The Guyanese quartet of Shemar Britton, Joel Alleyne, Chelsea Edghill and Natalie Cummings all failed to advance to the next round as the Latin America singles Olympic qualifying tournament commenced yesterday.
Playing in Rosario, Argentina the event functions as a qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics with a total of eight Olympic berths at stake.
.In the men’s Singles round of 32, Britton showed his grit but lost 2-4 to Paraguay’s Alejandro Toranzos. Britton lost the opening match up 5-11 but bounced back to win the second set 11-8. He then surrendered the third set 2-11 and equalized with an 11-8 victory in the fourth set. However, the final two sets went to Toranzos 3-11 3-11.
