The 40th annual Pegasus Open hosted by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) will kick off with a grand opening tomorrow at the Pegasus Hotel courts from 4pm.

The Pegasus Open is one of the main tournaments on the GLTA’s events calendar and is open to all age groups.

Reigning Ladies Singles Champion and tennis coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan

Phillip Squires

According to tennis coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan, at least 60 persons are expected to register for the tournament which usually attracts many tennis lovers and regulars.

Daly-Ramdyhan is also the defending ladies singles champion while Phillip Squires  will defend his men’s  Open singles title.

Both players are expected to be hard pressed to retain their crowns.

In last year’s the ladies Open final, Daly-Ramdyhan lost the first set 2-6 to Carol Humphrey, but stormed back to take the remaining two sets 6-3, 7-5.

Squires, on the other hand, battled it out with Ezra Sue Ho  who claimed the first set 6-7 (11-9).

However, Squires managed to regain his form to take the second and third sets 6-2, 6-3 to lift the title.

So far listed to play are last year’s under-18 champion Anthony Downs, Jeremy Miller, Shawna Gentle, Aruna Ramrattan, Krystal Sukra, Nicola Ramdyhan and Sue Ho. Other headliners in the senior category are Steve Surujbally and Maxie Fox.

The Pegasus Open tournament starts tomorrow and concludes on November 8.

The categories to be contested include:
Boys and Girls Under-12 category
Boys and Girls Under-14 category
Boys and Girls Under-18 category
Ladies Singles Open
Men’s Singles Open
Men’s Under-35 Singles Open
Men’s Under-45 Singles Open
Men’s Under-55 Singles Open
Men’s Under-65 Singles Open