New men’s champ to be crowned at Open tennis

Second ranked Wilson got past sixth seed De Caires 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in a competitive contest to advance to the semifinals. Wilson’s fellow Tobagonian Akiel Duke, who is the top seed in the draw, got a scare against seventh seed Dexter Mahase.

After losing the first set 6-2, Duke won the next two sets 6-4, 6-1 to advance.

The unseeded Joe Cadogan and third seed Richard Chung also progressed to the semifinals.

Cadogan defeated Keshan Moonasar 6-1, 6-0 and Chung was a 6-3, 7-6 winner over eighth seed Jerome Ward. In today’s semifinals Wilson will face Chung and Duke plays Cadogan.

In the veteran singles yesterday, Kendall Cuffy and Rickey Villaroel both advanced to the final with convincing semifinal round victories. Cuffy defeated Everest Simon 6-0, 6-0, while Villaroel got past Frank Ramudit 6-0, 6-0. Cuffy and Villaroel will battle in today’s final.

In the women’s doubles round robin, Lindy Ann Farrier and Keneel Teasdale outlasted Rhyse Houllier and Janay Sealy 6-0, 6-1.

The women’s singles and mixed doubles semifinals will also be played today. In the women’s singles semifinals, Shennelle Mohammed will take on Breana Stampfli and Abigail Jones faces Carlista Mohammed. Matches serve off at 5 pm today.