TT juniors ousted from ITF tennis

TOP Trinidad and Tobago junior Jonathan Drew led a local quartet  including Simeon Sealy, Sean de la Bastide and Kyle Hannays to first round  victories as action in the IBM/ITF Junior Circuit Tennis Tournament opened at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex yesterday.

Drew defeated countryman Marc Balgobin 6-1, 6-0, Sealy also deposed another local player Kris Gray 6-0, 6-0, Hannays beat Barbadian Roman Marshall and de la Bastide put out Kirk Hamilton of Jamaica 1-6, 7-5, 7-5. But in the second round Hannays, de la Bastide, Drew and Sealy were all bundled out. Drew was beaten by Aruba’s Vincent Moreta 6-2, 6-0, Nathaniel Gorham (USA) beat Sealy 6-1, 6-0, Alex Chang (USA) beat Hannays 6-1, 6-0, and Andrew Thornton (USA) defeated de la Bastide 6-2, 6-2.

First round results: Micheal Bobitski (USA) bt Rajive Doon Pundit (TT) 6-0, 6-0; Darren Jack (St Vincent) bt Sean Woodham (TT) 6-2, 6-1; Jose Perdomo (Puerto Rico) bt R Hutchinson (Barbados) 6-1, 6-2; Charles Sator (USA) bt Matthew de Gannes (TT) 6-0, 6-1, Alex Chang (USA) bt Louis Villarroel (TT) 6-1, 6-0; Andrew Thornton (Bar) bt Brad Wallace (TT) 6-0, 6-0; Colin Bishop (Grenada) bt Marc Hemlee (TT) 6-1, 6-0; Blendel Toussaint (Grenada) bt Ravi Ramsingh (TT) 6-3, 6-2.
Second round results: Johnathan Trangandh (USA) bt Micheal Babitski (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Saul Bernos (Puerto Rico) bt  Darren Jack (Barbados) 6-2, 7-5; Charles Sator (USA) bt Jose Perdomo (Puerto Rico) 6-2, 6-4; Blendel Toussaint (Grenada) bt Colin Bishop (Grenada) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
The tournament continues Saturday at the same venue.