Yasiris Ortiz 11-3, 11-5 and 11-4.
Jasmine Billingy went down to Trinidad Rheann Chung in straight sets 11-9, 11-4 and 11-3 and also failed to overcome Cuba’s Estela Crespo in her first match.
Guyana will also compete in doubles and mixed doubles division in the coming days.

The championship concludes on April 21st.