Badminton players lose first round singles matches

Avinash Odit, near court in his match against Javier Macagno of Guatemala.

All the players on the Guyana Badminton Association team which is competing in the XXI Pan American Junior Badminton Championships in Alberta, Canada lost their singles matches yesterday.

According to reports, Avinash Odit lost to Javier Macagno of Guatemala (U19): 22-20, 21-10;Narayan Ramdhani lost to Andre Luiz Nascimiento of Brazil (U15): 21-15, 22-20;Jonathan Mangra lost to Francisco Treviño of Mexico (U15): 21-4, 21-4; Jonathan Persaud lost to Jose Guevara of Canada (U15): 21-3, 21-8; Ambika Ramraj lost to Jacquelyn Kan of USA: