by Ian Marshall, Editor
At the final hurdle, after having ended Puerto Rican hopes by beating Edmarie Leon (14-12, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10), she accounted for colleague, Estefany Rodriguez (13-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8) to secure the title.
Success for Esmerlyn Castro; in the junior boys’ singles competition it was success for colleague, Mariano Lockward. On the concluding day of action, following success against colleague Abit Tejada (11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-2), he accounted for a further compatriot in the guise of Pedro Cabrera (11-2, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4) to reserve the top step of the podium.
Notably, one round earlier Pedro Cabrera had halted the Puerto Rican challenge by narrowly beating Gabriel Perez (12-10, 5-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9), the player who had remained unbeaten throughout the whole of the junior boys’ team competition on the first two days of play.
Two titles for the Dominican Republic, it was two titles for Puerto Rico; Derek Valentin emerged the cadet boys’ singles winner, the cadet girls’ singles top prize was secured by Kristal Melendez.
Impressively, Derek Valentin overcame the Dominican Republic’s Ramon Vila to secure cadet boys’ singles gold (11-5, 11-7, 11-7), after at the semi-final stage having ousted colleague Pablo Figueroa (12-10, 11-9, 5-11, 13-11).
Meanwhile, in the cadet girls’ singles final, by the minimal two point margin in the deciding game, Kristal Melendez overcame Zulnamy Soto to seal the title (11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 13-11, 11-9). Notably, it was the one and only defeat for Zulnamy Soto in the whole tournament.
In a scoring system based on the rounds that players reached, Puerto Rico (2,400 points) finished ahead of the Dominican Republic (2,100 points); Trinidad and Tobago concluded play in third position (390 points).
Entries
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Entries (Friday 12th April)
Resumé
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Complete Results (Updated Thursday 18th April)
Junior Boys’ Team & Junior Girls’ Team
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Team – Complete Results (Saturday 13th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Team – Complete Results (Saturday 13th April)
Cadet Boys’ Team & Cadet Girls’ Team
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Team – Complete Results (Saturday 13th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Team – Complete Results (Saturday 13th April)
Junior Boys’ Singles & Junior Girls’ Singles
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Singles – Results (Wednesday 17th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Singles – Results (Wednesday 17th April)
Junior Boys’ Doubles, Junior Girls’ Doubles & Junior Mixed Doubles
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Doubles – Results (Sunday 14th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Doubles – Results (Sunday 14th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Mixed Doubles – Results (Sunday 14th April)
Cadet Boys’ Singles & Cadet Girls’ Singles
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Singles – Results (Wednesday 17th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Singles – Results (Wednesday 17th April)
Junior Boys’ Doubles, Cadet Girls’ Doubles & Cadet Mixed Doubles
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Doubles – Results (Sunday 14th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Doubles – Results (Sunday 14th April)
2019 Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Mixed Doubles – Results (Sunday 14th April)