Caribbean Youth Table Tennis Championship…
KRYSTIAN Sahadeo went down to Andre de Calderon of St Lucia but beat Dominican Republic’s Darling Castro to reach the main draw of the singles category at the ongoing Caribbean Youth Table Tennis Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Colin Wong also had a good outing against his St Lucian and Grenadian opponents to advance out of his group.
Jonathan Van Lange and Umar Percival failed to advance out of their respective groups.
In the girls U19 singles, Thuraia Thomas handed a walk over to Shary Munoz and loss to Trinidad’s Chloe Fraser in her group but advanced after Munoz pulled out.
In the U15 boys singles, Malachi Moore went undefeated, beating Jamaica Logan Royes, Barbados Ajani Gittens and Dominican Edwin Ventura to go into the main draw.
The U15 girls’ singles was tough for Jasmine Billingy, Akira Watson and Samara Sukhai as none made it out of their groups.
The Boys’ Under 19 doubles pair of Umar Percival and Krystian Sahadeo got into the round of 16 along with Jonathan Van Lange and Colin Wong.
Thuraia Thomas and Akira Watson are set to battle Trinidad pair Priyanka khellawan and Imani Edwards Taylor in round of 16 looking to break into the quarter finals in the women’s doubles.
While in the mixed doubles, Umar Percival and Akira Watson lost in the round of 32 to Jamaica.
Colin Wong and Samara Sukhai also lost 3-0 to Trinidad with Malachi Moore and Jasmine Billingy going down to Dominican Republic 3-0 in the U15 mix doubles.
The girls U15 doubles pair of Jasmine Billingy and Samara Sukhai are into the quarter finals after gaining a bye in the round of 16.
In the U15 mixed doubles Jasmine Billingy and Malachi Moore lost 3-0 in the round of 32 against Alexander Tejada and Mercedes Da La Cruz.