Bennett, Leacock advance in Sagicor tennis

TOP NATIONAL youth player Olivia Bennett and main rival Yolande Leacock are the top two seeds in the Girls Under-16 age group at the quarter-final stage of the Sagicor Junior Tennis Tourna-ment, which will be contested today. The duo made light work of their opponents on the opening day of the three-day tournament at the St Augustine Tennis Courts yesterday. Bennett brushed aside Nafisa Wharwood and Carlista Mohammed without dropping a single game; while Leacock blanked Cristina Bermudez 6-0 and won over Jeneice Ward by default. Bennett and Leacock will be joined in today’s quarter-finals by Bermudez, Charlotte De Souza, Kiran Perreira, Sanian Lewis, Carlista Mohammed and Shenelle Mohammed. On the St Augustine Courts today, Lee-Ann Lingo will meet Cristina Bennett in a Girls’ Under-12 semi-final match while Nicolette Leacock faces Nalini Maharaj in the other.

Other Results -
Girls U-12: Nicolette Leacock def Lee-Ann Lingo 6-3; Cristina Bennett def Nalini Maharaj 6-4; C Bennett def Sheyenne Lutchman 6-5; L Lingo def Crystal Francae 6-0; N Maharaj def S Lutchman 6-2.
Boys U-12: Jovani Lewis def Luke De Carries 6-0; Leon Fraser def Seve Day 6-3; S Day def John Lutchman 6-0; Jonathan Gouveia def L De Carriers 6-5; Jerome Branker def Joel Horricks 6-5; David Clarke def Kyle Francae 6-0.
1/4 finalists - Abdoulaye Camara (top seed), Jovani Lewis (second seed), Jonathan Gouveia, Leon Fraser, Christopher Brash, Seve Day, Jerome Branker, David Clarke.
Boys U-14: Ishan Gosine def Yoddhistra Sharma 6-2; Lendl Smith def Y Sharma 6-0; Adam Talma def Theron Bart 6-4; L Smith def I Gosine 6-0; Berwin St John 6-5.
Semi-finalists - Lendl Smith, Ishan Gosine, Adam Talma, Berwin St John.
Girls U-16: Charlotte De Souza def Samantha De Gannes 6-3.
Boys U-16: Mark Balgobin def Krys Gray 6-0; Louis Villaroel def Brad Wallace 6-0; Ravi Ramsingh def Assam Lewis 6-1; M Balgobin def Richard Chung 6-5; Johansi Williams def B Wallace 6-1; R Ramsingh def Matthew De Gannes 6-0.
Quarter-finalists (up to press time) —- Michael Clarke, Ravi Ramsingh, Sean Woodham, Johansi Williams.