Nathan DeNobrega continues winning streak
THE Sheltez /Homesafe Independence Tennis tournament, which will climax on May 26 (Guyana’s Independence Day) continued over the weekend with U-14 Champion Nathan DeNobrega continuing his winning streak.
The tournament is in its third week and the club has been able to complete all three levels of boys and girls U10s, U12s, U14, the Novice Medley U18 and open U18s.

“Despite the inclement weather, two venues are being used for matches on the weekends.
Our coordinators are challenged daily to schedule matches since some players are competing in more than one category.
The tournament so far has been great. Lots of exciting matches showcasing some of the country’s top and upcoming talented juniors,” informed Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan.

The tournament saw its first major upset in the U18s category, Navendra Arjune defeated the country’s number one player Gerald Scotland in a thrilling match.
Arjune, who played a match earlier the same day, started his match against Scotland playing his normal game. Scotland raced to a lead 4/1 before Arjune fought back to tie the games 4/4, Scotland then won the other two games to secure the first set 6/4.

The second set started out with each player using tactics to dominate the match. At 3/3 Arjune, who was playing more consistently, took full advantage of Scotland’s lack of focus and raced away to win the second set 6/3.
The tie break was going in Scotland’s favour as he galloped to a 5/0 lead before Arjune fought his way back to tie the score 5/5 and close the match 4/6 6/3(10/6).
U14 Girls Yellow Ball Final Results
1st Kimora Erskine
2nd Niomi Erskine
3rd Melissa Goodman
4th Jessica Grannum
U14 Boys Final Results
1st Nathan DeNobrega
2nd Zephan Henry
– Jonathan Jordan
– Elwyn Levius
Results for the Boys U18
Bradford Fordyce def Ricky Romascindo 1/6 4/4 w/o. Navindra Arjune defeated Bradford Fordyce 6/4 6/4. Denzil Luther def Jose Rodrigues 6/0 6/1.Nathan DeNobrega def Denzil Luther 6/1 6/1.

Other results are: Girls U18s quarter finals…Christin Richmond def Shilelewe Makalla 5/7 6/1(10/7), Erin Tucker def Kayesha Harding 6/3 6/1.
Boys U14s continued their round Robin matches. Top player Nathan DeNobrega continued his winning streak by defeating Zephan Henry to win that category
U12 Girls Final Results
1st Israbella Grannum
2nd Samara Siland
3rd Nandica Arjune
4th Zenadia Lupuku

U12 Boys Final Results
1st Michael Fordyce
2nd Alexander Parkinson
3rd Jonathan Jordan
4th Rafeeq Prince