The Tribune

TENNIS

MAJOR

ELIMINATED

PHILIP Major, playing in his second consecutive F5 Futures in Turkey, got eliminated in the first round of the men’s singles yesterday.

Major suffered a 6-0, 6-3 decision to Seon Chan Hong of Korea.

Major advanced out of the qualifying round with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Hugo Vol Jacques of France.

In the second round, Major won 7-5, 6-1 over American Max Colorado. And in the first round, Major defeated Loic Juszczak of Belgium 7-5, 6-4. Vol Jacques was the No.5 seed in the qualifying round and Juszczak was the No. 10 seed.

Also at the tournament was Joshua Turnquest. He won his first round match in the qualifying round 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 over Alperen Sanater of Turkey, but he lost 6-4, 6-2 in the second round to Ryota Kishi of Japan.

BASKETBALL

NPWBA JUNIOR

LEAGUE

THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association will kick off its junior division for girls at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday.

The division is opened with six teams participating inclusive of Water and Sewerage Operators, MIYA Cybots Princesses, Consolidated Truckers, ASF Insurance Elites, Family Guardian Cheetahs and the Athletic Bahamas.

Games will start on Saturday at 5:30pm with the official opening set for 6:30 pm.

Games scheduled for the day are as follows: Athletico Bahamas vs Water and Sewerage Operators; MIYA Cybots Princesses vs Family Guardian Cheetahs and ASF Insurance Elites vs Consolidated Truckers.

The night will close out with a senior women’s game between the league leading Bommer G Operators against the defending champions Johnson Lady Truckers, who are trying to reclaim their supremacy.

All are invited to support the young basketballers - the future of our nation.

TENNIS

BRAJAXBA

TOURNEY

BRAJAXBA Tennis, in conjunction with Gym Tennis Club, will host a Tennis Jamboree 8am Saturday.

Brajaxba Tennis monthly development tournaments are to ensure that our young tennis players gain a lot of match play experience.

Tennis is a game of experience and the more the matches our kids play, the better they understand the game and can improve their tennis skills.

The tournament caters to tennis players aged 4-18. The tournament format is round robin which allows kids to play 2-3 shorts matches in the tournament. Players will compete in the following events - Mini-Tennis Skills, Mini-Tennis (red balls), Short Court (orange ball) and green dot balls, with advance players using yellow balls.

Players in the Brajaxba Tennis Programme will be using this event as a tune-up for the Subway Junior Tournament in Freeport at the end of February.