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Sunday, October 04, 2026
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Triple Silver Success for Chiappa and Fox at Columbus Open
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Bermudian pickleball players Susan Chiappa and Sarah Fox produced an outstanding medal haul at the APP Columbus Open, securing three silver medals between them across doubles competition in Ohio.
The duo showcased impressive form and consistency throughout the tournament, reaching the podium in both women's and mixed doubles divisions against competitive international fields.
Teaming up in the Women's Doubles 3.5 skill level for the 65+ and 70+ age bracket, Chiappa and Fox navigated their way through the draw to reach the championship decider, ultimately taking home the silver medal following a hard-fought final.
Both players carried that momentum into their respective mixed doubles campaigns, adding further silverware to their tally.
Partnering Carlos Olivieri in the Mixed Doubles 3.0/3.5 division for players aged 50 and over, Chiappa delivered another strong run through the knockout stages to secure her second silver medal of the tournament.
Fox matched the feat in the Mixed Doubles 3.5 category for the 65+ and 70+ age division. Combining with Everett Jackson, she battled through to the final to claim silver, capping a remarkably successful outing for the Bermudian pair in Columbus.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
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Jordan-Whitter's Hampton Pirates impress at HBCU Championships
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Bermudian head coach Jovan Jordan-Whitter watched his Hampton University men's tennis side deliver an encouraging display at the HBCU National Tennis Championships at the South Fulton Tennis Center in Georgia.
The Pirates compiled a 6-7 overall record across singles competition, with standout performer Rafael Padilha leading the charge.
Padilha produced an impressive individual campaign to finish third in the premier Flight A singles bracket, dropping only one match as he compiled a 3-1 record over the weekend.
Aryan Arora also made a deep tournament run for the Pirates, advancing to the final eight of the Flight B singles division before bowing out in a fiercely contested three-set battle.
In doubles action, Padilha combined effectively with Ibrahim Carrington to provide Hampton's strongest showing of the tournament. The tandem dispatched their opponents in the opening two rounds before their run was eventually halted in the quarter-finals.
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Monday, September 28, 2026
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Davis Cup Bermuda drawn to host Syria in 2027 Play-offs
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Bermuda will welcome 11th seeds Syria in the 2027 Davis Cup World Group II play-offs following the draw in London.
The match-up was confirmed after the official draw for the World Group I and World Group II play-offs took place at the World Tennis offices on Monday, mapping out 26 home-and-away ties featuring 52 nations across men's team tennis.
Bermuda were drawn as the home nation against Syria after the choice of ground was determined by lot.
The tie is scheduled to take place on either February 5th – 6th or February 6th – 7th 2027, with the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Association to confirm their preferred competition dates as the host nation.
Stakes will be high for both sides when the action gets under way. The winners of the World Group II play-offs will advance to the main World Group II ties in September 2027, while the losing nations will be relegated to their respective regional Group III events later in the year.
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Monday, September 21, 2026
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Jordan-Whitter's Hampton Pirates Secure Two Wins
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Hampton University men's tennis wrapped up a demanding weekend of action at the CNU Duals, with Bermudian head coach Jovan Jordan-Whitter overseeing a pair of encouraging victories alongside a tough test against Division I opposition.
The Pirates laid down an early marker on Friday evening, mounting an impressive fightback to edge tournament hosts Christopher Newport 4-3.
After dropping the opening doubles point, Hampton showed resilience across the individual rubbers. Rafael Padilha, Kohei Konishi, Kevin Jorquera, and Ibrahim Carrington all delivered crucial singles victories to turn the contest on its head and seal a hard-fought opening triumph.
Saturday brought a more difficult test against a clinical Longwood Lancers outfit. Hampton started brightly as Padilha and Jorquera combined in tandem to dispatch Daniel Borisov and Ricards Sparks 6-1. However, the Lancers hit back emphatically, sweeping all six singles rubbers to take the tie.
Jordan-Whitter’s charges issued the perfect response on Sunday, producing a dominant display to whitewash the Mary Washington Eagles 4-0 in singles play.
Padilha and Konishi maintained their fine weekend form with commanding straight-sets victories, with team-mate Arora following suit in similar fashion. Carrington was made to work harder at number four singles, but held his nerve in a deciding set to complete a clean sweep and ensure Hampton rounded out the weekend on a high.
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Sunday, September 20, 2026
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Mexico Wrap Up Davis Cup Tie against Bermuda
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Mexico firmly cemented their authority over Bermuda at the W.E.R. Joell Tennis Stadium, securing an unassailable advantage in their Davis Cup World Group II tie before Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros added further gloss with an emphatic singles victory.
Alan Magadán and Luis Carlos Álvarez Valdés got the job done early in the day, producing a clinical doubles display to dismiss home favourites Daniel Phillips and Trey Mallory in straight sets.
Facing a must-win scenario following Saturday’s opening singles defeats, the Bermudian tandem initially gave the home crowd plenty of hope. Phillips held his opening service game with authority before Mallory repeated the feat to keep the hosts level at 2-2 in the early exchanges.
However, the gulf in international doubles pedigree soon told. Magadán, ranked 220th in the world in the tandem discipline, and world number 414 Álvarez Valdés systematically raised their intensity, turning the screw on Bermuda's delivery.
The Mexican duo claimed the decisive break against Phillips in the fifth game to edge 3-2 ahead, before backing it up with a commanding service hold. When Mallory was broken two games later, the visitors seized total control, calmly serving out the set to take the opener 6-2 with four straight games in the bag.
The momentum carried seamlessly into the second set as Mexico delivered a masterclass. Phillips was immediately broken to open the frame, and the visitors doubled their cushion with another clean hold.
With Bermuda struggling to counter Mexico’s sharp net coverage and aggressive baseline returns, Mallory’s serve was breached again to make it 3-0. From there, the Mexican pairing offered no route back, surging through the remainder of the set without dropping a single game to seal a 6-2, 6-0 sweep and clinch the overall tie with rubbers to spare.
With the tie already decided, Tariq Simons took to the court for Bermuda looking to salvage pride against world number 614 Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros.
The Mexican, however, showed no signs of taking his foot off the gas. Rubio Fierros came out firing, breaking Simons three times in a one-sided opening set to bag a 6-0 bagel in rapid time.
Simons found himself under immediate pressure again at the start of the second set as Rubio Fierros broke and held to race into an early 2-0 lead.
Yet the home crowd was finally given a moment to cheer in the third game. Simons dug deep from the baseline, holding serve with resilience to register his first career Davis Cup World Group II game and pull the score back to 2-1.
The respite proved fleeting. Rubio Fierros comfortably held for 3-1 before breaking Simons once more to stretch the margin to 4-1. A routine consolidation took the visitor to 5-1, before Rubio Fierros applied the finishing touches by breaking the Bermudian for a final time to wrap up a comprehensive 6-0, 6-1 triumph in just 57 minutes.
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