The highest 4 seeded gamers within the forty fifth All Jamaica Senior Squash Championships cleared the primary spherical after profitable all their matches in straight units. The championships are being performed on the Liguanea Membership in Kingston, the house of the Jamaica Squash Affiliation.
Primary seed Lewis Walters defeated Alex Chin in simply seventeen minutes with scores of 11/5, 11/1 11/2. Walters wasted no time in recreation one, sprinting to 9/1 which shortly grew to become 10/1 however Chin rallied to take some factors off him to finish that recreation at 11/5. Within the second recreation, Chin bought his first level after Walters had already scored 10. Recreation 2 ended on 11/1. Chin began positively in recreation three getting the primary two factors however that’s all he would get in that recreation as Walters bagged the following 11 factors to take that recreation 11/2.
He was pleased with the win however was cautious concerning the different matches to return. “Hopefully I’ll be enjoying on Saturday and I’ll be profitable however simply taking it one match at a time” stated Walters.
When he was requested concerning the competitors, he stated “I’ll inform you in two days time (laughs), clearly yeah actually good gamers. I’ve had some battles with them prior to now so undoubtedly not going to be taking any of these gamers flippantly. So I’ll hopefully simply come out and convey my greatest recreation.”
Walters who has represented Jamaica many instances and was ranked below 100 prior to now, has not performed in Jamaica since 2019 however was completely happy to be again. “It’s nice to be again right here, as you’ve stated I’ve not been again right here for 5 (or) six years now, however yeah it’s good to be again. It’s good to have a very good crowd out tonight and yeah it’s nice to be again on courtroom in Jamaica.
Quantity two seed Bruce Burrowes bought the higher of Ethan Miller after posting scores of 11/2, 11/4, 11/2. Miller is the junior champion. He received that title on Tuesday when he defeated Max Henzell in straight units.
Tahjia Lumley, the quantity three seed over powered Aman Dhiman within the face of stiff competitors. Scores within the match have been 11/8, 11/6, 11/8 in favour of Lumley in 25 minutes.
Jonathan Walker shortened the match time to only 17 minutes after posting scores of 11/2, 11/1, 11/7 towards Nirmal Balani. Walker is seed fourth within the championships.
Jake Mahfood who captained staff Blown to win final yr’s KPMG League additionally received his match in straight units towards Aaron Levy. That match was interrupted within the second recreation by a sudden downpour of rain which resulted in leaks on the courtroom. The gamers modified courtroom and continued the match which ended with scores of 11/6, 11/4, 11/5 to Mahfood.
Girls champion Mary Mahfood is again to defend her title and shall be in motion Thursday evening. This yr’s junior champion Mehar Trehan can even be on courtroom. She hopes to achieve the senior ultimate on Saturday.
