15 Mar 2019

The group stage of play concluded, the top seeded outfits all emerged successful on the opening day of play, Thursday 14th March, at the 2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships in the Chilean capital city of Santiago.

Semi-final places and thus a medal, the colour to be decided, was the order of proceedings.

by Ian Marshall, Editor

In the junior boys’ team event Chile, the top seeds, represented by Nicolas Burgos, Andres Martinez and Jorge Paredes duly secured first position in their group without the loss of a single individual match; it was the same for the no.2 seeds, the Brazilian outfit comprising Guilherme Teodoro, Rafael Torino and Diog Silva.

However, when facing Argentina, the no.3 seeds, the Brazilians did endure some testing times. Rafael Torino needed the full five games to beat Santiago Lorenzo (4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9) as did Guilherme Reodoro in the immediately ensuing contest when facing Matias Velarde (11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 10-12, 11-7). Two close calls, matters concluded with a further hard fought contest; in four games Diogo Silva overcame Matias Guadalupe (11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6).

Argentina duly finished in second position in the group and thus advanced to the semi-finals; in the opposite group, Peru, the no.4 seeds, represented by Adolfo Cucho, Felipe Duffoo and Jhon Loli duly secured runners up spot.

Thus Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Peru reserve places in the 2019 Pan American Junior Championships to be held in June in Cancun, Mexico.

Meanwhile, in the cadet boys’ team event first stage, Peru, the top seeds, represented by Carlos Fernandez, Adrian Rubinos and Rodrigo Vigo finished their group in first place, as did the no.2 seeds, Brazil’s Gustavo Gertsmann, Henrique Noguti and Joon Shim.

However, there were surprise second places. Ecuador, the no.5 seeds represented by Jeremy Cedeño, Diego Piguave and Paul Ponce Cedeño finished in second place behind Brazil; likewise for Chile, the no.6 seeds, selecting from Santiago Funes, Jaime Lama, Josthyn Miranda and Martin Sanzana, it was runners up spot behind Peru.

Play in the junior boys’ team and cadet boys’ team events concludes on Friday 15th March.

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Follow the action from Santiago

Schedule, Seeding, Draws, Results

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: General Schedule (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Entries (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Team Seeding (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Junior Boys’ Singles (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Junior Girls’ Singles (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Junior Boys’ Doubles (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Junior Girls’ Doubles (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Junior Mixed Doubles (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Cadet Boys’ Singles (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Cadet Girls’ Singles (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Cadet Boys’ Doubles (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Cadet Girls’ Doubles (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Seeding – Cadet Mixed Doubles (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Results – Junior Boys’ Team (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Detailed Results – Junior Boys’ Team (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Results – Junior Girls’ Team (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships:Detailed Results – Junior Girls’ Team (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Results – Cadet Boys’ Team (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Detailed Results – Cadet Boys’ Team (Thursday 14th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Results – Cadet Girls’ Team (Thursday 14th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Detailed Results – Cadet Girls’ Team (Thursday 14th March

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