Michelle Li, Nyl Yakura & Jason Ho-Shue and Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai managed to defend their title in the best way and got the gold in the XXIII Pan Am Individual Championships 2019, held in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with participation of athletes from 18 differents countries.
Watch here the Finals matches.
Osleni Guerrero returned to the top of the podium and is the new Pan-American champion.
Check here results.
Nyl Yakura and Jason Ho-Shue (CAN) add their 4th title in a row after beat Osleni Guerrero and Leodannis Martinez in an amazing finals match (21-11, 20-22, 21-10). Canadians reached the finals after defeating athletes from Brazil, Mexico and Jamaica. Gareth Henry/Samuel Ricketts (JAM) and Andres Lopez/Luis Montoya (MEX) completed the MD podium. (Featured image)
Canada’s star Michelle Li won her 4th crown after beating Brittney Tam in the final (21-15, 24-22). Crystal Pan and Jennie Gai from USA reached bronze medals.
The Pan Am Women’s Doubles Champions are still
Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai, who beat their compatriots
Catherine Choi and
Josephine Wu 21-15 and 27-25 in the final.
Jaqueline Lima / Samia Lima (BRA) and
Sabrina Solis / Vanessa Villalobos (MEX) reached semifinals and won the 3/4 place.
Josephine Wu repeated the gold medal in Mixed Doubles obtained the previous edition and this time with
Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (CAN). They achieved the first place after beating
Fabricio Farias and
Jaqueline Lima (BRA) in the first match of the day (21-14 / 21-19). The Canadian duos
Nicolas Nguyen / Alexandra Mocanu and
Nyl Yakura / Kristen Tsai completed the podium.
Cuba’s
Osleni Guerrero won his third Pan-American crown (2013-2014) after defeating
Kevin Cordon (GUA) in an exciting match (21-11, 22-20). The local
Job Castillo, who beat the last champion Ygor Coelho (BRA), and
Jason Ho-Shue (CAN) won the bronze medals.
The
XXIII Pan Am Individual Championships 2019 was played from April 25th to 28th at the Gimnasio Olimpico de Ciudad Deportiva de Aguascalientes, Mexico, with outstanding players that were showing a preview of what we will experience at the
Pan Am Games in Lima 2019.
