Courageous Sealy advances in RBTT tennis

COURAGEOUS yo-ung tennis talent Simeon Sealy moved a step nearer the Boys Under-18 title in the RBTT Junior Tennis Tournament when he outclassed John Peter Clarke in straight sets at the PSA Tennis Facility, Long Circular Road yesterday. Sealy who was only recently beaten by Ivor Grazette in the National Open, wiped out Clarke 6-1, 6-3 in their match yesterday. Also advancing in the same age-group was Brent Kuei-Tung who stopped Lendl Smith 6-2, 6-4. Meanwhile, Carlista Mohammed who teamed with Shenelle Mohammed to win the doubles at the National Open, will play Ria Devaux for a place in the quarter-finals of the Girls Under-16 singles today. And Shanelle takes on Damali Cox in the Girls Under-18 series. Also challenging for the Under-18 title is Brittany Delaney who meets Deidre Richardson today.

Here are yesterday’s results:
BOY’S U-10 - Fernando Valdez bt Gregory Nahous 8-1; Jessie Mansoor bt Timothy Trestrail 8-0; Jabrille Karli bt Paul Chase 8-1; Lucie de Caries bt Dylan Galt 8-3; Keegan de Silva bt Logan Shim 8-0; James Mitchell bt Aquib Pierre 8-6.
BOY’S U-12 - Jerome Branker bt Christopher Koo 8-2. GIRL’S U-12 - Christina Bennett bt Cheyenne Lutchman 8-5.
BOY’S U-16 - Louis Villaroel bt Gerwin St John 6-0, 6-0; Kris Gray bt Daniel Voison 6-2, 6-1; Desta Sandy bt Aasan Lewis 6-0, 6-1; Sean Woodham bt Brad Wallace 6-2, 6-1; Marc Hemlee bt Matthew Tompsett 6-1, 6-0.
GIRL’S U-14 - Amunu Adogwa bt Carissa James 8-7 (6).
GIRL’S U-16 - Dahlia Dennison bt Anesha Deonarine 8-4.
BOY’S U-18 - Simeon Sealy bt John Peter Clarke 6-1, 6-0; Kino Francis bt Carlon Daniel 6-0, 6-0; Hikel Robert bt Mtthew de Gannes 6-4, 6-2; David Elder bt Sean de la Bastide 6-4, 6-4; Brent Kuei-Tung bt Lendl Smith 6-2, 6-4; Thomas Staskiewicz bt Blair Burkis 6-3, 6-7 (0), 6-