Our Jr. Fed Cup Team returns home today after a full week in El Salvador. Team Bahamas ended on a good note yesterday with a 2-1 win over Jamaica.Kinza Johnson played the No. 2 position and started the ball rolling with a 6-3, 7-5 win. Peyton Anderson played the No. 1 position with a 0-6, 0-6 loss but…
The Bahamas will be participating in the Junior Fed Cup event in El Salvador starting tomorrow. Representing The Bahamas is a 3-memberteam of Peyton Anderson, Kinza Johnson and Kaylee Kanuka. The Team is coached by Chelsi Russell. Coach Chelsi was recently certified as an ITF Level 2 Coach in Valencia, Spain. The Junior Fed Cup…
Despite the loss to Costa Rica (0-3) on the final day, Team Bahamas ends its run on the top half of the World Juniors Tennis Competition in the 6th position out of 14 countries. The Bahamas edged out El Salvador, Honduras, Barbados, Jamaica, Antigua, Curacao, Suriname and Panama. The Dominican Republic won the overall title…
Team Bahamas defeated Barbados in round-robin play with a 3-0 victory. Saphire Ferguson won 6-2, 6-2, Sierra Rodgers followed up with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 win. Our Team closed out with doubles played by BreAnn and Saphirre with a 6-1, 6-0 win. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Sierra, Saphirre, BreAnn and Coach Marion on advancing to the…
Team Bahamas stands at 2-1 at the World Junior Team Competition in Santo Domingo. The team comprises of Sierra Rodgers, BreAnn Ferguson, Saphirre Ferguson and Coach Marion Bain. The Bahamas opened up with a win over #4 seed Antigua. Up first was BreAnn Ferguson 6-1, 6-2. Sierra would lose her match 6-3, 6-1 bringing up…
The Road to The Bahamas’ 2019 Open Nationals’ Champions is completed. There are two new 2019 champions: Kevin Major Jr. and Kerrie Cartwright. On the men’s side, Kevin Major Jr. seeded #2 won in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 over Baker Newman (#1). KJ who expressed his desire to add the men’s Open Nationals’ title to…
On this past weekend the Ministry of Youth, Sports and & Culture held its Annual National Sports Awards banquet. The sporting discipline of tennis and four (4) athletes were nominated in different categories by the Ministry. Tennis Davis Cupper Baker Newman won “The Leevan Sands Courage Award”. Baker represented The Bahamas in the 2019 Davis Cup…
Our Girls’ Team competed at a very high level at the ITF/COTECC U12 Team Competition Sub Region 3 in the Dominican Republic capturing the 3rd spot. We congratulate BreAnn Ferguson, Saphirre Ferguson and Jalisa Clarke for representing The Bahamas well! The other two top finishers were Puerto Rico (1) and Jamaica (2). Our girls participated…
Today, The Bahamas U12 Girls’ Team plays Jamaica and the winner advances to the Final of the ITF/COTECC U12 Team Competition Sub Region 3 in the Dominican Republic. A win will qualify the country as a top 2 finisher and eligibility for further regional championships. After the dominant round-robin performance in Pool A where Team…
On the Dominican courts of clay, our Girls came to Play! After recording a shut-out victory yesterday against the host country, The Bahamas U12 Girls’ Team followed-up with another 3-0 victory today over Cuba. Saphirre Ferguson would lead out the gate strong once again with a 6-1, 6-1 win. She gave up only two points…