Sachia Vickery wins first grand slam match

Sachia Vickery (left) celebrates with the Golden Arrowhead after her US Open victory yesterday with mother Paula Liverpool (right).

By Orin Davidson  

Capitalizing on vociferous support from a small but ardent gathering of Guyanese, Sachia Vickery posted her maiden Grand Slam match victory yesterday by dispatching veteran Mirjana Lucic-Baroni at the US Open tennis tournament here in New York.

The 17 year old employed solid baseline tennis to send the former top world ranked Lucic-Baroni 6-4 6-4 to move into the second round at the Billie Jean-King complex.  Before her mother Paula Liverpool and cousins including former national footballers Aubrey Hutson and Selwyn Hutson in the support group,