Diego Piguave, Emiliano Riofrío and Rodrigo Tapia stayed in the round of 32 of the individual games.
Alberto Miño, in individual games, and paired with Emiliano Riofrío, in men’s doubles, remained in the quarterfinals of the Pan American Table Tennis Championship, which takes place at the Villa Deportiva Videna, in Lima.
Miño, who in the first phase of singles went straight to the round of 32, he had eliminated the Colombian Julian Ramos, after beating him 4-0 on aggregate; while in the second round he dispatched Gastón Alto, from Argentina, by overcoming it 4-1.
In the most difficult match for the tricolor, in the quarterfinals, he had to face the Brazilian Victor Ahiiy, located in position 62 of the ranking Latin American, who imposed his best game to win 4-2.
It was Minho, installed in position 80 of the ranking latino, the one who started with victory by winning the first set by 11-8, but the Brazilian in the second episode he recovered to be victorious 5-11. The third set was again favorable for the Ecuadorian, who won 11-3. And in the fourth inning, Miño sealed his good moment by winning 11-5.
Surprisingly, Ishiy took command of the actions in the last three sets and seized the victory with a victory in the sets by 8-11, 9-11 and 9-11, leaving the overall score 4-3 in his favor.
In doubles
In doubles matches, Alberto Miño and Emiliano Riofrío, representatives of Ecuador, passed the round of 32 after beating Peruvians Rodrigo Hidalgo and Felipes Duffoo 3-1, with partials 11-8, 11-5, 5-11 and 11-5.
The Ecuadorians in the quarterfinals faced the Argentines Gastón Alto and Horacio Cifuentes, and the gauchos were superior when they beat the tricolor by 1-3 with scores 6-11, 12-10, 10-12 and 7-11.
With these defeats, Ecuador was left without representatives in the tournament and the men’s team games, since in ladies the tricolor does not have representatives.
Paul Street, president of the Ecuadorian Table Tennis Federation, indicated the reasons why Ecuador did not participate with its ladies team in the tournament. “The ladies did not qualify directly, and by desertion of other classified teams Ecuador was given the quota, but we were notified near the start of the competition. As we did not have the economic resources and the projection of passing the phases was not high, precisely because we did not classify directly, we did not have a female presence; on the other hand, with men the option to pass the round was much higher than that of the ladies and that is why they attended the Pan American Championship ”. (D)
Paul is a talented author and journalist with a passion for entertainment and general news. He currently works as a writer at the 247 News Agency, where he has established herself as a respected voice in the industry.
