Elishaba Johnson wins TT tournament in the US

National men’s table tennis player Elishaba Johnson recently won the under 2000 division of the annual Westchester Open invitational in the United States of America.

In the final Johnson defeated Anthony Capasso  5-11, 5-11, 13-11, 11-6, and 11-5.

National men’s player Elishaba Johnson, left, with former Caribbean Men’s singles champion Robert Roberts, right.

In the semi-finals Capasso defeated Sho Miyazaki (4, 9, 5) while   Johnson defeated John McDermott -7, 7, 6, -9, 6.

In the quarter-finals Capasso defeated Lynda Annor (7, -9, 3, and 8); Sho Miyazaki defeated Gabriel Angers (6, -8, 8, and 11); Johnson defeated Xin Li (4, 6, -2, and 10); John McDermott defeated Raymond Yen (9, 4, and 6).

Meanwhile, at the CCCRF tournament Johnson reached the semi-finals of the 2200 division before losing to Benjamin Zhang 7, 9 7.

Zhang lost in the final to Len Yang 3-0.

Guyanese Rondell Jordan lost to Len Yang 1-3 winning the first game 12-10 before losing the next three at 5, 11 and six.