Dexter St Louis and Rheann Chung captured their sixth Caribbean Table Tennis Championship mixed doubles title, when they whipped the Dominican Republic combination of Juan Vila jnr. and Eva Brito 3-0 in the 2011 final, in Guyana, yesterday.
The France-based Trinidad and Tobago pair triumphed 11-6, 11-4, 12-10.
The victory was revenge of sorts for St Louis and Chung, following T&T's second-placed finish in both the men's and women's team events.
On Sunday, Dominican Republic edged T&T 3-2 in the men's final, while the Dominicans got the better of T&T by the same margin in the women's round robin decider.
In the men's team final, St Louis lost in five games to Emil Santos, but bounced back to whip Vila three-straight.
The other T&T win came from Curtis Humphreys, the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) student beating Samuel Malvez 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9.
The other T&T player, Michael Nanton, lost to both Vila and Santos.
In the women's team showdown between T&T and Dominican Republic, Chung beat Johenny Valdez at 7, 8 and 7, but lost to Brito in four games.
T&T's Linda Partap-Boodhan got the better of Kircia Diaz. However, reigning national champion Aleena Edwards was defeated by both Brito and Valdez.
In yesterday's mixed doubles semis, St Louis and Chung battled past Santos and Valdez 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.
In an all-T&T quarter-final, St Louis and Chung overcame a strong first-game challenge to beat Humphreys and Ashley Quashie 16-14, 11-8, 11-5.
Humphreys and Quashie had booked their quarter-final berth with an 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5 defeat of Barbadians Kevin Farley and Krystle Harvey.
The other T&T pair, Kyle Borneo and Edwards, lost to Vila and Brito in the opening round, the Dominicans coming back from a game down to win 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.
Source: www.trinidadexpress.com
By Kwame Laurence