IGG Table Tennis: Guyana victorious on day one

Day 1 action in table tennis in the Inter-Guiana Games commenced at the National Gymnasium at 11:00hrs on Saturday with Guyana coming up against Suriname in their respective categories. At the end of day one, Guyana emerged victorious, having won most of their fixtures.
In the first game of the day, Guyana emerged victorious 3-1 after Colin Wong of Guyana and Shariq Bipat (Suriname) had gone head-to-head in the boys’ singles. Wong won the first round 11-9 but lost round two 13-11. However, the talented Guyanese did not let up, and bagged the next two rounds 11-4 and 11-9.
In the girls’ singles, Guyana’s Jasmine Billingy went up against Maria Kanhai of Suriname. Not an easy customer, Billingy stormed to a 3-0 victory after recording scores of 11-1, 11-5 and 11-3 in the one-sided affair.
In the mixed doubles, Guyana was again victorious in keeping Suriname at bay with a 3-0 win. The likes of Saalih Rahim and Jasmine Billingy were just what the local contingent needed to brush aside Suriname’s Shariq Bipat and Maria Kanhai 11-8, 11-1 and 11-6.
In the boys’ singles matches, Suriname stunned Guyana 3-2. Ebo McNeil of Guyana put up a valiant fight against Shariq Bipat in round won, and won 12-10. But he lost round two 11-8 and managed to win round three 11-8. however, Shariq took the next two games 11-9 and 12-10 to give his side a win.
In the fifth game of the day, Guyana dominated the girls’ singles 3-0, with Samara Sukhai thrashing Suriname’s Yasmien Jodiwongso 11-4, 11-4 and 11-1, and Akira Watson of Guyana recording a flawless 3-0 victory over Kayleigh Idrisman after recording scores of 11-4, 11-7 and 11-
In the girls’ doubles matches, Seona Barker and Shackecy Damon of Guyana whipped Kayleigh Idrisman and Yasmien Jodiwongso 3-1. They won their games 11-2, 11-9, 12-10, despite losing the second round of the game 11-7.
The final game of the day witnessed the boys’ singles, this saw Saalih Rahim of Guyana blindside his opponent Shariq Bipat 3-0. Rahim won his three games 13-11, 11-3 and 12-10.
The competition will continue today with mixed teams’ format, girls, boys singles, boys & girls doubles and mixed doubles.