Yes in the doubles test Jorge Cardona He was one point away from getting a medal in the World Championship for People with Physical Disabilities being played in Granada, losing in the quarterfinals by 3 sets to 2 and 11-9 in the last set, history has repeated itself in the individual event where the Publimax CAI Santiago paddler has also fallen in quarter finals before the english Joshua Stacey for the same result: 3 set a 2 y 11-9 in the fifth set.
In a great match for Cardona against the number three in the world, the game opted for small details given the tightness of all the partials. Cardona started with an 11-6 lead in the first quarter in his favor, but the Englishman leveled the match winning the second by 10-12. This did not affect the man from Zaragoza and he managed to take the third set for a very tight 16-14. Already in the fourth and fifth set, both players had minimal differences but the two sets were decided in favor of Stacey by 11-9, leaving Cardona with honey on her lips advance to the semi-finals and secure a World Cup medal.
To get to quarters previously he had beaten his teammate John Baptist Perez in another vibrant match that this time opted for 3-2 in favor of Cardona, coming back from 1-2 against with runs of 11-9 and 11-8 in the last two sets.
With this defeat in the quarterfinals, the competition for Cardona after his return to international competition after his serious injury that has kept him away from the tables for a year and a half, two points away from bringing two World Cup dents, already with an eye on in qualifying for Paralympic Games in Paris 2024.
