RACHAEL THOMP­SON-KING

rachael.king@guardian.co.tt

T&T’s Kale Dal­la Cos­ta closed off a great week at the In­ter­na­tion­al Ten­nis Fed­er­a­tion (ITF) and Cen­tral Amer­i­can and Caribbean Ten­nis Con­fed­er­a­tion (COTECC) To­ba­go Car­ni­val Cup, win­ning the boys’ Un­der-14 sin­gles ti­tle be­fore com­bin­ing with Aaron Subero to al­so win the dou­bles fi­nal, yes­ter­day.

In the sin­gles, sec­ond-ranked Dal­la Cos­ta up­set the top seed Adri­an Clarke over­pow­er­ing his Bar­ba­di­an op­po­nent in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0 to claim the ti­tle at the Na­tion­al Rac­quet Cen­tre Or­ange Grove Road in Tacarigua.

Every part of the lead­ing T&T youth play­er game was sharp leav­ing no open­ing for Clarke, who the day be­fore elim­i­nat­ed T&T’s Jordell Chap­man, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(6) in the semi­fi­nals.

Dal­la Cos­ta’s win capped off a tour­na­ment where he dropped on­ly two sets in his two match­es – against Xza­vier Ha­stick of Cana­da in the semi­fi­nals. He was on a bye in the first round be­fore sweep­ing an­oth­er Bar­ba­di­an, Dim­itri Kir­ton, 6-0, 6-0 in the quar­ter­fi­nals.

Lat­er, Dal­la Cos­ta was back on the court with Subero con­test­ing the dou­bles fi­nal ver­sus the team of Clarke and Ha­stick. The T&T pair dom­i­nat­ed the first set, 6-2, be­fore their op­po­nent fought back to take the sec­nd sec­ond set 4-6. The de­cider turned out be an ex­cit­ing one but it was Dal­la Cos­ta and part­ner Subero claim­ing the fi­nal set, 10-7.

In the girls’ fi­nale, Hanne Estra­da of Mex­i­can up­staged com­pa­tri­ot Fer­nan­da Marin, 6-2, 6-2.

In the con­so­la­tion fi­nal, T&T pair Gabriel­la Prince and Shiloh Walk­er faced off but it was the for­mer emerg­ing the win­ner, 4-1, 4-0. In the boys’ ver­sion, T&T’s Daniel Du­mas lost to St Lu­cian Al­hil Cyril, 4-1, 4-1.

Mean­while in the Girls’ dou­bles fi­nal, Bri­an­na Har­richa­ran of T&T and Mex­i­can part­ner Estra­da/Bri­an­na Har­richa­ran were vic­to­ri­ous against T&T’s Em-Myr­i­am Camp­bell-Smith (T&T) and Marin, 6-0, 6-4.

Re­sults

Sin­gles

Boys

Fi­nal - Kale Dal­la Cos­ta (T&T) def Aidan Clarke (Bar­ba­dos), 6-0, 6-0

Con­so­la­tion - Al­hil Cyril (LCA) def Daniel Du­mas (T&T), 4-1, 4-1

Girls

Fi­nal - Hanne Estra­da (Mex­i­co) def Fer­nan­da Marin (Mex­i­co), 6-2, 6-2

Con­so­la­tion - Gabriel­la Prince (T&T) def Shiloh Walk­er (T&T), 4-1, 4-0

Dou­bles (Fi­nal)

Boys: K Dal­la Cos­ta/Aaron Subero (T&T) def A Clarke(Bar)/X Ha­stick (Cana­da), 6-2, 4-6, 10-7

Girls: H Estra­da/B Har­richa­ran (T&T) def E Camp­bell-Smith (T&T)/F Marin, 6-0, 6-4

<Dook­ie comes up short in fi­nal>

T&T’s Jor­dane Dook­ie missed out on reach­ing the fi­nal in the girls’ U-18 sin­gles com­pe­ti­tion in the ITF World Ten­nis Tour J5 Tour­na­ment, af­ter be­ing swept by Sofia Corte Re­al of Por­tu­gal, al­so yes­ter­day in Tacarigua

Dook­ie found it tough go­ing ear­ly falling in the first set, 6-2. She im­prove some­what in the sec­ond set win­ning three games but her Por­tuguese op­po­nent out­matched her to claim the set and the match and ad­vance to meet in to­day’s fi­nal Amer­i­can Te­jaswi­ni Nar­ala, who de­feat­ed Cana­da’s C Jarvis-Tred­gett, 6-2, 6-3.

Lead­ing up to the yes­ter­day’s semi­fi­nal, Dook­ie up­set third-ranked Fer­nan­da San­doval of Mex­i­co in their round-of-16 meet­ing in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 to set up a quar­ter­fi­nal clash with USA’s Alexan­dra Maly­she­va, who had beat­en T&T’s Ja­da Des Vi­gnes 6-0, 6-0 on Tues­day.

The fol­low­ing day Dook­ie de­feat­ed Maly­she­va, 6-4 6-3, to book her spot in the semi­fi­nals, where her jour­ney end­ed against Corte Re­al.

Dook­ie al­so fell short in the semi­fi­nals in the dou­bles event. She and part­ner Colom­bian Valery Gomez, were beat­en by Jarvis-Tred­gett and Nar­ala, 7-5, 6-7(4) (10-5). They move on to meet Med­ha Chand­hana (USA)/S Corte Re­al in the fi­nal af­ter they de­feat­ed San­doval and parten­er T&T’s Cameron Wong (T&T), 6-3, 6-1.

Yes­ter­day’s re­sults

U-18

Sin­gles (Semi­fi­nals)

Boys

Ty Host (Aus) def Noah Mc­Don­ald (USA), 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-2

Cal­leri Ober­to (USA) def Juan Bel­tran (Aus), 6-4, 6-3

Girls

S Corte Re­al (Por­tu­gal) def Jor­dane Dook­ie (T&T), 6-2, 6-3

T Nar­ala (USA) def C Jarvis-Tred­gett (Can), 6-2, 6-3

Dou­bles

Girls

M Chand­hana (USA)/S Corte Re­al (Por) def F San­doval (Mex)/C Wong (T&T), 6-3, 6-1

C Jarvis Tred­gett (Can)/T Nar­ala (USA) def J Dook­ie/V Gomez (Col), 7-5, 6-7(4) [10-5]

Boys

Gabriel Por­ras (Gua)/Dan­ny Yas­sine (Can) def Ce­sar Ma­hecha (Col)/Win­ston Zhang (Can), 2-6 6-3 [10-7]

Miles Kennedy/Noah Mc­Don­ald (USA) def Al­fon­so Calderon (Chi)/Aryan Nan­da (Ind), 6-0 6-4