Guyana’s females had a strong showing on the first day of the 2017 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships. Leading the charge was women’s team captain Ashley Khalil who advanced with a straight set win over her Bermudian opponent. Also advancing was Larissa Wiltshire who had to fight hard to overcome Alexandra Yearwood of Trinidad in five close games.
Mary Fung-A-Fat and Taylor Fernandes also advanced to the quarterfinals. Khalil and Fung-A-Fat are the seeded fourth on the Women’s side. Khalil will take on Charlotte Knaggs(TT) while Fernandes will take on reigning Caribbean Champion, Meagan Best (Barbados). Fung-A-Fat and Wiltshire will play each other thereby guaranteeing a Guyanese in tomorrow’s semi-final.
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On the Men’s side, Guyana sole quarter-finalist is Jason Khalil overcame a strong Kevin Bailey (OECS) challenge to advance to his first Caribbean senior men’s quarter-final. He will take on Joe Chapman(OECS) for a place in tomorrow night’s semi-final. The other three members of the Men’s team playing in the event, lost out in the main draw but are in the consolation rounds. Nyron Joseph is in the 9-16 consolation while Shomari Wiltshire and Jean Claude Jeffery have advanced to the quarterfinals of the consolation round.
