Barbados reclaimed their place in the Davis Cup World Group 2 after defeating Pacific Oceania 3-2 in their World Group 2 playoff tie yesterday at the National Tennis Centre in Wildey. Twenty-year-old Kaipo Marshall was entrusted with salvaging the tie for the hosts after Pacific Oceania’s doubles victory earlier in the day. Marshall defeated Clement Mainguy 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 after losing his opening match with their number one Colin Sinclair …
Barbados and Pacific Oceania split the opening singles matches in their Davis Cup World Group II play-off tie at the National Tennis Centre in Wildey on Friday. National No.1 seed Darian King notched a 6-4, 6-0 win over Pacific Oceania’s number two seed Clement Mainguy. Local number two Kaipo Marshall was defeated by the visitor’s number one seed Colin Sinclair 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday’s singles were played under best-of-three sets rules …
The Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme’s (BDFSP) football team will compete in this season’s Barbados Football Association’s (BFA) Premier League. That was the confirmation yesterday by BDF sports coordinator and club president, Captain Michael Jules, after months of speculation regarding the team’s status and continued uncertainly around the future of the programme. Jules noted that while they were still awaiting word from Government regarding the programme’s existence beyond this year’s …
Barbadian racer Zane Maloney will compete in this year’s 2023 FIA Formula Two Championship with Carlin Motorsport. The teenager, who finished runner-up in last year’s FIA Formula Three Championship, rejoins the outfit with which he competed in his victorious 2019 British Formula Four season as well as the 2020 Euroformula Open. READ: At the end of last season, it was announced that Maloney would be a reserve Formula 1 driver …
Barbados’ Davis Cup tennis team is stepping up preparations for its next assignment, a World Group II play-off tie against Pacific Oceania on February 2 and 3 at the National Tennis Centre in Wildey, St Michael. Barbados contested two Davis Cup ties last year, a World Group I play-off against Ukraine in Turkey in March and a World Group II tie at home to Ireland in September. The Ukrainians completed …