Bahamian Justin Roberts won the semifinals today and now has the opportunity to play his first pro circuit singles Final tomorrow! Justin who came from the Qualifying rounds played the #1 seed in the semifinals Jack Draper from Great Britain. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Justin on an amazing comeback win after fighting back…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Kevin Major Jr. on winning a Florida based USTA Broward Summer Men’s Open held in Coral Springs. Kevin faced the winner of the U18 ITF Easter Bowl tournament in the finals. Kevin was victorious over Ronald Hohmann 4-2 4-1(shorter sets due to constraints). Kevin continues to perform well on…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Joshua Turnquest on being named The River State Conference “Male Athlete Of The Year”. In May of this year, Joshua was also selected by The Intercollegiate Tennis Association to the singles All-American list! In singles, national rankings Joshua ended his season as No. 16 in the nation. Joshua attends…
It is a wrap! Another weeklong U18 International Tournament along with the U14 and U16 local tournament hosted by The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association(BLTA) has come to a successful end. The BLTA congratulates the winners of the 2019 ITF G4 U18 Junkanoo Bowl. In singles Finals, Saturday at The National Tennis Centre Alexander Bernard(USA)defeated Jack…
Yesterday, it was a thriller of a match as the Girls #1 seed in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s ITF Junkanoo Bowl Junior Tournament played amid a throng of supporters at the National Tennis Centre. Sydney Clarke saw action for the first time in singles after receiving a first-round bye due to her seeding position.…
The Qualifying rounds are complete and Main Draw begins for The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junkanoo Bowl Tournament today. Top junior tennis players are participating in the tournament from local and abroad ranked up to 216 on the boys’ side and 359 on the girls’ side. The top-ranked on the girls’ side…
Bahamian Justin Roberts and Jody Maginley from Antigua team up for the M15 ITF doubles in Cancun, Mexico. The dynamic duo played in the Finals today against Axel Geller of Argentina and Nicolas Mejia of Colombia and fell short in a 3-setter. Congrats to Justin on a great performance. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Justin and…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates the Abaco Tennis Association (ATA) for hosting a successful summer tournament this past week. The Abaco Tennis Summer Camp was held in Forest Heights, Abaco. Recently, BLTA “Play Tennis Course” certified coaches Sharon Greene and Keith Greene assisted President Cameel McDonald along with other coaches, as they led a…
Today was an important day as it was necessary for The Bahamas to secure the second spot in Pool A. This would qualify them to contend for the 3rd spot on Saturday. In order to do so, Team Bahamas would need to either win both of its singles or at a minimum one of its…
The Bahamas surges back after a loss on Wednesday to host country, Costa Rica. Playing the US Virgin Islands yesterday The Bahamas emerged victoriously! Up first Philip Major Jr would face Russell Amstrong and would win decisively 6-0 6-2. Baker Newman would play the second Rubber giving up the same amount of games to the…