16 Mar 2019

The fourth seeds, second place in their initial stage group, Ecuador emerged the surprise winners of the junior girls’ team title on Friday 15th March at the 2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships in Santiago, Chile.

Lining up alongside Mylena Plaza and Alejandra Veintimilla, star of the show was Nathaly Paredes, the young lady who hails from Santo Domingo in the foothills of the Andes mountain range; on the second day of action, she remained unbeaten throughout.

by Ian Marshall, Editor

At the semi-final stage she overcame both Jerusalen Flores (11-6, 11-4, 15-13) and Valentina Rios (2-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7), as a 3-1 win was posted against Chile, the top seeds. The one further success for Ecuador was recorded by Alejandra Veintimilla in the third match of the fixture; she accounted for Macarena Montecino (11-5, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6).

A place in the final booked, Brazil, the second seeds, awaited; the outfit against whom the Ecuadorians had suffered a three-nil defeat in the group phase one day earlier. Notably in the opening match, Nathaly Paredes had experienced defeat by the minimal two point margin in the deciding game when facing Tamyres Fukase (11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 12-10); on the second day of action she set the record straight.

Nathaly Paredes beat Livia Lima to secure Ecuadorian gold (Photo: Cristian Larrain)

 

She beat Tamyres Fukase in three straight games (11-6, 11-5, 11-7), before, following success for Alejandra Veintimilla against Lais Mika Yuta (8-11, 11-9, 11-13, 13-11, 11-8), returning to the table to overcome Livia Lima (12-14, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7) and thus sealing the victory.

Earlier in the counterpart semi-final, the same three players in action, Brazil had accounted for the third seeds, the Paraguayan trio comprising Karimi Apud, Leyla Gomez and Cielo Mutti in a full distance five match contest.

Leyla Gomez unbeaten but it was defeat for Paraguay against Brazil (Photo: courtesy of Paraguay Table Tennis Federation)

 

The player to cause the Brazilians problems was Leyla Gomez; she beat both Tamyres Fukase (11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 9-11, 11-7) and Livia Lima (11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9).

Team events concluded, the individual events now commence. Play concludes in Santiago on Monday 18th March.

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Schedule

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

Entries

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

Seeding – Team Events

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

Seeding – Junior Boys Singles & Junior Girls’ Singles

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)

Seeding – Junior Boys Doubles, Junior Girls’ Doubles & Junior Mixed Doubles

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)

Seeding – Cadet Boys Singles & Cadet Girls’ Singles

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)

Seeding – Cadet Boys Doubles, Cadet Girls’ Doubles & Cadet Mixed Doubles

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)

Results – Junior Boys’ Team

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Final Positions – Junior Boys’ Team (Friday 15th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Detailed Results – Junior Boys’ Team (Friday 15th March)

Results – Junior Girls’ Team

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Final Positions – Junior Girls’ Team (Friday 15th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Detailed Results – Junior Girls’ Team (Friday 15th March)

Results – Cadet Boys’ Team

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Final Positions – Cadet Boys’ Team (Friday 15th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Detailed Results – Cadet Boys’ Team (Friday 15th March)

Results – Cadet Girls’ Team

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Final Positions – Cadet Girls’ Team (Friday 15th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Detailed Results – Cadet Girls’ Team (Friday 15th March)

Draw – Junior Boys’ Singles & Junior Boys’ Doubles

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Stage One – Junior Boys’ Singles (Saturday 16th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Main Draw – Junior Boys’ Singles (Sunday 17th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Main Draw – Junior Boys’ Doubles (Saturday 16th March)

Draw – Junior Girls’ Singles & Junior Girls’ Doubles

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Stage One – Junior Girls’ Singles (Saturday 16th March)
2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Main Draw – Junior Girls’ Singles (Sunday 17th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Main Draw – Junior Girls’ Doubles (Saturday 16th March)

Draw – Cadet Boys’ Singles & Cadet Boys’ Doubles

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Stage One – Cadet Boys’ Singles (Saturday 16th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Main Draw – Cadet Boys’ Doubles (Saturday 16th March)

Draw – Cadet Girls’ Singles & Cadet Girls’ Doubles

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Stage One – Cadet Girls’ Singles (Saturday 16th March)

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Main Draw – Cadet Girls’ Doubles (Saturday 16th March)

 

 

 

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