by Ian Marshall, Editor

They joined forces to win the junior mixed doubles event, after earlier in the day Nicolas Burgos had partnered Andres Martinez the junior boys’ doubles gold and Valentia Rios had combined with Jersusalen Flores to secure the junior girls’ doubles top prize.

Notably on each occasion, the Chileans commenced play, the second seeds.

In the junior boys’ doubles event, at the final hurdle, Nicolas Burgos and Andres Martinez accounted for Argentina’s Santiago Lorenzo and Matias Vilarde, the no.3 seeds (11-5, 12-10, 12-10), after at the semi-final stage having ousted Peru’s Adolfo Cucho and Felipe Duffoo, the no.4 seeds (11-5, 11-3, 11-8).

Impressively, Santiago Lorenzo and Matias Vilarde had recorded a penultimate round success in opposition to Peru’s Rodrigo Bejarano and Jhon Lou, the no.6 seeds (11-9, 11-9, 11-13, 11-8), the pair who the previous day had caused a major upset by recording a quarter-final win in opposition to Brazil’s Guilherme Teodoro and Rafael Torino (11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 15-13).

Success for Nicolas Burgos and Andres Martinez; at the same time, it was success for Valentina Rios and Jerusalen Flores. After overcoming Paraguay’s Leyla Gomez and Cielo Mutti, the no.3 seeds (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10), the Chilean duo upset the order of merit to clinch the title at the final expense of Brazil’s Tamyres Fukase and Livia Lima, the top seeds (3-11, 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8).

Two titles secured, a third made it a junior clean sweep. Nicolas Burgos and Valentina Rios beat Peru’s Adolfo Cucho and Alessandra Cisnreros, the no.7 seeds, to claim the mixed doubles top prize. A straight games victory margin (11-6, 13-11, 11-2), as in all previous rounds, was the end result against a pair who had continually upset the odds.

After ousting colleagues, Andres Martinez and Jerusalen Flores, the no.4 seeds, at the quarter-final stage (8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6), they secured their place in the final courtesy of success in opposition to Brazil’s Guilherme Teodoro and Livia Lima, the top seeds (8-11,11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-8). In the counterpart semi-final, Nicolas Burgos and Valentina Rios had beaten Argentina’s Santiago Lorenzo and Muriel Hamil, the no.3 seeds (11-6, 11-3, 11-8).

Play concludes on Monday 18th March, the medallists in the junior boys’ singles and junior girls’ singles events being decided.

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Junior Boys’ Singles & Junior Boys’ Doubles

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

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

Junior Girls’ Singles & Junior Girls’ Doubles

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

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Girls’ Doubles – Main Draw (Sunday 17th March)

Junior Mixed Doubles

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Junior Mixed Doubles – Main Draw (Sunday 17th March)

Cadet Boys’ Singles & Cadet Boys’ Doubles

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

Cadet Girls’ Singles & Cadet Girls’ Doubles

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

Cadet Mixed Doubles

2019 South American Junior and Cadet Championships: Cadet Mixed Doubles – Main Draw (Sunday 17th March)