ANTIGUA & BARBUDA TENNIS ASSOCIATION

Team Antigua & Barbuda made their exit at the Tobago ITF Jr. tournament on August 21 after their attempt to advance to the doubles and singles quarterfinals.
 

In the boys’ competition Shakir Elvin was defeated by the boys #4 seed I Beltramo of Italy 6-3, 6-2; likewise in the girls’ competition D'Jeri Raymond was defeated by the girls #7 seed Elizabeth Sutherland of the USA 6-0, 6-1.
 

In the doubles competition Elvin & doubles partner Sinan Orhan (TUR) loss to the #2 seeded doubles team William Tutecky(CAN)/Mohd Assri Merzuki(MAS) 6-2, 6-2.
 

In the girls doubles competition D'Jeri Raymond & doubles partner Julia  D'Auvergne (LCA)  was ousted by the doubles team of Erin Faulkner (USA)/Sanjana Sudhir(IND) 7-5, 6-1.
 

After a long summer and only one competition left for the Under 13 players, our athletes will now look towards getting back to school for September. 
 

We thank all the athletes who all did really will during this summer tour, competing against some of the best junior tennis players around the world, indicating that they can be competitive.
 

We thank the parents who through competition understand the importance of this stage of their children’s development, we also thanks the institutions like the NOC, Raeburn's Generator Services, Harney Motors, Caribbean Alliance and ABTA who assisted with offsetting these athletes’ expenses.  We thank the Ministry of Sports or exempting travel taxes.
 

The tennis season is not over, it is continuous and the ABTA trusts that as we move forward, corporate Antigua even in these difficult times will see the benefits of these juniors’ athletes competing on the world stage.