Monday, December 16, 2024

35th IRF World Junior Championships - Medal Summary

Players from seven countries won World Cup medals at the 35th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala last week. Mexican players won medals in all 15 World Cup divisions (Boys & Girls, U21, U18, U16, singles, doubles & mixed doubles).

Bolivia was close behind, as Bolivians won medals in 13 of the 15 World Cup divisions. The two divisions they didn’t medal in were Girls U18 Singles, when the two Bolivians played the two Mexicans in the quarterfinals and Mexico won both matches, and Girls U16 Doubles, which didn’t feature a Bolivian team.

The other countries with medalists were the USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Chile and Ecuador.

Medal summary by country

Mexico - 8 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze
Bolivia - 7 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze
USA - 3 silver, 7 bronze
Costa Rica - 1 silver, 3 bronze
Guatemala - 6 bronze
Chile - 3 bronze
Ecuador - 1 bronze

Multiple medalists

Twenty eight players won multiple medals in Guatemala: 15 girls and 13 boys. Twelve Mexicans won multiple medals, as did six Bolivians, five USA players, three Guatemalans, and one Chilean and one Costa Rican.

Ten players won three medals, so one in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In U21, Camila Rivero (Bolivia) won two gold and one silver, Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), won one gold and two bronze, and Erick Trujillo (Mexico), won two gold and one bronze. In U18, Yanna Salazar (Mexico), won one gold, one silver, and one bronze, Naomi Ros (USA) won one silver and two bronze, and Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico), won one gold and two bronze. In U16, Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) won two gold and one silver, Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) won one gold, one silver and one bronze, and Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) won one silver and two bronze. Finally, Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) won one gold in U18 and two bronze in U16.

Girls U21
Camila Rivero (Bolivia), gold singles, gold doubles, silver mixed doubles
Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), bronze singles, bronze doubles, gold mixed doubles
Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), gold doubles (& gold U18 doubles)
Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico), silver singles, bronze doubles
Annie Sanchez (USA), bronze singles, bronze mixed doubles

Boys U21

Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia), gold singles, silver mixed doubles
Sebastian Hernández (Mexico), gold doubles, silver singles
Erick Trujillo (Mexico), gold doubles, gold mixed doubles, bronze singles
Jaime Mansilla (Chile), bronze doubles, bronze mixed doubles

Girls U18

Yanna Salazar (Mexico), gold singles, silver doubles, bronze mixed doubles

Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), gold doubles (U16 bronze singles, bronze mixed doubles)
Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico), silver singles, silver doubles
Naomi Ros (USA), silver mixed doubles, bronze singles, bronze doubles
Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), bronze singles, bronze doubles
Andrea Reyes (Guatemala), bronze doubles, bronze mixed doubles

Boys U18
Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia), silver singles, gold mixed doubles
Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico), gold doubles, bronze singles, bronze mixed doubles
Eder Renteria (Mexico), gold doubles, bronze singles
Cole Sendrey (USA), silver doubles, silver mixed doubles

Girls U16

Miranda Barraza (Mexico), gold singles, gold doubles
Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico), gold doubles, gold mixed doubles, silver singles
Victoria Rodriguez (USA), silver doubles, bronze mixed doubles
Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala), bronze singles, bronze doubles

Boys U16

Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico), gold doubles, gold mixed doubles, silver singles
Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia), gold singles, silver doubles, bronze mixed doubles
Nicolas Galindo (Mexico), gold doubles, bronze singles
Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), silver mixed doubles, bronze singles, bronze doubles
Eshan Ali (USA), bronze doubles, bronze mixed doubles

XXXV IRF World Junior Championships 

December 7-14 - Guatemala City, Guatemala

Girls U21 Singles - Medals

GOLD: Camila Rivero (Bolivia)
SILVER: Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico)
BRONZE: Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) & Annie Sanchez (USA)

Girls U21 Doubles - Medals

GOLD: Camila Rivero & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia)
SILVER: Fabiana Landy & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador)
BRONZE: Ella Boaz & Annika Fiedler (USA) & Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico)

Boys U21 Singles - Medals

GOLD: Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia)
SILVER: Sebastian Hernández (Mexico)
BRONZE: Erick Trujillo (Mexico) & Hector Barrios (Bolivia)

Boys U21 Doubles - Medals

GOLD: Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico)
SILVER: Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia)
BRONZE: Oscar Montejo & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica) & Diego Gatica & Jaime Mansilla (Chile)

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medals

GOLD: Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico)
SILVER: Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia)
BRONZE: Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile) & Iain Dunn & Annie Sanchez (USA)

Girls U18 Singles - Medals

GOLD: Yanna Salazar (Mexico)
SILVER: Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico)
BRONZE: Naomi Ros (USA) & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala)

Girls U18 Doubles - Medals

GOLD: Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia)
SILVER: Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico)
BRONZE: Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA) & Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala)

Boys U18 Singles - Medals

GOLD: Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia)
SILVER: Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia)
BRONZE: Eder Renteria (Mexico) & Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico)

Boys U18 Doubles - Medals

GOLD: Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico)
SILVER: DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA)
BRONZE: Miguel Anduari Segundo Ramos & Matias Arnez (Bolivia) & Christian Aldana & Jose Caceras (Guatemala)

Mixed Doubles U18 - Medals

GOLD: Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia)
SILVER: Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA)
BRONZE: Jose Caceres & Andreas Reyes (Guatemala) & Jorge Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico)

Girls U16 Singles - Medals

GOLD: Miranda Barraza (Mexico)
SILVER: Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)
BRONZE: Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala) & Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde (Bolivia)

Girls U16 Doubles - Medals

GOLD: Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)
SILVER: Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA)
BRONZE: Jamileth Sipac & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) & Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile)

Boys U16 Singles - Medals

GOLD: Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia)
SILVER: Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico)
BRONZE: Nicolas Galindo (Mexico) & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica)

Boys U16 Doubles - Medals

GOLD: Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico)
SILVER: Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia)
BRONZE: Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) & Eshan Ali & Nathan Rykhus (USA)

Mixed Doubles U16 - Medals

GOLD: Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico)
SILVER: Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica)
BRONZE: Eshan Ali & Victoria Rodriguez (USA) & Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia)

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Mexico & Bolivia split gold at 35th IRF World Junior Championships

The 35th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships wrapped up on Saturday in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and Mexico and Bolivia split the gold medals in the World Cup divisions (U21, U18, U16). Mexican players won 8 gold and Bolivia 7. Players from the USA were in 3 finals, with Costa Ricans and Ecuadorians in one final each, but none of them won gold.

Bolivians took three of the five gold medals in U21. In the girls divisions, Bolivian Camila Rivero won both singles and doubles. She defeated Mexican Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido, 6-11, 11-9, 11-0, 11-3, in the U21 Singles final, and then teamed up with Natalia Mendez Veizaga to beat Fabiana Landy and Maria Angela Villacreses of Ecuador, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, in the U21 Doubles final.

In the U21 Boys divisions, Bolivian Joel Alexis Acha Portugal outlasted Mexican Sebastian Hernández, 8-11, 11-4, 15-13, 5-11, 11-5. But Hernández and Erick Trujillo won gold in doubles by beating Bolivians Luis Aguilar and Adrian Jaldin Lobo, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9. Then Trujillo got a second by winning the U21 Mixed Doubles final with Ivanna Balderrama, and they defeated Bolivians Acha and Rivero, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4.

Bolivians also won three of the five finals in the U18 divisions, although the U18 Girls Singles final was between two Mexicans, with Yanna Salazar defeating her team-mate Cynthia Gutierrez in four games, 11-6, 3-11, 14-12, 14-12. However, Salazar and Gutierrez lost the U18 Girls Doubles final, as they were beaten by Bolivians Natalia Mendez Veizaga and Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7.

The U18 Boys Singles final was also between team-mates, but in this case two Bolivians, as Jhonatan Flores defeated Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera, 11-5, 11-8, 14-12. Bolivia also won the U18 Mixed Doubles final, as Iglesias and Florencia Villain Chalco narrowly defeated Americans Naomi Ros and Cole Sendrey, 9-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10.

The USA was also in the U18 Boys Doubles final, but DJ Mendoza and Sendrey lost to Mexicans Jorge Gutierrez and Eder Renteria, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10, 13-11.

Mexicans won four of the five finals in the U16 divisions. The U16 Girls Singles final was between two Mexicans as Miranda Barraza beat Andrea Perez Picon, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, and they teamed up to win gold in the U16 Girls Doubles final, defeating Americans Victoria Rodriguez and Montserrat Torres, 11-9, 11-5, 11-4.

The U16 Boys Singles gold went to Bolivian Sebastian Terrazas Tapia, who beat Mexican Sebastian Ruelas, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, but Ruelas did win gold in doubles as he and Nicolas Galindo defeated Bismarck Pereira and Terrazas, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, and then Ruelas and Perez Picon both won a second gold, as they eked out a victory over Costa Ricans Larissa Faeth and Alvaro Guillen, 11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, in the U16 Mixed Doubles final.

The IRF announced the 2025 World Junior Championships will be in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic next December.

There were many great matches in Guatemala that are well worth checking out, and you can see some of them via the IRF YouTube channel.

XXXV IRF World Junior Championships 

December 7-14 - Guatemala City, Guatemala

Girls U21 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 3) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico), 6-11, 11-9, 11-0, 11-3

Girls U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Camila Rivero & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. 3) Fabiana Landy & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador), 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6

Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia) d. 2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico), 8-11, 11-4, 15-13, 5-11, 11-5

Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 2) Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia), 11-7, 11-5, 11-9

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 1) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia), 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4

Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 8) Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico), 11-6, 3-11, 14-12, 14-12

Girls U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

4) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. 2) Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 11-5, 11-8, 11-7

Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia) d. 4) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia), 11-5, 11-8, 14-12

Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico) d. 6) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA), 11-8, 6-11, 12-10, 13-11

Mixed Doubles U18 - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia) d. 3) Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA), 9-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10

Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Miranda Barraza (Mexico) d. 4) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico), 11-9, 11-5, 11-5

Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 1) Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-9, 11-5, 11-4

Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

3) Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 4) Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico), 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6

Boys U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

3) Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 1) Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia), 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8

Mixed Doubles U16 - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9

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Friday, December 13, 2024

Semi-final surprises at 35th IRF World Junior Championships

The semi-finals were played Friday at the 35th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and some of the better known players lost.

For example, in Boys U21 Singles, Mexican Erick Trujillo, who has played on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT), lost in five games, as Bolivian Joel Alexis Acha Portugal came back from two games down to win, 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7. Acha will play another Mexican Sebastian Hernández in the final, as Hernández defeated Bolivian Hector Barrios, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9, in the other semi-final.

Then in Girls U18 Singles, American Naomi Ros, who represented the USA at the Pan American Championships earlier this year, lost to Mexican Yanna Salazar, 7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8. Salazar will play her team-mate Cynthia Gutierrez for gold on Saturday, as Gutierrez beat Guatemala’s Paula Aguilar, 11-2, 13-11, 11-5, in the other semi.

Also, American Annie Sanchez (née Roberts) lost to Mexican Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, in the semi-finals of Girls U21 Singles. Ortega will play Bolivian Camila Rivero in the final, as Rivero beat Mexican Ivanna Balderrama, 11-7, 11-7, 11-0, in the other semi.

Costa Rican Alvaro Guillen, in Boys U16 Singles, had one of the big upsets in the quarterfinals Thursday, and looked like he was going to get to the final, as he was up two games on Sebastian Ruelas. However, Ruelas eked out game three, and then won the next two games to book his place in the final, winning 7-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-3.

Ruelas will play Bolivia’s Sebastian Terrazas Tapia in the final Saturday. Terrazas also needed five games to reach the final, as he held off Mexican Nicolas Galindo (Mexico), 12-10, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8.

The top seed lost in Boys U18 Singles, as Bolivian Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera knocked off the #1 seed Jorge Gutierrez of Mexico, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11-9, and will play his team-mate Jhonatan Flores in the final, as Flores also needed five games to defeat Mexican Eder Renteria, 7-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3.

Who will play for gold?

Mexican players are in 12 of the 15 World Cup finals (i.e., Boys and Girls U21, U18, U16, Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles), and two are all Mexico finals: Girls U18 Singles and Girls U16 Singles. The finals without a Mexican are the Boys U18 Singles final, which is between two Bolivian players, the U18 Mixed Doubles final between Bolivia and the USA, and the Girls U21 Doubles between Bolivia and Ecuador. Bolivians are in 10 of the finals with the USA in 3 finals, and Costa Rica and Ecuador in one final each.

They are live streaming some matches from Guatemala, so check out the IRF YouTube channel or the IRF Facebook page for the action.

XXXV IRF World Junior Championships 

December 7-14 - Guatemala City, Guatemala

Girls U21 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 4) Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), 11-7, 11-7, 11-0
3) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) d. 2) Annie Sanchez (USA), 11-9, 11-8, 11-7

Final - Saturday

1) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 3) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico)

Girls U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Camila Rivero & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. 4) Ella Boaz & Annika Fiedler (USA), 11-5, 11-1, 11-3
3) Fabiana Landy & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) d. 2) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9

Final - Saturday

1) Camila Rivero & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) 3) Fabiana Landy & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador)

Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia) d. 4) Erick Trujillo (Mexico), 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. 3) Hector Barrios (Bolivia), 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9

Final - Saturday

1) Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia) v. 2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico)

Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 5) Oscar Montejo & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica), 11-0, 11-4, 11-6
2) Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia) d. 6) Diego Gatica & Jaime Mansilla (Chile), 11-6, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8

Final - Saturday

1) Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) v. 2) Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia)

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 4) Iain Dunn & Annie Sanchez (USA), 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7
2) Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 6) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-5, 12-10, 11-6

Final - Saturday

1) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 2) Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico)

Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

8) Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico) d. 5) Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), 11-2, 13-11, 11-5
2) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 3) Naomi Ros (USA), 7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8

Final - Saturday

2) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 8) Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico)

Girls U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

4) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. 1) Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA), 13-11, 11-7, 11-7
2) Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 3) Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), 11-8, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8

Final - Saturday

2) Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 4) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia)

Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

4) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) d. 1) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico), 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11-9
2) Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia) d. 3) Eder Renteria (Mexico), 7-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3

Final - Saturday

2) Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia) v. 4) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia)

Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico) d. 4) Miguel Anduari Segundo Ramos & Matias Arnez (Bolivia), 10-12, 12-14, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
6) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 2) Christian Aldana & Jose Caceras (Guatemala), 11-13, 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 13-11

Final - Saturday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico) v. 6) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA)

Mixed Doubles U18 - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia) d. 5) Jose Caceres & Andreas Reyes (Guatemala), 4-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
3) Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 2) Jorge Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 13-11, 5-11, 11-6, 13-11

Final - Saturday

1) Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia) v. 3) Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA)

Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

4) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 1) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 11-5, 3-11, 11-9, 11-6
2) Miranda Barraza (Mexico) d. 6) Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala), 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9

Final - Saturday

2) Miranda Barraza (Mexico) v. 4) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)

Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA) d. 5) Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 11-8, 14-12, 11-8
2) Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 3) Jamileth Sipac & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10, 12-10

Final - Saturday

1) Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA) 2) Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)

Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

4) Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 9) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 7-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-3
3) Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 2) Nicolas Galindo (Mexico), 12-10, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8

Final - Saturday

3) Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) v. 4) Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico)

Boys U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 4) Eshan Ali & Nathan Rykhus (USA), 6-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4
3) Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica), 11-3, 11-3, 11-3

Final - Saturday

1) Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) v. 3) Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico)

Mixed Doubles U16 - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 4) Eshan Ali & Victoria Rodriguez (USA), 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 3) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia), 11-9, 11-8, 11-9

Final - Saturday

1) Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) 2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica)

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