Championships in Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad, after two emphatic victories.

Kyme, the reigning under-19 champion, saw off Venezuela's Joan Vau and Guyana's Julian Chin, both by a score of 3-0.

In the last four, he was due to meet Jamaica's Kyle Chin, who had earlier knocked out Bermuda's Steven Smith, 3-0.

Also in the under-19 boys, Michael Stout beat Omar Sterling 3-1 before going down against another Jamaican James Bullock, the number two seed, in the quarter-finals.

In the under-16 boys event, reigning under-14 champion James Stout eased past Steven Miller, before also beating last year's runner-up, Edward Sears, of Guyana, also 3-0.

Stout was due to face number one seed Gavin Cumberbatch of Barbados in the semi-finals.

Tallent Clarke and Justin Robinson both lost their first-round matches.

In the under-14 boys, Michael Shrubb and Andrew Robinson recorded impressive first-round victories over John Davis and Brad Love respectively.

But both went out 3-0 to Guyanese opponents in the next round, Shrubb losing to Damien DaSilva and Robinson to Ryan Farnum.

Ian Redford cruised through the first round of the under-12 event, defeating Andrew Bennety 3-0, before going down by the same margin to number one seed Bryant Cumberbaton.

Andrew Stout defeated Kirsten Jeffrey of Guyana 3-0 despite going off in the third game with stomach cramps.

The only Bermuda winner in the girls event was Laura Robinson in the under-12 event. She thrashed Daina King of Guyana 3-0 and meets Kristina King, also of Guyana, in the semi-finals.

Melissa Harvey (under-19) and Jessica Mitchell (under-16) were both still awaiting first victories in their round-robin events.

Harvey lost a hard-fought clash 3-2 against Ginette Ragbir and then went down 3-0 against Nicolette Fernandes, while Mitchell lost 3-1 to Melissa Lue-Yen of Jamaica.

Nick Kyme: one win away from the Caribbean junior final.