A teenage girl from Barbados and student of The St. Michael School has squashed the competition to show why her surname is ‘Best’.
Meagan Best has ended 2017 on a high note after capturing the Girls’ Under 17 Championship title in the 2017 US Junior Squash Open held at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut from December 16-19, 2017. The tournament reported a record 930 players from 41 countries competing across five age divisions.
Meagan made history in the GU17 becoming the first player from the Caribbean nation to win a U.S Junior Open Title. Best the 5/8 seed, pulled out a gripping final match played in 5 sets against Egypt’s Malak Ashraf Kamal 4-11, 11-3, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9.
Prior to her successful finish, in her round 16 match Meagan took revenge on Maria Paula Moya Lopez of Ecuador who defeated her at the Canadian Junior Open held earlier where she finished second behind Lopez in the Girls’ under 17 Canadian final. Best returned with great vengeance to prove that she was indeed the best by defeating Lopez in 3 games; 11-5, 11-6, 11-9.
Source: PR
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