After a two-year unbeaten streak in junior boys tennis, Gavin Lewis was beaten in the semi-finals of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA)/Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis Tournament on Saturday.
Lewis was handed a 4 – 2, 2 – 4, 7 – 4 whipping by Saevion David-Longe in the boys’ 18 years and under category.
With Lewis out of the way, second-seed Daniel Lopes romped to his first title in four years emerging with a 7 – 6 (7 – 5), 6 – 3 triumph against David-Longe.
Lewis later told Stabroek Sport that he was disappointed with his loss to David-Longe but promised to make amends at the upcoming Pegasus Open tournament.
Lewis told Stabroek Sport that while he had a game plan, he also made many mistakes which resulted in his defeat to David-Longe.
“It feels pretty depressing, and I guess it was pretty much my game planning that went wrong. I had expected good amount of competition from Saevion but I never thought I would have lost. I was making a lot of mistakes and that gave him a lot of the points, I wasn’t consistent and that saw me losing,” Lewis explained.
Lopes said he felt the title triumph was a bit watered down since he did not get a chance to prove himself against Lewis.
“It would have felt so much better if I had beaten Gavin to win, “Lopes said adding that he hoped to get that opportunity when as he goes after the title at the Pegasus Open.
Number one seed Shawna Gentle won the girls’ 18 and under category by defeating Krystal Sukra 2 – 6, 6 – 2, 7 – 5 in the final.
In other results, Khalif Gobin won the boys’ 14 years and under category after defeating Dominic Fraser 6 – 1, 6 – 1 while Aretta Dey won the girls’ 14 years and under category with a 6 – 1, 6 – 0 victory against Afruica Gentle.
Gentle, though, won the girls’ 12 years and under category defeating Kristie Lopes with
Khalid Gobin winning the boys’ 12 years and under category.
The boys and girls’ 10 years and under categories were won by Mathew Black and Shivani Persaud respectively.
