León, Guanajuato.- With the tennis player Guanajuato Mauricio Schtulmann On the court, the Mexican representative managed to win the last place in the Junior World Championship of the specialty that took place in Prostejov, Czech Republic.
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After finishing the group stage in third place in its sector, the team captained by the former Davis Cup, Miguel Angel Gallardogot into the consolation draw for places nine to 12, however, the goal of sneaking into the top 10 was quickly diluted for the Aztec racket players when they lost 2 games to 1 against Ecuador.
Schtulmann could not pull off the first duel of singles and fell to Lucas Yunez with partials of 4-6, 6-3 and 6-1. Subsequently, Memo Narcio from Queretaro kept the tricolor team alive, but in the doubles confrontation, the South American couple made up of Emilio Camacho and Tito Chávez, was in charge of resolving the pairing.
It was then that Mexico met Morocco in their next clashthere the celayense matched the actions after beating Ali Missoum 6-4 and 6-0 in straight sets, however, in the doubles Schtulmann and Narcio let go of the decisive point succumbing 6-4, 5-7 and 10-5 against Missoum and Camil Guessous.
There was no other choice for the tricolors than to go to the key for the fifteenth and sixteenth rung against the South African squad. Narcio managed the first singles match and the one who finished off the match was Schtulmann Gascabeating Connor Doig in two sets 6-1 and 6-2, so there was no need to face the doubles, where Narcio and his countryman Rodrigo Maya were already announced.
Of the six confrontations that the Aztec team had in this event, was only able to defeat the South Africansas well as Colombia in the first round.
