The singles Round of 16 at the The 2023 Pan American Games Sunday in Santiago, Chile didn’t produce any real surprises, although there were several close matches. Both top seeds in Men’s Singles won in straight games. Top seed Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia beat 17th seed Maikel Moyet of Cuba, 11-4, 11-0, 11-6, and his team-mate 2nd seed Carlos Keller defeated 15th seed Edwin Galicia (Independent), 11-9, 11-5, 11-8.
Two Men’s Singles matches went five games, and you couldn’t get closer than the match between Mexican Eduardo Portillo and Ecuadoran Jose Daniel Ugalde, as each of their five games was decided by two points with Portillo squeaking out the win, 12-10, 10-12, 14-12, 9-11, 11-9. In the other breaker, American lefty Adam Manilla defeated Argentina’s Diego Garcia, 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8.
In Women’s Singles, both top seeds needed more than three games to win their matches in the 16s, and 2nd seed Maria José Vargas of Argentina had to come back from two games to one down to see off 15th seed Carla Muñoz of Chile, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, as the Chilean was undoubtedly looking to medal on home soil.
Vargas’s team-mate and women’s top seed Natalia Mendez needed four games to defeat 17th Frédérique Lambert of Canada, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.
The longest game of the competition was played by Maricruz Ortiz of Costa Rica and Maria Renee Rodriguez (Independent), as the third game of their match was 19-17 to Ortiz, who also won the first two games, so got the win over Rodriguez. Ortiz, the 9th seed, will play Mendez in the quarterfinals on Monday.
Also of note, Mexican Paola Longoria, who is trying to win a 4th straight Pan Am Games gold medal in singles, won her first match of the games by defeating the Dominican Republic’s Merynanyelly Delgado, 11-2, 11-4, 12-10. Next up for Longoria will be the USA’s Erika Manilla, who beat Bolivian Yasmine Sabja, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6.
Doubles
Although there were no real surprises in singles, there were surprises in Men’s Doubles. The biggest was 7th seeds Edwin Galicia and Juan Salvatierra (Independent Athletes; but Guatemalan born) knocking off the 2nd seeds Kadim Carrasco and Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5.
That win puts Galicia and Salvatierra on the podium, as they are now in the semi-finals, where they will play Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray, who came back from 0-2 down against the USA team of Daniel De La Rosa and Alejando Landa to win 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4. That was also an upset win, as Canada was seeded 6th and the USA 3rd.
The other half of the men’s draw went to form, as top seeds and defending Pan Am Games gold medalists Javier Mar and Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico beat 8th seeds Diego Garcia and Fernando Kurzbard of Argentina, 11-5, 11-1, 12-10, and the 4th seeds Andrés Acuña and Gabriel Garcia from Costa Rica defeated 5th seeds Juan Francisco Cueva and Jose Daniel Ugalde from Ecuador, 11-9, 11-6, 13-11.
Thus, the Men’s Doubles semi-finals will be Mexico versus Costa Rica and Canada versus Independent (Guatemala).
The top four seeds all won their matches in the Women’s Doubles quarterfinals. Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Montserrat Mejia - the top seeds - beat the 8th seeded Canadian team of Michèle Morissette and Frédérique Lambert, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7. Mexico will play 4th seeds Argentina in the semi-finals, as Natalia Mendez and Maria José Vargas came back from a game down to defeat 5th seeds Michelle Key and Erika Manilla of the USA, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 12-10. Argentina led in game one of that match, 10-6, but let it slip away. They turned the tables on the USA in game two, as they came back from a 9-7 deficit to win 11-9.
On the other side of the draw, 2nd seeds Gabriela Martinez and Maria Renee Rodriguez (Independent) beat the 7th seeded Chilean team of Paula Mansilla and Carla Muñoz, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8. Martinez and Rodriguez will play Bolivians Angelica Barrios and Jenny Daza, who were pushed to five games by Ecuador’s Maria José Muñoz and Veronica Sotomayor, 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7.
In the Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, the top seeds also won. First seeds Angelica Barrios and Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia defeated Canadians Frédérique Lambert and Samuel Murray, 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4. They will play Argentina in the semi-finals, as Diego Garcia and Maria José Vargas beat Veronica Sotomayor and Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador, 11-4, 11-8, 11-6.
Second seeds Paola Longoria and Eduardo Portillo of Mexico defeated Chileans Jaime Mansilla and Carla Muñoz, 12-10, 11-8, 11-4, and they’ll play American sibling team of Adam Manilla and Erica Manilla, who held on to defeat Edwin Galicia and Gabriela Martinez (Independent), 11-9, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9. The USA was down 8-3 in game five, but found a way to come back and win it.
2023 Pan American Games - Santiago, Chile
Men’s Singles - Round of 16 - Sunday
1) Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. 17) Maikel Moyet (Cuba), 11-4, 11-0, 11-6
9) Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica) d. 8) Coby Iwaasa (Canada), 11-9, 11-7, 11-6
5) Daniel De La Rosa (USA) d. 12) Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina), 11-1, 11-2, 11-5
4) Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. 13) Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 12-10, 10-12, 14-12, 9-11, 11-9
3) Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) d. 14) Juan Francisco Cueva (Ecuador), 11-9, 4-11, 11-5, 11-4
6) Adam Manilla (USA) d. 11) Diego Garcia (Argentina), 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8
7) Samuel Murray (Canada) d. 10) Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica), 11-8, 11-6, 12-10
2) Carlos Keller (Bolivia) d. 15) Edwin Galicia (EAI), 11-9, 11-5, 11-8
Men’s Singles - Quarterfinals - Monday
1) Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. 9) Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica) - 10 AM
4) Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) v. 5) Daniel De La Rosa (USA) - 10 AM
3) Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) 6) Adam Manilla (USA) - 10 AM
2) Carlos Keller (Bolivia) v. 7) Samuel Murray (Canada) - 10 AM
Women’s Singles - Round of 16 - Sunday
1) Natalia Mendez (Argentina) d. 17) Frédérique Lambert (Canada), 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7
9) Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) d. 8) Maria Renee Rodriguez (EAI), 11-7, 11-9, 19-17
5) Angelica Barrios (Bolivia) d. 12) Michelle Key (USA), 11-7, 11-3, 11-6
4) Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) d. 13) Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador), 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6
3) Paola Longoria (Mexico) v. 19) Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic), 11-2, 11-4, 12-10
11) Erika Manilla (USA) d. 6) Yasmine Sabja (Bolivia), 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6
7) Gabriela Martinez (EAI) d. 10) Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica), 11-5, 11-2, 11-4
2) Maria José Vargas (Argentina) d. 15) Carla Muñoz (Chile), 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3
Women’s Singles - Quarterfinals - Monday
1) Natalia Mendez (Argentina) v. 9) Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) - 10:45 AM
4) Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) v. 5) Angelica Barrios (Bolivia) - 10:45 AM
3) Paola Longoria (Mexico) v. 11) Erika Manilla (USA) - 10:45 AM
2) Maria José Vargas (Argentina) v. 7) Gabriela Martinez (EAI) - 10:45 AM
Men’s Doubles - Quarterfinals - Sunday
1) Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) d. 8) Diego Garcia & Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina), 11-5, 11-1, 12-10
4) Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica) d. 5) Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 11-9, 11-6, 13-11
6) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada) d. 3) Daniel De La Rosa & Alejando Landa (USA), 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4
7) Edwin Galicia & Juan Salvatierra (EAI) d. 2) Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia), 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5
Men’s Doubles - Semi-finals - Monday
1) Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) v. 4) Andrés Acuña & Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica) - 3 PM
6) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada) v. 7) Edwin Galicia & Juan Salvatierra (EAI) - 3 PM
Women’s Doubles - Quarterfinals - Sunday
1) Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) d. 8) Michèle Morissette & Frédérique Lambert (Canada), 11-3, 11-7, 11-7
4) Natalia Mendez & Maria José Vargas (Argentina) d. 5) Michelle Key & Erika Manilla (USA), 10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
3) Angelica Barrios & Jenny Daza (Bolivia) d. 6) Maria José Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador), 12-10, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7
2) Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (EAI) d. 7) Paula Mansilla & Carla Muñoz (Chile), 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
Women’s Doubles - Semi-finals - Monday
1) Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) v. 4) Natalia Mendez & Maria José Vargas (Argentina) - 4 PM
2) Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (EAI) v. 3) Angelica Barrios & Jenny Daza (Bolivia) - 4 PM
Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals - Sunday
1) Angelica Barrios & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. 8) Frédérique Lambert & Samuel Murray (Canada), 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4
4) Diego Garcia & Maria José Vargas (Argentina) d. 5) Veronica Sotomayor & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
3) Adam Manilla & Erica Manilla (USA) d. 6) Edwin Galicia & Gabriela Martinez (EAI), 11-9, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9
2) Paola Longoria & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) v. 7) Jaime Mansilla & Carla Muñoz (Chile), 12-10, 11-8, 11-4
Mixed Doubles - Semi-finals - Monday
1) Angelica Barrios & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. 4) Diego Garcia & Maria José Vargas (Argentina) - 5 PM
2) Paola Longoria & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) v. 3) Adam Manilla & Erica Manilla (USA) - 5 PM
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