The boys’ U-11 category of the Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel National Junior Squash tournament sponsored by Woodpecker Products Ltd and being played at the Georgetown Club Courts is turning out to be a straight fight between unbeaten Gianni Carpenter and Shomari Wiltshire.
In the category where some 14 players are involved the two players remain unbeaten after two matches Friday night and three more yesterday morning.
In one of the feature matches Friday evening Larissa Wiltshire took on Taylor Fernandes and the two players did not disappoint with the match going the full five games.
In the first game Taylor jumped out to an early lead moving to 7-4 four before Larissa reeled off the next seven points and closed out the game 11-7. Fernandes changed her strategy in game two deliberately slowing down her game and this paid dividends as she won this game easily 11-5 and then after leading five love in the third allowed Larissa to get only three points as she convincingly won the third 11-3. The fourth game was one where neither of the two players were up by more than two points but after Larissa moved into the lead and was two points from levelling the match leading 9-6 Taylor fought her way back to 9-9 but then Larissa won the next two points to take the match into a deciding fifth and final game.
Larissa went ahead in this game as was up 7-3 and 9-4. Larissa had match ball at 10-6 but Taylor won two more points before Larissa closed out the tense and exciting match 11-8.
Caribbean Under-17 champion Nyron Joseph showed his class in dispatching Steven Xavier in three straight games 11-5, 11-9, 11-5. Xavier seems not to have fully recovered from the hamstring injury he suffered three weeks ago in the Ansa McAl Senior Easter tournament.
Caribbean Under-19 runner up Ashley de Groot was stretched in her match against former Caribbean Under-15 Champion Akeila Wiltshire. After winning the first game 11-3 and the second 11-5 Akeila was able to get into the match and won the third game 11-9 before De Groot prevailed in the fourth 11-5.
In a match up of two of the top Under 15 girls Rebecca Lowe defeated Sarah Lewis in four games. Lowe won 11-4, 11-4 6-11,11-2.
The competition ends today.
