30 Oct 2018

Honours were shared as the titles were decided on Monday 29th October at the Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships staged in Santo Domingo, the capital the Dominican Republic.

Marginally, the most successful nation on view was Peru.

by Ian Marshall, Editor

In the most closely contested final of the day, Mariagracia La Torre and Ana Paula Yenobi secured the Under 13 Girls’ Doubles first prize; at the final hurdle they beat Puerto Rico’s Daymar Castro and Kristal Melendez by the narrowest of margins in a full five games contest (13-11, 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9).

Similarly, it was gold for Peru in the Under 11 Mixed Doubles event and silver in the Under 11 Boys’ Doubles competition. In the former, Gonzalo Vera and Valentin Lazon emerged the winners, overcoming the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Cabrera and Shary Muñoz in the final (11-8, 11-6, 11-9). In the latter, José Antonio Perales and Gonzalo Vera experienced defeat in the gold medal contest when facing the host nation’s Rafael Cabrera and Ramon Vila (11-2, 15-17, 11-9, 11-7).

Titles for Peru and the Dominican Republic; in the Under 13 Boys’ Doubles competition it was first prize for Brazil. Leonardo Ilzuka and Jorge Buenostro reserved the top step of the podium; in the decisive engagement contest they accounted for Mexico’s Rogelio Castro and Jorge Nuenostro (8-11, 18-16, 11-8, 14-12).

Meanwhile, there was success for Puerto Rico thanks to the efforts of Derek Valentin and Kristal Melendez, as there was for Ecuador in the guise of Angelica Arellano and Maria Borja.

Derek Valentin and Kristal Melendez won the Under 13 Mixed Doubles title beating Chile’s Josthyn and Fernanda Araneda (11-9, 13-11, 11-8) to seal the top prize; Angelica Arellano and Maria Borja clinched Under 11 Girls’ Doubles gold In the final they beat colleagues Fiorella Olaya and Maybelline Menendez (11-6, 7-11, 11-5, 2-11, 11-5).

Play in Santo Domingo concludes on Tuesday 30th October.

Entries

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Boys’ Singles – Entries (Thursday 25th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Girls’ Singles – Entries (Thursday 25th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Boys’ Singles – Entries (Thursday 25th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Girls’ Singles – Entries (Thursday 25th October

 

Results & Draws

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Boys’ Team – Full Results (Saturday 27th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Girls’ Team – Full Results (Saturday 27th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Boys’ Team – Full Results (Saturday 27th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Girls’ Team – Full Results (Saturday 27th October)

 

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Boys’ Singles – Results – Stage One (Sunday 28th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Boys’ Singles – Results – Main Draw (Sunday 28th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Girls’ Singles – Results – Stage One (Sunday 28th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Girls’ Singles – Results – Main Draw (Sunday 28th October)

 

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Boys’ Singles – Results – Stage One (Sunday 28th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Boys’ Singles – Results – Main Draw (Sunday 28th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Girls’ Singles – Results – Stage One (Sunday 28th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Girls’ Singles – Results – Main Draw (Sunday 28th October)

 

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Boys’ Doubles – Results (Monday 29th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Girls’ Doubles – Results (Monday 29th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 11 Mixed Doubles – Results (Monday 29th October)

 

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Boys’ Doubles – Results (Monday 29th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Girls’ Doubles – Results (Monday 29th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 and Under 11 Championships: Under 13 Mixed Doubles – Results (Monday 29th October)

2018 Latin American Under 13 & Under 11 Championships Peru