Trinidad and Tobago’s Kale Dalla Costa, Christopher Khan and Nirav Dougdeen advanced to the main draw quarter-finals in the World Tennis Junior Tour J60 Trinidad Summer Bowl Under-18 Tournament after topping their respective round-robin groups at the National Racquet Sports Centre in Orange Grove Road, Tacarigua, Wednesday.
Competing in Pool C, Dalla Costa ended with a perfect record of three wins from as many matches when he beat Colombian David Alfonso 6-2, 6-3.
In Group D, Khan defeated Jayden Parks of Hong Kong 6-3, 6-4 to end with a 2-1 record, the same as Parks, and Zane Kirton of Barbados whipped T&T’s Sanjay Ramcharitar 6-2, 6-0.
However, Khan finished top of the table due to a superior games-won-to-games-lost ratio between the trio.
In Group F, Dougdeen won against the USA’s Elye Carmona 6-0 and retired to also finish ahead of his rival and Francisco Bustos of Spain, who swept past Colombia’s Gabriel Gaona (Col) 6-1, 6-4 on games won to game loss ratio.
However, T&T’s Josiah Hills missed out in Group E after he went under to Barbadian Dimitri Kirton, 2-6, 3-6, in their group decider.
Wednesday's results
Boys round-robin groups
Group A: Nicholas Moravec (Czech) bt Ammon Archer (B’dos) 6-0, 6-2; Caiden Lin (USA) bt Novak Malcolm (T&T) 6-4, 6-1.
Group B: David Bvunzawabaya (USA) bt Jayden Mitchell (T&T) 6-0, 6-0; Sebastian Madrid (Col) bt Dylan Clifford (T&T) 6-0, 6-0.
Group C: Kale Dalla Costa (T&T) bt David Alfonso (Col) 6-2, 6-3; Hans Gildhorn (USA) bt Jayden Gormandy (T&T) 6-3, 6-1.
Group D: Christopher Khan (T&T) bt Jayden Parks (HKG) 6-3, 6-4; Zane Kirton (B’dos) bt Sanjay Ramcharitar (T&T) 6-2, 6-0.
Group E: Dimitri Kirton (B’dos) bt Josiah Hills (T&T) 6-2, 6-3; Geronimo Perez (Col) bt Rohan Ramcharitar (T&T) 6-0, 6-0.
Group F: Nirav Dougdeen (T&T) bt Elye Carmona (USA) 6-0, retired; Francisco Bustos (Spain) bt Gabriel Gaona (Col) 6-1, 6-4.
Group G: Zach King (B’dos) bt Luke Bellamy (T&T) 6-0, 6-0; Krish Advani (USA) bt Rafael Colmenares (Col) 6-4, 6-1.
Group H: Alexander Stefanov (Can) bt Ethan Dawson (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Gael Toledo (Spain) bt Oliver Harragin (T&T) 6-0, 6-1.
Girls quarterfinals
Sandra Pinto (Ven) bt Saraswati Gowda (USA) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1; Ava Sanicharan (Can) bt Jaiya Siffrard (USA) 6-0, 6-1; Sophia Osipova (USA) Milena Jandera (Aus) 6-3, 6-4. Isabella Alvarez (USA) vs Evelina Nicolaeva (Can)
Boys Doubles round-of-16
Dimitri Kirton/Zane Kirton (B’dos) bt Elye Carmona (USA)/Oliver Harragin (T&T) 6-1, 6-1.
Tuesday
Girls round-of-16 results
Milena Jandera (Aus) bt Midalyn D’Aguilar (USA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Isabella Alvarez (USA) bt Sarai Clarke (Bah) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Sophia Osipova (USA) bt Veronica Rabinovich (Can) 6-1, 6-2; Ava Sanicharan (Can) bt Isabella Talamo (Ven) 7-5, 6-1.
