{"id":20460,"date":"2024-06-07T17:11:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20460"},"modified":"2024-06-07T17:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:12:05","slug":"chand-and-lopes-triumph-in-epic-three-hour-battle-at-gta-doubles-tennis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/chand-and-lopes-triumph-in-epic-three-hour-battle-at-gta-doubles-tennis-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Chand and Lopes Triumph in Epic Three-Hour Battle at GTA Doubles Tennis Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) witnessed an intense evening of doubles action at the National Racquet Center on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first match of the tournament, Osafa Dos Santos and Patrice Stewart secured a convincing victory over Elishaba Johnson and Randy Oodit, showcasing their prowess in the novice medley doubles category with a 6-1 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second match featured the 2022 GBTI Mixed Doubles Champions, Kizzy Richmond and Leyland Leacock, who displayed exceptional skill and experience to defeat Tisel Patterson and Surendra Khayyam 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Leacock, in a post-match interview, attributed their success to sticking to the basics and drawing on their wealth of experience in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the loss, debutant Tisel Patterson expressed optimism and highlighted the learning experience gained from their first doubles competition, emphasizing the importance of communication and teamwork for future matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the highlight of the evening was the epic three-hour battle in the third match, where former Men\u2019s Doubles Champions Sandeep Chand and Andre Lopes overcame juniors Navindra Arjune and Nathan DeNobrega. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match stretched to three sets, with Chand and Lopes eventually emerging victorious with a scoreline of 7\/5, 4\/6, and 6\/3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GTA Doubles Championship continues throughout the week, promising more thrilling matches and intense competition as players vie for supremacy on the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) witnessed an intense evening of doubles action at the National Racquet Center on Tuesday night. In the first match of the tournament, Osafa Dos Santos&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20462,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20460\/revisions\/20462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}