Defending champion Makeda Bain will face off with compatriot Cyra Ramcharan in the Girls Under-14 Singles final of the Central America and the Caribbean Tennis Confederation (COTECC)-Barbados International U-14 Tennis Tournament Wednesday.
This after both T&T players won their semifinal matches in straight sets at the Raymond Forde National Tennis Centre in St Michael, Tuesday.
The top-seeded Bain, who also won the girls' doubles title last year, advanced to within one victory of retaining her crown when she brushed aside another T&T player Cherdine Sylvester 6-2, 6-2 in their semifinal while third-ranked Ramcharan upstaged second-ranked Canadian Katelyn Pasula 7-5, 6-3 to earn her spot in the title match.
In the Girls' Doubles semifinals, Bain and Suriname's Cybelle Ferrier were expected to face Barbadian Adia Hope and Pasula while the Ramcharan sisters, Cyra and Suri came up against Shreya Rawat of St Kitts & Nevis and Sylvester after press time.
There were mixed fortunes for the T&T boys contingent still in the main draw with Christopher Khan and Jack Brown advancing to the semifinals while Josiah Hills and Oliver Harragin were booted.
Khan advanced to the final four at the expense of fellow T&T player, fourth-ranked Novak Malcolm 6-0, 6-4 and will face Barbadian Zane Kirton who stunned previously unbeaten and top-ranked Hills 6-4, 6-1 in their quarterfinal while on the other side of the draw, Brown battled past countryman Jaysean Wells 6-2, 7-6 and will meet El Salvadorean Mateo Gutierrez who ousted Harragin 7-5, 6-1.
In the Boys' Doubles quarterfinals, Harragin combined with Gutierrez to defeat T&T’s Duncan and Malcolm 6-2, 6-0 in their quarterfinal and will come up against T&T duo Jacob Jacelon and Jaysean Wells, 6-0, 6-1 winners against St Lucian Denney Estave and Sanjay Lake, ranked fourth in their quarterfinal.
In the other semifinal, third-ranked T&T's Khan and Barbadian Kirton dismissed Kittian Brandon Brisbane and Barbadian Garrick Pilgrim 6-0, 6-2 and will do battle with the winners of last night's remaining quarterfinal between USA's Henry Martin and Khrish Talla and T&T's Brown and Hills.
Other results
Girls U-14 semifinals: Cybelle Ferrier (Sur) bt Anabelle Stanislaus (Grd) 6-0, 6-1.
Boys U-14 semifinals: Joshua Franklin (B'dos) bt Luke Bellamy (T&T) 6-3, 6-2.
U-12 Division
Girls: Teijha Wellington (T&T) bt Alyella Maynard (SKN) 4-0, 4-0.
Boys: Dominic Cadogan (B'dos) bt Christian Duncan (T&T) 4-1, 5-3; Tzuriel Percival (SKN) bt Christian Duncan (T&T) 4-0, 4-0.
