Guyana turned in a solid performance on the opening day of the Senior Caribbean Squash Championships, which served off on Sunday at the National Racquet Centre.
Emily Fung-A-Fat was the first to ignite the spark. Facing teammate Tehani Munroe, she played with a dancer’s grace and a surgeon’s precision, closing the match 11-3, 11-2, 11-4.
Not long after, Indira Barker mounted a fierce comeback of her own. After dropping the first game to the Dominican Republic’s Bermelyn Peña Abreu, she stormed back 11-1, 11-8, 11-4—a blaze of disciplined aggression and heart.
Then came the marathon masterpiece. Kirsten Gomes, seeded 13th and facing Barbados’s 8th seed, Sumairaa Suleman, dug deep into her well of resilience. The match swung like a pendulum—9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 10-12—until the final game, where Gomes steadied her breathing, tightened her grip, and edged out a thrilling 11-9 victory.
Ashley Khalil added thunder to the gathering storm, dismantling her opponent from Port of Spain with clean, clinical strokes: 11-4, 11-2, 11-3.
Even in all-Guyanese matchups, excellence shone through. Akeila Wiltshire powered past teammate Zoey McDonald 11-5, 11-4, 11-4, and later, top-seeded Mary Fung-A-Fat delivered a masterclass of control, dispatching Larissa Wiltshire 11-3, 11-3, 11-3.
Matches continue throughout the week.
