The Bahamas was able to pull out the win against Honduras in their final group match of the Davis Cup action in the Americas Group III. The win meant they avoided their fourth consecutive loss of the tournament and give themselves a chance to at least remain in Group III.

Playing at the Club Internacional de Tenis in Asuncion, Paraguay, The Bahamas took care of Honduras 3-0. The matches are being played on outdoor clay courts. The win gives The Bahamas a 1-3 win/loss record in the tournament.

First up for The Bahamas was national champion Denali Nottage. He went up against Alfonso Bennaton. Nottage needed three sets to win the match 4-6, 5-3 and 6-3. Nottage who is playing in his first Davis Cup, won his first match and served three aces. He won 77% of his first serves

compared to Bennaton's 55 percent. Nottage went on a four-game winning streak in the second set that saw the score go from 2-3 to 6-3. The match lasted two hours and 10 minutes.

Playing at the number one singles spot was professional player Kevin Major Jr. He easily took care of Alejandro Maldonado in two sets 6-2 and 6-0 to clinch the tie for The Bahamas as they led 2-0. Major only gave up 33 points. He won 58 points and was able to win 78 percent of his first serves. The match lasted just 59 minutes.

Major opened the first set with a 3-0 lead and controlled the set and the match the rest of the way.

It was a battle in the third match as The Bahamas looked to sweep the Hondurans to put themselves in a position to lock up at least fourth place in the group and set up a playoff against the fourth-place team in group one.

The Bahamian duo of veteran Marvin Rolle and Donte Armbrister was in action in the doubles portion of the tie. They played against Maldonado and Mario Richmagui and got the 7-6 and 6-4 victory as The Bahamas won the tie 3-0.

The duos traded games in the first set as the Bahamians could not get any separation. In the end Rolle and Armbrister won the tiebreaker set 7-3 by winning the final four points.

The second set was tougher for The Bahamas with the Hondurans leading 4-2. Rolle and Armbrister did not lose another game as they came back and won four straight games, the set and match.

The Bahamas lost 0-3 to Costa Rica on Wednesday, which was a follow up from a 0-3 loss to the host country on Tuesday. The Bahamians lost the first match on Monday 1-2 to the Dominican Republic.

The tournament wraps up on Saturday.

The Bahamas' chances of moving out of Americas Group III and into group two in Davis Cup action for 2024 took a serious hit on Tuesday, as they dropped their second consecutive matchup in the regional tournament at the Club Internacional de Tenis in Asuncion, Paraguay.

The Bahamas fell to the host nation, three matches to none, and is now winless in five tries against Paraguay in Davis Cup history.

In the first match of the day, Denali Nottage played in the number one position in singles for The Bahamas and lost in three sets to Martin Antonio Vergara del Puerto, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-2, in a match that lasted two hours and 16 minutes. Nottage won just 62 percent of his first serves (29-for-47) compared to 73 percent for his opponent (47-for-64). He was also broken six times in the match and broke service just three times, and his opponent won 103 total points compared to 92 for Nottage.

In the second match, playing in the number two position in singles for The Bahamas, Kevin Major Jr. suffered a straight sets loss to Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, 6-4 and 6-4, in a match that lasted an hour and 29 minutes. Major won just 67 percent of his first serves (24-for-36) compared to 81 percent for his opponent (29-for-36). He was broken twice in the match and came up empty in five break point opportunities of his own and won 55 total points compared to 65 for his opponent.

In the third match of the day, The Bahamas' doubles team of Donte Armbrister and player/captain Marvin Rolle lost to the team of Vergara del Puerto and Vallejo in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-2, in a match that lasted an hour and four minutes. Vergara del Puerto and Vallejo won 87 percent of their first serves (20-for-23) compared to 60 percent for Armbrister and Rolle (18-for-30). The Paraguayans won 56 percent of their second serves (15-for-27) compared to 53 percent for Armbrister and Rolle (8-for-15) and also broke Armbrister and Rolle four times while being broken just once. Vergara del Puerto and Vallejo won 54 of the total 95 points.

Rolle is the veteran of the team, making his 19th appearance in Davis Cup action. Major is making his seventh appearance at Davis Cup, Armbrister is on the team for the second time, and Nottage is the rookie.

Now down two ties to none, The Bahamas finds itself in a must-win situation over the next two days of competition if they want to be promoted to the Americas Group II for next year. The team faces Costa Rica today and Honduras tomorrow.

Just the top two teams in each pool will have a chance at promotion. They will play a crossover playoffs against the top two teams from the other pool with the winners of those games playing for the gold and the losers playing for the bronze. All three of the medal finishers will be promoted to the Americas Group II for next year.

The Bahamas is in Pool B with the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Costa Rica and Honduras. The teams in Pool A are Bolivia, Venezuela, Bermuda and Panama. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Americas Group IV for next year.

The Bahamas fell to the Dominican Republic on Monday and host nation Paraguay yesterday.

The event is being played on outdoor clay courts and wraps up on Saturday.

The Bahamas was able to salvage its initial tie of Americas Group III Davis Cup action at Club Internacional de Tenis in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Monday, but still lost the battle two matches to one to a tough Dominican Republic (DR) team.

In the first match of the day, playing in the number two singles position, national champion Denali Nottage fell in his Davis Cup debut, losing to Alejandro Jose Gandini in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-4, in a match that lasted an hour and 21 minutes. In match number two, playing in the number one singles position for The Bahamas, Kevin Major Jr. fell to Peter Bertran in straight sets, 6-4 and 6-3, in a match that lasted an hour and 32 minutes. In doubles, the team of Donte Armbrister and player/captain Marvin Rolle defeated the team of Enmanuel Munoz and Alberto Puello in straight sets, 7-6(0) and 6-2, in a match that lasted an hour and 28 minutes.

Armbrister is on the team for the second time, Major is making his seventh appearance at Davis Cup and veteran Rolle is on the team for the 19th time.

The team had a shaky start on Monday, but the doubles win could give them some momentum going into today's matchup against Paraguay, a team they lost to two matches to one last year, and are winless against in four tries in the history of The Bahamas' participation at Davis Cup.

The other teams in The Bahamas' pool are Honduras and Costa Rica, and they must finish in the top two to have a chance to be promoted to the Americas Group II for next year. The teams in Pool A are Bolivia, Venezuela, Bermuda and Panama. The top two teams in each pool will play a crossover playoffs against each other with the winners playing for the gold and the losers playing for the bronze. All three of the medal finishers will be promoted to the Americas Group II for next year. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Americas Group IV for next year.

The event is being played on outdoor clay courts.

In the first match of the day, Nottage won just 45 percent of his first serves (15-for-33) while his opponent won 61 percent of his (23-for-38). He also won 57 percent of his second serves (13-for-23) compared to 43 percent for Nottage (12-for-28). Gandini broke Nottage five times in the match and won 70 of the 122 total points.

In the second match, Major won 58 percent of his first serves (25-for-43) compared to 72 percent for his opponent (26-for-36). Bertran won 59 percent of his second serves (10-for-17) compared to 43 percent for Major (10-for-23). Bertran broke Major four times and won 67 of the 119 total points.

In the doubles match, Armbrister and Rolle won 72 percent of their first serves (36-for-50) compared to just 56 percent for their opponents (30-for-54). They also won 50 percent of their second serves (8-for-16) compared to 47 percent for their opponents (8-for-17). Armbrister and Rolle broke Munoz and Puello three times and won 77 of the total 137 points.

The tournament continues today and wraps up on Saturday.

It's now official that Anthonique Strachan is having the best season of her life - at least time wise.

The Bahamian female track star blazed to a new personal best in the women's 100 meters (m) at the Bislett Games Wanda Diamond League Meet at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday, finishing in 10.92 seconds. She finished second to Marie-Josée Ta Lou, of the Ivory Coast, who was close to top form, running a new meet record and world leading time of 10.75 seconds.

Strachan, 29, clocked the stunning personal best for second and Jamaican World Champion in the 200m, Shericka Jackson, had to settle for third, in 10.98 seconds, edging Great Britain athletes Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita who ran an identical time as Jackson, putting five ladies under 11 seconds in the race.

"I felt comfortable out there. I just wanted to get a good start and go from there," said Strachan from Oslo last night. "I really don't go in there with any expectations but when I saw the time, I was like 'Oh I PBed (ran a personal best) so that was nice'. I train hard so it was a good feeling to get the time. I tried to get it last season. I'm just glad I came through now."

Strachan said she owes tremendous credit to her coach Stephen Francis at Maximising Velocity and Power (MVP) Track Club in Kingston, Jamaica. Given her continued progression, it appears that Chandra Sturrup's national record of 10.84 seconds is within reach.

"I'm going after it. I want to run the exact time and then I want to break it and extend it further along," she said. "My coach (Francis) has known to produce a lot of 10.7 runners so I'm optimistic. A lot of what happened last season and this season is because of him. He has brought me along and I believe he will take me further."

Strachan is blazing a new trail this season. She is now the fourth fastest Bahamian female of all-time in the women's 100m, passing

Eldece Clarke, Pauline Davis-Thompson and Shaunae Miller-Uibo on the top performance list. Now she trails just Sturrup (10.84), Savatheda Fynes (10.91) and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (10.91).

Last season, she ran under 11 seconds twice and now she has done it again this year, and has plans to go even faster.

Strachan is not known for her start, but was able to maintain pace with the other ladies in the race in the early stages on Thursday and her top end speed brought her through. Ta Lou was the clear leader at the 50-meter mark. The two-time world championships medalist in that event sprung out of the blocks from the crack of the gun and never looked back. She proved to be on another level, taking down Marion Jones' 35-year-old meet record of 10.82 seconds.

Strachan surged ahead of the other runners in the latter part of the race and powered through for the new personal best time behind Ta Lou who maintained her form throughout and ran away with the victory. Strachan was impressive in finishing second. This was the first time she beat her club teammate Jackson in a 100m race. She has defeated her before in the 200m, but not the 100m.

Strachan is clearly getting faster as she continues to breeze through what has been her most impressive season to date as it relates to time. Just a few weeks ago, she clocked a personal best time in the 200m, running 22.15 seconds at the Rabat Diamond League Meet, in Rabat, Morocco.

On World Athletics' top performance list for 2023, Strachan is now tied for eighth with Jamaican junior sensation Alana Reid in the women's 100m. She is sixth in the 200m.

Strachan will be home to contest the short sprints at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) Junior and Senior National Championships, set for July 5-7 at the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium.