First round of Team Event at 2015 Pan American Games

Canada and Guatemala went the distance in the Women's Team event Friday at the 2015 Pan American Games, as each match went tie-breaker with Canada squeaking out the victory, 2-1.

Ana Gabriela Martinez got Guatemala the early advantage, as she upset Canadian Frédérique Lambert in singles, 8-15, 15-10, 11-10. Jennifer Saunders levelled the match at 1-1, as she defeated Maria Rodriguez, 15-11, 12-15, 11-4. In the deciding doubles match, Lambert and Saunders came out on top, but they needed a tie-breaker to do it, winning 15-12, 9-15, 11-6.

Canada will play Argentina in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Chileans Angela Grisar and Carla Muñoz defeated Venezuela, 2-0, as Grisar beat Mariana Tobon, 15-6, 15-7, and Muñoz defeated Mariana Paredes, 15-9, 15-10. The win gets Chile a date with Mexico in the quarterfinals.

In Men's Team action, Venezuela and Guatemala split their two singles games, as Cesar Castillo (Venezuela) defeated Christian Wer (Guatemala), 13-15, 15-10, 11-5, and Edwin Galicia (Guatemala) beat Cesar Castro (Venezuela), 15-13, 11-15, 11-7, so it came down to the doubles match, which the Venezulans won, 15-4, 15-7.

The Costa Rica men defeated Argentina, 2-1, on wins by Felipe Camacho against Daniel Maggi, 2-15, 15-6, 11-4, and the doubles team of Camacho and Teobaldo Fumero over Maggi and Shai Manzuri, 15-9, 4-15, 11-6. Argentina forced the third match after Manzuri beat Andres Acuña, 15-14, 15-6, in the second singles match.

The team event is a best of three matches: two singles matches and a doubles match. The team that wins two of the three matches advances.

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2015 Pan American Games - Toronto, Canada

Women's Team

Round of 16

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) - BYE
9) Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz (Chile) d. 8) Mariana Tobon & Mariana Paredes (Venezuela), 2-0

5) Carola Loma & Adriana Riveros (Bolivia) - BYE
4) Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) - BYE

3) Rhonda Rajsich, Michelle Key, Kim Russell-Waselenchuk (USA) - BYE
6) Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez (Colombia) - BYE

7) Frédérique Lambert (Canada) & Jennifer Saunders (Canada) d. 10) Ana Gabriela Martinez & Maria Rodriguez (Guatemala), 2-1
2) Veronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) - BYE

Quarterfinals

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. 9) Angela Grisar & Carla Muñoz (Chile)
4) Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) v. 5) Carola Loma & Adriana Riveros (Bolivia)

3) Rhonda Rajsich, Michelle Key, Kim Russell-Waselenchuk (USA) v. 6) Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez (Colombia)
2) Veronique Guillemette & Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) v. 7) Frédérique Lambert (Canada) & Jennifer Saunders (Canada)

Men's Team

Round of 16

1) Rocky Carson, Jake Bredenbeck, Jansen Allen & Jose Rojas (USA) - BYE
8) Cesar Castillo & Cesar Castro (Venezuela) d. 9) Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer (Guatemala), 2-1

5) Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) - BYE
4) Coby Iwaasa, Mike Green, Vincent Gagnon & Tim Landeryou (Canada) - BYE

3) Carlos Keller, Roland Keller & Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) - BYE
6) Set Cubillos, Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera (Colombia) d. 11) Jose Alvarez & Fernando Rios (Ecuador), walkover - injury

7) Andres Acuña, Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica) d. 10) Daniel Maggi & Shai Manzuri (Argentina), 2-1
2) Daniel De La Rosa, Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno (Mexico) - BYE

Quarterfinals

1) Rocky Carson, Jake Bredenbeck, Jansen Allen & Jose Rojas (USA) v. 8) Cesar Castillo & Cesar Castro (Venezuela)
4) Coby Iwaasa, Mike Green, Vincent Gagnon & Tim Landeryou (Canada) v. 5) Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic)

3) Carlos Keller, Roland Keller & Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. 6) Set Cubillos, Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera (Colombia)
2) Daniel De La Rosa, Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno (Mexico) v. 7) Andres Acuña, Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica)

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