Bermuda won the gold medal in the women’s team tennis competition at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium when singles pair Tyler Smith and Erika Bové won their matches in straight sets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead.Sixteen-year-old Smith played some delightful tennis on her way to a 7-5, 6-0 win over Laura Moreno-Hernandez in the opening match.Then Bové, a Venezuela-born school teacher who teaches languages at Mount St Agnes, wrapped up the gold medal with a sometimes nervy 7-5, 7-5 win over Sandra Moll-Andreu.Smith’s game with Moreno-Hernandez was close throughout the first set before Smith took a 6-5 lead and then won the match on her opponent’s serve at ‘love’.The second set was surprisingly won very comfortably by Smith as her opponent struggled to win a game as frustration set in.Bové had to work hard for her victory as Moll-Andreu kept it close.In the deciding set, Bové went up 5-4 and was serving to win the tie and the gold for Bermuda, but Moll-Andreu broke Bové to tie it up again. However, Bové broke back in the next game to regain the lead and then held serve to win the match.“This is a great honour for me to win the match, my first time representing Bermuda,” said Bové, who has been on the Island for six years.“I’m glad I gave us a two-love victory and got the gold medal for Bermuda. I love Bermuda very much, even more than a Bermudian.“It’s a great place and to do it here in Bermuda is even more special, in front of friends. It was a great experience and I look forward to the women’s doubles and mixed doubles, it’s not over yet.“I’m playing mixed doubles with Jensen Bascome and the ladies doubles with Tyler Smith. We’re looking for more medals.”Women’s coach Jerome Bradshaw added: “It was touch and go, the first set was very close so there was no way we could relax. the young Spanish girl, Sandra, I’ve been watching her play all week and she’s been slugging from the baseline, and l figured if she did that Erika would have no problem.“But she played a very smart game — they must have done their homework in looking at our number two player — and were able to play the same cat-and-mouse game that Erika played.“I think it came down to cooler heads and cooler heads prevailed. Erika did get a little upset at times, especially with the umpire as we are used to making out calls ourselves without umpires, so it was very difficult for her to contain herself.“But she kept to her game plan and knew it would come to fruition in the end. I’m very happy that Tyler and Erika did the job in the singles.”Guernsey took home the gold in the men’s team final, beating Jersey in the two singles.Their number one player Patrick Ogier stopped Jersey’s top men’s player Scott Clayton 6-4, 2-6, 11-9 in a match full of passion and excitement as both sets of spectators cheered the players on in a match that was fit for a singles final. Guernsey then clinched the title when Dominic McLuskey defeated James Connelly 6-1, 6-3.The matches have set the stage for the singles and doubles tournament which starts tomorrow morning. First up at 9am is Bermuda’s David Thomas while the top women’s singles seed, Tyler Smith, will take to the court at 10.30am Jacklyn Lambert, ranked fourth in the singles, will also play at 10.30am.Scott Clayton is the top men’s seed and he will play Bermuda’s Alex Cooper at 10.30am. Number two seed Gavin Manders plays at noon.Finals are set for Friday.