Updated 02/13/2020 at 9:35 PM
Better start of the year, impossible. The Peruvian women’s badminton team He made his big debut this Thursday in the Pan American Team Championship after winning his first two series in Brazil. Led by Daniela Macías and Danica Nishimura, the bicolor beat the local team and Islas Malvinas.
Earlier in the day, the ‘sele’ beat Brazil 3-2 in a close duel. Macías opened the scoring against Fabiana Silva (21-12, 21-7); however, Jaqueline Lima matched the series against Inés Castillo (21-15, 21-13).
Fernanda Saponara broke the tie against Juliana Viana (21-19, 19-21, 22-20) and the duo formed by Macías and Nishimura extended the score in doubles (16-21, 21-15, 21-15). Just for statistics, Sania Lima and Tamires Santos gave the last game to the local team against Inés Castillo and Paula La Torre (21-14, 21-17).
In the second duel, the bicolor had no complications to overcome Malvinas Islands. With a resounding 5-0, he signed his second win, in which Micaela Flores and Micaela Castillo made their debut. With this, he is one step away from securing his pass to the ‘semis’ of the tournament.
This Friday, the group phase will close with the duel against the United States. If they win, they would be first and face the second of Group A on Saturday, which is made up of Canada, Mexico and Guatemala.
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