CEDRIC DZELU REIGNS SUPREME AT ACCRA SENIOR OPEN


The much anticipated 17th edition of the Accra Senior Open was once again hosted on its traditional soil, the clay courts of the Accra Tennis Club in Osu from the 28th of November to 7th of December 2019 which featured about 150 players in 15 different categories.

At the end of the tournament, it was Cedric Dzelu from the AMTEC tennis club who was crown the new champion of Semi-Professional Singles category.

The campaign to the final nearly became a dream for Cedric with a low start when Jonathan Quaye, the defending champion dismantle him at the group stages but Cedric will quickly regroup to make it pass Ahevi Dodzi with a 6-0, 6-0 silencer and a walkover from Joshua Yamoah to guarantee a place in the quarter-finals where he was drawn to meet Jonathan Quaye again, haven done his homework, Cedric pulled what appeared to be a dominating win on Quaye 7-5, 6-3 and ousting Patrick Tenkorang in the Semifinals with a 6-1, 4-6, 10-6 to book a place at the finals.      

When the stage was set for the finals between Isaac Kwame Dapaah and Cedric Dzelu, it promised to be a tough match with Isaac being the favourite but as promised by Cedric in a pre-match interview, the Cobra came to the party as a warrior and took the first set 6-1 only to lose the second set 4-6 and will count on his stamina to get hold of the trophy with an 11-9 match tiebreak win.

In the Men's Pro Singles, Benjamin Fumi defeated Reginald Okantey 7-5 6-2 to win the championship, below are results of other categories.
Men's 35/44 Singles, George Heckson bt Baly Sarassoro 6-2 6-0.
Men's 45/54 Singles, Frank Seth Newton bt Nana Poku 6-0 3-6 10-4
Men's 45/54 Doubles, Hesse Tetteh/Derick Aryee bt David Carreras/Henry Nortey 6-2 6-4
Men's 65 plus Singles, Joe Paddymo bt Adewale Adeleke 6-0 6-0
Mixed Doubles, Isaac Dapaah/Abigail Odoi bt Thomas Ohene-Effa/Care Coleman 6-1 6-1
Ladies up to 39 Singles, Kate Coleman bt Adwoa Abrokwa 6-0 6-1
Ladies 40 plus Singles, Faustina Tagoe bt Augustina Yamak 6-1 6-1
Men's 35/44 Doubles Dr Cyril Bansah/George Heckson bt Nana Sam-Awortwi/Louis Addo 6-4 6-0
Ladies 40 plus Doubles, Augustina Yamak/Faustina Tagoe bt Evelyn Enunwah/Dorcas Sowah 6-1 6-0
Men's 55/64 Doubles, Kobby Brew/Joe Oforiata bt George Mills/Philip Mensah 7-5 6-3
Men's 65/74 Doubles, Joe Paddymo/ Kofi Taylor bt Nana Dadson/Charles Quaye 6-1 6-1
Men's Pro Doubles, Benjamin Fumi/Francis Gbolonyo bt Reginald Okantey/Nicholas Kumadey 6-4 7-6(5)

The tournament coordinator Peter Annan at the closing ceremony thanked all for gracing the tournament and put on record that this year has been the best and he promises to work hard to make next year bigger. 

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