JULIAN CHIN emerged as the title favorite by taking the division title in the spotlight at the inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Squash Association September tournament on Saturday evening at the Queen’s Park Cricket Club Indoor Racquet Centre.

The No. 2 seed, with Guyanese roots, trailed from two sets to one to defeat top-seeded Brandon De Montrichard 11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9 in the league final.

David Lanser, the 57-year-old who lost in four sets to China in the semifinals after two upset wins, arguably ran out of gas and was comfortably beaten 11-2, 11-3, 11-5 by Leonel Sorillo. bronze medal.

Meanwhile, U19 national champion Anthony Allum, who lost in the quarterfinals to two-time national championship runner-up De Montrichard, eliminated Marc Pontifex 11-3, 11-1, 12-10 and took fifth place.

Sanjiv Mungal was arguably the most impressive player of the three-day tournament.

After not coming close to dropping a set in his three matches and advancing to the Division B final, the U17 player, who has competed in both the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships and Open Championships over the past few years, was in an unstoppable state, he regained his form, defeating fellow junior national team member Ethan Fortune 11-6, 11-8, 11-0 and winning the gold.

Gia Ghuran, who came within a whisker of an under-11 gold medal in July after winning the title in the last two editions of Junior CASA, defeated over-50 national champion Cathy Martin in the league 11-4, 12-10, 12-10 C Final.

Vithala Chattergoon, the U-13 national representative, won 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 over her younger sister Saanvi and won bronze.