22 Mar 2017

All four titles secured in the team events on the second day of action at the 2017 South American Junior and Cadet Championships in the Paraguayan capital city of Asuncion; on the fourth day of play, Tuesday 21st March, Brazil added a further six gold medals to the tally.

They completed a clean sweep in the doubles events.

by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor

Siddharta Almeida and Alexia Nakashima, alongside Daniel Godoi and Livia Lima, each added two further titles to their collection.

Partnering Luis Anjos, Siddharta Almeida won the Junior Boys’ Doubles title, the pair accounting for Argentina’s Martin Bentancor and Francisco Sanchi, at the final hurdle (9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9).

The win came prior to joining forces with Alexia Nakashima to emerge as the Junior Mixed Doubles champions. In the title deciding contest, once again it was Argentina who experienced defeat; the Brazilians recovered from a two games to nil deficit to beat Francisco Sanchi and Camila Kaizoli (7-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-3, 11-5).

Success for Alexia Nakashima; earlier in the day it had been success in harness with Luana Souza; in the Junior Girls’ Doubles competition, they had beaten the host nation’s Leyla Gomez and Cielo Mutti in the gold medal contest to claim the top prize (11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6).

Impressive performances; in the younger age group it was the same from Daniel Godoy and Livia Lima.

Together, they won the Cadet Mixed Doubles title, beating colleagues Kenzo Carmo and Beatriz Kimoto (10-12, 11-9, 7-11, 14-12, 11-5); apart Daniel Godoi partnered Diogo Silva to Cadet Boys’ Doubles success, Livia Lima allied with Giulia Takahashi to claim the Cadet Girls’ Doubles top prize.

At the final hurdle Daniel Godoi and Diogo Silva overcame Argentina’s Luciano Alto and Matias Guadaloupe (11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6); Livia Lima and Giulia Takahashi beat Colombia’s Manuela Echeverry and Juliana Rodriguez (15-13, 11-9, 14-16, 11-5).

Play concludes on Wednesday 22nd March with the finals of the Junior Boys’ Singles, Junior Girls’ Singles, Cadet Boys’ Singles and Cadet Girls’ Singles events.

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: List of Entries (Saturday 18th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Playing Schedule (Saturday 18th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Team Event – Seeding (Friday 17th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Team Event – Full Results (Sunday 19th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Team Event – Full Results (Sunday 19th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Team Event – Full Results (Sunday 19th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Team Event – Full Results (Sunday 19th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Singles – Seeding (Monday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Singles – Stage One – Results (Saturday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Singles – Stage One – Results (Saturday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Singles – Seeding (Monday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Singles – Stage One – Results (Saturday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Singles – Seeding – (Monday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Singles – Stage One – Results (Saturday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Singles – Stage Two – Draw (Saturday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Singles – Seeding (Monday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Singles – Stage One – Results (Saturday 20th March

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Singles – Stage Two – Draw (Saturday 20th March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Boys’ Doubles – Full Results (Tuesday 21st March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Doubles – Full Results (Tuesday 21st March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Mixed Doubles – Full Results (Tuesday 21st March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Boys’ Doubles – Full Results (Tuesday 21st March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Girls’ Doubles – Full Results (Tuesday 21st March)

South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Mixed Doubles – Full Results (Tuesday 21st March)

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