After a week of competition, Jerald Carroll and Jackson Mactaggart would team up to advance to the JITIC Doubles finals against Fonseca and Garcia of Mexico. Jerald and Jackson won in straight sets 7-5, 6-3. On the road to the finals, the pair faced Bahamian William Maccartney along with his partner Alfred from the US Virgin Islands in the semifinals where they were victorious in a thrilling 3-setter 4-6, 6-3, 10-4. In R8 Jackson and Jerald won in straight sets 6-3,v6-4 over Calles and Rivera from Mexico. William and his partner were seeded #2 in doubles and advanced to the semis in a three-setter nailbiter 6-7, 6-2, 12-10 over Martin and Scheauffler from Guatemala and El Salvador respectively. Patrick Mactaggart advanced in the Main Draw Doubles G-3 and has teamed up with Baquero from the Dominican Republic advancing to the 4th round after a win over Dubois and Kormdijk of Suriname 6-3, 6-0. The pair lost to #2 seed Garnier and Lopez 4-6, 4-6.
In singles, the top 16 players for boys and girls advanced to the singles main draw GA in JITIC and the next 32 players moved onto G3. Bahamians Jerald Carroll Jackson Mactaggart and William McCartney advanced to the GA Main Draw R16 for the Boys. William, seeded 2nd in the Boys Main Draw won in the R16 over Alejandro Calles from Mexico 6-4, 3-6, 1-6. In the 4th round, William lost to Sebastian Garcia from Mexico 1-6, 2-6
Jerald seeded 4th won in the R16 Main Draw over Jorge Fonseca of Mexico 6-3, 6-4. Jerald then played in a tough 3-setter in the 4th round but lost to Ronaldo Cottam 2-6, 5-7 and 2-6. Jackson Mactaggart would face the #1 seed Cossio from Mexico in the R16 losing 6-2, 6-1. In the main draw G3 Patrick Mactaggart played 4th seed Hastwick, he lost 2-6, 2-6.
On the girls’ side, the girls were able to compete in the G-3 singles main draw. In the R32 Tatyana Madu won over Drigon of Grenada 6-0, 6-1. In the R16 Tatyana would go up against the #1 seed from El Salvador Esperanza losing 6-3, 6-0. Kaylah Fox also advanced from R32 to the R16 winning over Costa Rica’s Montero 6-3, 6-3 but fell to Campbell Smith in a tough 3-setter 2-6, 6-4 8-10. Castillo of the Dominican Republic would advance over BreAnn Ferguson in the R32. Briana Houlgrave who was seeded 7th in the G3 won her match in R32 over El Salvador Martinez 6-2, 6-1 and would fall to Dominican Cabral in the R16.
In doubles, Briana Houlgrave and Kaylah Fox ranked 3rd in the doubles G-3, and received a bye into the 4th round. The pair would then lose to Dominicans Cabral and Castillo 2-6, 2-6 BreAnn Ferguson teamed up with Haricharran from Trinidad but lost in the R32 doubles 3-6, 3-6. Due to the 1st round loss, the pair played the backdrop consolation winning the finals in a 3-setter 6-7, 6-4, 12-10. Tatyana Madu teamed up with Walker from Trinidad and won in straight sets in the R16, 6-2, 6-0, advancing to the 4th round. The pair lost in the 4th round in a 3-setter 4-6, 7-6, 5-10.
The U14 JITIC is an individual tennis championship event for top junior athletes in the U14 category in the Central American and Caribbean region. Approximately 80 boys and girls are competing in this event. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates all the juniors Patrick, William, Kaylah, Breann, Brianna, Jerald, Tatyana and Jackson on their participation in this event as they all displayed their tennis skills internationally. William and Jerald made a strong push in the Boys Main Draw singles and Breann won the girl’s consolation doubles. Coach Bradley and Marion Bain accompanied the group of juniors. The 2022 JITIC Doubles Main Draw GA Champions are Jackson and Jerald; the duo had an excellent performance regional
Original Post Date: 7/28/2022
