Mallory Falls In Three Sets At ITF Tournament
Bermudian tennis player Trey Mallory suffered a three-set defeat to American Carel Ngounoue in the opening round of the ITF M15 Pembroke tournament at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium on Wednesday [Oct 28].
Playing on home soil, Mallory made an impressive start, winning the opening set 6-1 before Ngounoue fought back to claim the next two sets 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the second round.
The defeat ended Mallory’s singles campaign in the $15,000 tournament, which runs until November 1.
Mallory was the second Bermudian to exit the singles competition, following Tariq Simons, who lost 6-3, 6-2 to Canadian fourth seed Alvin Nicholas Tudorica on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, Barbados’ Darian King recorded a commanding 6-1, 6-0 victory over Canada’s Volodymyr Gurenko to progress to the second round.
Fellow Barbadian Kaipo Marshall was involved in another three-set contest against Poland’s Kacper Szymkowiak.
Marshall lost the opening set 6-2 before battling back to take the second 7-5. However, Szymkowiak secured the deciding set 6-4 to complete a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory.
American Matt Kuhar also came from a set down to defeat Jamaica’s John Chin 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
In another singles match, American qualifier Kian Vakili defeated compatriot Gray Voelzke 7-5, 7-6 to advance to the next round.
