CAC Games 2023: Britton reaches quarter-finals in men’s table tennis

Guyana’s Shemar Britton has extended his fine form, playing his way into the men’s singles quarter-finals at the ongoing 2023 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games.
However, despite Britton’s valiant efforts, he was unable to make it past his Cuban opponent in the final eight.
Britton, after toppling Haiti’s Olivier Guerrier in the Round of 32 on Saturday, returned on Monday to one-up Abit Tejada of the Dominican Republic.
The Round of 16 clash lasted five games, in which Tejada had the early advantage, winning the first match 8-11. However, the Guyanese roared back, taking the next four matches 11-2, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 to seal the victory.
The victory booked his passage to the quarter-finals, where he would meet a familiar foe in Livan Martinez of Cuba.
In that game, the Cuban took a win in the first two matches 12-10, 11-5. But the Guyanese bounced back to take the third match 8-11. The fourth match again went in the Cuban’s favour 11-8 and again Britton showed his fighting spirit by toppling his opponent in the next match 6-11. In a must- win sixth match for Britton, things did not go as hoped and Martinez secured the victory, winning the match 11-4.