The 16-year-old Iona Gualdi from Buenos Aires defeated the Venezuelan Tiffany Sánchez by 21-13, 12-21 and 21-16 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the individual badminton draw at the I Pan American Games Cali 2021, instance in the that will run into the Brazilian Juliana Viana, who today beat the Peruvian Fernanda Saponara by 21-7 and 21-9.
In the mixed doubles tournament, Iona Gualdi-Nicolás Oliva beat Ecuadorians Gladys Plúas-Joseph Rodríguez by 19-21, 21-17 and 21-14 to go to the quarterfinals, where they will face the Chilean duo Ashley Montre -Alonso Medel, who today beat the Cuban couple Thalia Mengana-Roberto Herrera by 8-21, 21-18 and 23-21.
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