The sixth edition of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Tennis Open will serve-off on June 2, featuring 13 categories.
The two-week tournament which is organised by the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) will see the Men’s Open Singles and Doubles, Ladies Open Singles and Doubles, Men’s Over-35 Singles and Doubles, Men’s Over-45 Singles and Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Junior Boys Open Singles, Junior Girls Open Singles and Novice Medley Singles and Doubles.
GBTI’s Public Relations and Marketing Manager, Pamela Binda (centre), presents the sponsorship cheque to GTA’s Vice-President Grace McCalman (left) and Secretary Oswin Coggins
The Ladies Open Singles draw this year will lose last year’s finalist Nicola Ramdyhan, who is currently training in Florida, but the Men’s Open draw will benefit from a coinciding visit from top player Daniel Lopes, who is also attending college in Florida.
Having committed this annual tournament to the GTA during 2010, the bank still remains the sole provider of at least two tennis courts on which the GTA can host its only tournament with the full complement of categories.
The format for all categories except novice is best-of-three sets. The novice categories will play one set no advantage. The action gets underway from 17:00h every weekday of the competition and from 08:00h on weekends.
The opening ceremony for the tournament is set for 16:30h on June 2, immediately after which first round matches will commence. The general public is invited and all players and officials are expected to be present.
Entrance forms have been distributed to all clubs and via the association’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guyanatennisassociation. The Tournament Coordinator can be reached at 642-5672 for further details.
