Jamaica’s lone competitor on day two of the ATP Kingston 2 Challenge lawn tennis competition, John Chin, lost a close battle with American teenager Benjamin Willwerth 4-6, 4-6 at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston on Monday.

The 22-year-old Chin, who has a career-high world ranking of 1,005, was expected to provide Jamaica’s first victory mainly so because he was playing the 19-year-old Willwerth, with limited experience who had a career-high 1,172 world ranking achieved in 2025,but is currently ranked 1,227.

Chin, with the small home crowd behind him, started well, holding his serve then breaking Willwerth to take a 2-0 lead. But Willwerth fought back to level the set at 2-2 and again at 4-4.