ITF Team Championships: Bermuda Upset Panama
The Bermuda team upset number 5 seed Panama in today’s play at the World Team Championships.
The Bermuda team was off to a quick start as solid play from Ben Jones opened the fixture with a 6-3. 6-0 win giving Bermuda a 1-0 lead in the best of 3 matches. Trey Mallory, they produced some of his best play of the tournament to defeat Panamas Luis Ching 6-0 6-1 putting Bermuda 2-0 up. In the doubles, Mallory partnered with Cooper and got off to a good start by winning the first set 6-3 only to lose the second and hard fought set 5-7. In the third set match tie-break, Team Bermuda was unable to fight off Panama and lost 8-10 but still giving Bermuda the overall win at 2-1.
Next up will be number 7 seed Jamacia.
Panama (PAN-B14) – Bermuda (BER-B14): 1-2
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Time: |
Tue 15/03/2016 08:30 |
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Draw: |
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Score: |
1-2 |
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Order |
Event |
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Score |
Points |
Duration |
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1 |
MS2 |
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3-6 0-6 |
0-1 |
1:20 |
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2 |
MS1 |
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– |
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0-6 1-6 |
0-1 |
1:05 |
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3 |
MD |
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– |
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6-3 5-7 10-8 |
1-0 |
1:40 |