Stone‘s opponent fails to show

Stewart Perkins beat Clayton Mitchell 6-0, 6-0 in their Men’s Singles match on the second day of the Evian National Open Tennis Championships on yesterday at the Port-of-Spain Public Courts. The margin of victory was reflected in the other matches played. Out of his match against Roy Peters, Michael Cooper merged 6-1, 6-0 winner while Dunstan Denoon secured a 6-0, 6-0 win over Matthew Adamira.

The highly anticipated Shane Stone/Leon Fraser match-up carded for Court One fizzled in the evening sun. Fraser was unable to take the court and Stone cruised to victory on a walkover. Also benefitting in similar fashion was Simon Everest who was scheduled to play Swaran Maharaj on Court Two. The Men’s Doubles match between Michael Irish and Ricky Villaroel against Christopher Skinner and Arnold Viarruel went to a tie break in the second set. But the Irish/Villaroel tandem grabbed victory 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the only doubles match to be played yesterday. In other Men’s Doubles matches, Colin Auguste and Ryan Ross defaulted to Andrew Awai and Rodney Ross; and Michael Cooper and Anthony Jeremiah had a walkover as Matthew De Gannes and David Gibson didn’t show. Play begins at 4.15 pm today.

ORDER OF PLAY:  Jeremiah Anthony vs Andrew Awai play on Court One; Matthew De Gannes vs Robert Aboud on Court Two; John Frederick vs Rodney Ross on Court Three; Richard Mc Letchie vs Brent Kuei Tung on Court Four.
5pm: Christopher Brash vs Michael Pemberton; Ryan Ross vs Arnold Viarruel
Doubles: De Noon/De Noon vs Irish/Villaroel  Frank Stone /DAuguste vs Brash/L. Fraser and Shane Stone/Troy Stone, vs winner F Stone/D Auguste vs Brash/L Fraser.