Badminton Pan America

Pan Am players from Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Guatemala, United States and host Dominican Republic took the podiums at X Santo Domingo Open, held from October 22 to 26, with the participation of more than 100 outstanding athletes worldwide.

Check here full results.

Cuba’s duo Osleni Guerrero/Leodannis Martinez got the Men’s Doubles titles after a great victory against Fabricio Farias /Francielton Farias (BRA) by 21-19 and 21-16. Guerrero and Martinez reached this gold after defeating athletes from Dominican Republic, Colombia anda Canada. Bronze medals were for Xavier Laperriere/Nicolas Nguyen (CAN) and Phone Pyae Naing (MYA) /Sahil Sipani (ENG).

Brian Yang, silver medalist at Pan Am Games 2019, is still surprising. Yang won the gold medal after defeating athletes from Colombia, Iceland and England reaching the final where he faced, seeded one, Kevin Cordon (GUA). An injury did not allow Kevin to exhibit his best game and Yang got the victory by 21-8 and 21-4. Osleni Guerrero (CUB) and Alex Lane (ENG) got the bonzes.

Brazilian athletes won 3 titles in Santo Domingo.

Jaqueline Lima, youth olympic athlete and Pan Am Games medalist, won 2 golds and 1 bronze in this tournament. Lima, with Fabricio Farias, won the Mixed Doubles title after defeating the also brazilians Francielto Farias and Samia Lima. Cesar Brito/Nairoby Jimenez (DOM) and Nicolas Nguyen/Alexandra Mocanu (CAN) won the bronze medals in this event.

In Women’s Doubles Jaqueline won her second gold and with Samia Lima, after a three-games match against Alexandra Mocanu/Camille Leblanc (CAN). The first game was for Brazilian duo with a big difference in the score (21-12) but the second game showed a good recovery of the Canadians (20-22) forcing one more game. The maximum possible score (30-29) in a game was the one that determined the victory of the Brazilians in an exciting match. Local duos Mileiky Acosta/Michelle Guzman and Nairoby Jimenez/Bermary Polanco reached the 3/4 places.

Fabiana Silva took the Women’s Singles podium top after defeating Ruhi Raju (USA) in the final match after 3 tough games (21-13, 12-21, 21-13). Dominican star Nairoby Jiménez won bronze as did Jaqueline Lima (BRA).

Our Pan Am Athletes continue to add points in their Road to Tokyo 2020, adding experience and looking for the biggest dream. Let’s encourage them in the next Pan Am Circuit 2019 tournament: Guatemala Future Series 2019 and XIII Suriname International 2019.

Below are some videos that summarize the tournament:

Congratulations to all winners!!

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