Up to date: Might 28, 2024 07:16 PM
Trey Mallory is thru to the primary draw on the ITF Males’s World Tennis Tour M15 Kingston, Jamaica ({Photograph} by Tom Hanna)
Trey Mallory secured his first Worldwide Tennis Federation skilled factors after defeating higher-ranked opponents within the qualifying spherical on the ITF Males’s World Tennis Tour M15 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Mallory carried his match-winning exploits for the College of North Carolina Wilmington to storm into the primary attract Jamaica, the place he faces a troublesome battle towards Corey Craig, of the USA, on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old withstood the Jamaican warmth to beat No 6 seed Fabio Nestola, of Britain, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday and adopted that by beating tenth-seed Lucca Pinto, of Brazil, 6-0, 6-2 within the second qualifying spherical.
“I’m glad to lastly get the chance to play in an ITF Males’s World Tennis Tour occasion as they’re so arduous to get into,’’ Mallory mentioned.
“This weekend was gruelling within the warmth however I managed to get my first ITF skilled factors by profitable my matches within the qualifying rounds.
“This has given me extra incentive to work even tougher to try to win extra matches and acquire ATP factors.
“As a result of these are my first few skilled occasions, I’m not anticipating a lot, however I’ll positively give it my finest and see the way it goes.”
Ricky Mallory, the participant’s father, who can also be in Jamaica, was delighted to witness his son take large strides in his skilled tennis profession.
“As Trey’s father, I’m thrilled to see his dream come true,’’ the Bermuda Garden Tennis Affiliation’s nationwide tennis director mentioned.
“Trey has labored extremely arduous to succeed in this milestone. Watching him develop from a teen within the Temple of Tennis grassroots programme and progressing by means of numerous ITF/Cotecc junior crew competitions from 12 and underneath, to 14s, 16s, and now turning into an expert athlete fills me with delight.
“In my position because the nationwide tennis director, it’s all the time gratifying to see our gamers bettering and performing nicely on the world stage.
“Our younger Davis Cup crew has a few years forward of them to compete. The BLTA is presently working to safe a sponsor for internet hosting an ITF skilled occasion right here in Bermuda, which is able to present our Davis Cup gamers with the chance to compete at a higher-level and doubtlessly earn skilled factors.”