Joseph escapes jaws of defeat to reach U17 final

Larissa Wiltshire

Fifteen-year-old Nyron Joseph produced an outstanding come-from-behind performance in the semi-final of the Caribbean Area Squash Association’s (CASA) Junior Caribbean Squash Championships in Jamaica to advance to today’s final.

Joseph lost the first two games in the three best of five semi-final encounter to Trinidad and Tobago’s Nku Patrick but remarkably managed to win three straight games to close out Patrick in stunning fashion. The fourth-form, Christ Church Secondary School student, had defeated Patrick in the final of last year’s tournament in Guyana to win his maiden title in the under 15 category.

This time around, Patrick had numerous chances to gain his revenge but Joseph just would not give up. Patrick got game ball at 10/7 in the fifth game but Joseph held his composure and won three