Reigning champ De Caires hammers Youssef in opening round

De Caires defeated Farid Youssef in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.

Advancing to round two were national junior players Adam Ramkissoon and Aidan Carter. Ramkissoon defeated Adam Escalante 6-0, 6-1, while Carter got past Ronald Robinson 6-0, 6-3.

Akiel Duke, Richard Chung and Vaughn Wilson, who are all expected to compete for the title, were all victorious yesterday.

Duke outlasted Brandon Tom 6-1, 6-3, Chung got past Jerome Burrows 6-2, 6-2 and Wilson was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over national squash player Nkrumah Patrick.

In other results, Dexter Mahase defeated Ethan Jeary 6-0, 6-1, Joe Cadogan outplayed Nabeel Mohammed 6-4, 6-3 and Javier Lewis outlasted Edward Laquis 6-4, 6-2.

In the women’s singles, Keesa Lee Young got past Kryshelle Cudjoe 6-2, 6-3, Trevine Sellier defeated Maria Honore 6-4, 6-1 and Alisha Alexis breezed past Alicia Pascall 6-0, 6-0.

The tournament continues today from 10 am.

OTHER RESULTS Men’s Singles Round One: Keshan Moonasar def Kyle Kerry 6-3, 6-1; Kyle Lee Young def Derrel Oliver 6-1, 7-5 Ebolum Nwokolo def Everest Simon 6-1, 6-0; Samuel West def Saqiv Williams 6-0, 6-1; Jerome Ward def Robert Caesar 6-0, 6-0; Daniel Youssef def Issa Jack 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Gianluc Robinson def Guillermo Gomes 6-1, 6-2.