Britton and Bissu grab singles win on Friday…

Guyana’s Men’s Table Tennis team battled hard on Friday and emerged with wins in the Caribbean Regional Championship singles category at the Garfield Sobers Gymnasium in Bridgetown Barbados.

Niran Bissu overcame St Vincent’s Caleb Howard and Shemar Britton took a straight set victory over Tykel Pierre in their most recent action.

Bissu lost the opening set of his match 11-7 to Howard but stepped up to win the remaining sets 11-4, 11-5 and 11-4 for the 3-1 victory.

Former Caribbean U-21 Champion Britton stopped Pierre 11-7 in the first set which established the tone for the match as he won the second and third sets 11-4 and 11-6.

Today, Britton and Bissu will join Jonathan Van Lange who advanced to the round of 32.

Van Lange, on Thursday, went up against Cedric Marquez of Grenada and won 3-1.

He lost the first set 11-9 but came roaring back to win the next three sets 11-5, 11-5, and 11-9.

However, he came out on the losing side when he battled Dominican Republic’s Rafeal Cabrera.

He lost the two first sets 11-7 and 11-3 but won the third 11-9 only to lose the fourth 11-5.

His country mates also had a tough day at the table; the biggest upset was number 1 ranked local player Shemar Britton losing out to his Barbadian rival Tyrese Knights 3-1.

Bissu also went down to Dominican Republic Eduardo Darley and Elishaba Johnson lost both of his singles clashes, firstly to Cuba’s Jorge Campos and then to Barbados’ Kevin Farley.

The men’s team competed as a unit but lost out in the group stages earlier in the competition.