THE Trophy Stall Independence Open and Age Group Badminton tournament started on Wednesday and continued on Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
Matches were played in the Under-17 as well as in the Open categories. Day one of the tournament saw Priyanna Ramdhani win the Under-17 Girls singles, while Tyrese Jeffrey won the U-17 Boys singles.
On day two, in the Open Men’s Singles first round, Sunburst’s Narayan Ramdhani defeated former national player Grandison Robinson in two straight sets, finishing 21-13, 21-9.
Ronald Chang Yuen beat veteran player William Holder in two straight sets 21-15, 21-16.
Darrell Carpenay trounced Lakshman Das in two straight sets also, with both sets finishing with a score of 21-9.
In the Open Men’s singles quarter-finals, Ramdhani thrashed Jeffrey, 21-10, 21-9, Marlon Chung whipped Ronald Chang Yuen in a close matchup finishing 21-15 and 21-18. Avinash Odit defeated Carpenay 21-11 and 21-13. In the final quarter-final game Jonathan Mangra upstaged Priyanna Ramdhani: 21-15, 21-14.
The Open Men‘s singles semi-finals saw Ramdhani blow out Chung 21-5, 21-7. Mangra also defeated Odit of 21-17, 21-9 to go through to the finals.
In the Under-17 Girls semi-finals Priyanna Ramdhani thrashed Wonita Yang: 21-7, 21-6 and then went on to trounce Priiyanka Shivnauth in straight sets 21-7 and 21-8 to claim the title.
Gabriela Pertab defeated Wonita Yang in the U-17 Girls third-place playoff in a game that went to three sets. In the first set Pertab dominated 21-9, while in the second set Yang showed her resolve to gut out a win 19-21. However, Pertab powered back to a resounding win 21-8.
In the U-17 Boys singles round-robin Tyreese Jeffrey got the better of Akili Haynes: 22-20, 21-18 and Akili Haynes defeated Tyrese Richards: 21-13, 21-4.
The tournament continues today, 10:00hrs to 12:30hrs, with the U-11 & U-13 categories followed by the third-place playoff between Marlon Chung and Avinash Odit.
The final game of the day will be the Open final between Jonathan Mangra and Narayan Ramdhani.