THE Bahamas under-14 girls’ team recorded their first win at the World Juniors Tennis Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The team, coached by Ricardo Demeritte, won 3-0 over Suriname.
In singles on Tuesday, Kaylah Fox won 6-2, 6-0 and the #1 Tatyana Madu won 6-0, 6-2.
Briana Houlgrave and Kaylah would seal the deal in the doubles, winning 6-1, 6-3.
The Bahamas boys team, coached by Artie Johnson, lost a tough matchup against Curacao 2-1. The team suffered a 3-0 loss to El Salvador in their first match on Monday. Reeves Mahelis played in the #2 spot and lost 0-6, 5-7 in his singles yesterday. No.1 Patrick Mactaggart won 6-2 6-4. Patrick Mactaggart and Chase Newbold teamed up for doubles in what would be a nail-biter but they lost in three sets - 6-1 , 2-6, 4-10.
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