Wins for Ramdhani, Haynes in Suriname Badminton tournament
The four Guyanese players currently participating in the Suriname International Badminton tournament have thus far produced strong performances at the Ring Sports Centre in Paramaribo, a missive from the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) has revealed.
National women’s champion Priyanna Ramdhani advanced to the quarterfinals in three categories, namely: women’s singles, mixed doubles with Akili Haynes, and women’s doubles alongside Chequeda De Boulet of Trinidad and Tobago.
In the women’s singles, Ramdhani secured a decisive victory over Trinidad’s Amara Urquhart (21-9, 21-14). In the mixed doubles, the duo of Haynes and Ramdhani convincingly defeated Roche Young-A-Fat and Kayleigh Moenne of Suriname (21-12, 21-7) to secure a spot in the quarterfinals.
The Guyana Badminton Team that is currently competing in Suriname
Akili Haynes demonstrated his prowess in the men’s singles by defeating Al-Hassan Somedjo of Suriname (21-19, 21-15) to reach the Round of 16, where he unfortunately fell to Peru’s Adrian Viale.
In their debut senior tournament outside the country, Guyana’s Nkosi Beaton, Frank Waddell and Joanathan Debidin were unable to advance past the qualifying rounds in the men’s singles.
Haynes and Beaton teamed up in the men’s doubles, but faced tough competition, and lost to Suriname’s second-seeded pair of Diego Dos Ramos and Al-Hassan Somedjo (21-16, 21-13). Waddell and Debidin also joined forces in that category, but lost to Daniel and Terrence Li (21-12, 21-17).
The tournament continues to showcase high-energy matches at the Ring Sports Centre, and more action is expected in the coming rounds.
