The Bahamas achieved a second placement with a 4-1 record in tournament play. The team closed out with a dominant performance over the US Virgin Islands. In the singles both Tatyana Madu playing in the #1 spot and Kaylah Fox playing in the #2 spot had shutout wins 6-0, 6-0 over their opponents Safiyah and…
The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association(BLTA) has fielded a three-member team to represent the country at the 2021 Cotecc U12 competition. Tatyana Madu, Kayla Fox and Briana Houlgrave will all compete for the first time at this international event. This Competition will take place from September 26th – October 2nd, 2021 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.…
The inaugural Billy Jean King Cup (BJK) Group II Americas takes place Wednesday, June 23rd – Saturday, June 26th in Panama City, Panama. The Bahamas will compete alongside Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama and Uruguay. The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) has fielded a dynamic team that includes Kerrie Cartwright(player/captain), the top nationally-ranked…
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…