Stephen David-Longe scored an upset win over Rudy Grant on Wednesday evening in the semifinals of the men’s Over-45 singles category of the Banks DIH `Plus Energy’ Open tennis tournament at Le Meridien Pegasus lawn tennis courts.
David-Longe claimed the first set 6-3 but Grant bounced back to take the second set.
David-Longe would eventually claim the third set 6-4 in the match which lasted more than four hours.And, in a mixed doubles encounter, Shelly Daly and Phillip Squires survived a scare before overcoming Shawna Gentle and Ezra Sue Ho. After losing a close first set 6-7, Daly and Squires came back to win consecutive sets and close out Gentle and Sue-Ho in the semifinals of the Open mixed doubles. Squires later returned in the men’s Open doubles teaming up with Godfrey Lowden to record a flawless 6-0, 6-0 victory over Richard Pitman and Leroy Chapman.
Results for Wednesday’s matches.
Ladies’ Open Singles: Carol Humphrey (#2) w/o Karen Gonsalves
Men’s 45 Singles: Stephen David-Longe def. Rudy Grant 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Men’s Open Doubles: Jason Andrews/Jeremy Miller def. Rajesh Ramrattan/Alan Correia 6-0, 6-0 ;) Phillip Squires/Godfrey Lowden def. Richard Pitman/Leroy Chapman 6-0, 6-0
Men’s 45 Doubles: Keith Eversley/Omar Persaud def. Maxi Fox/Victor DaSilva 7-6(7-5), 6-2
Mixed Doubles: Godfrey Lowden/Carol Humphrey (#2) w/o Steve Surujbally/Grace McCalman; Squires/Daly (#1) def. Ezra Sue-Ho/Shawna Gentle 6-7(8-6), 6-2, 6-4
