The Cubans Andy Pereira and Daniela Fonseca won the individual titles of the Caribbean Table Tennis Championship based in Georgetown, guyanain order to increase the loot of the island in that tournament.
After two years without competing with his teammates, Andy added to his doubles title the gold medal in the men’s competition, beating Puerto Rican Daniel González 4-0 in the final. in accordance with the sports portal Hit.
Up to that point the Havanan arrived after leaving the Dominican Glen Carrasco, the Barbadian Tyrese Knight and the also Puerto Rican Oscar Birriel on the way to the main draw, before whom they only conceded in one set.
More gold for Cuba in the Caribbean tournament of #tennis table
Andy Pereira and Daniela Fonseca both won individual titles. #TABLETENNIS #Cuba https://t.co/eOlJsoJZrs pic.twitter.com/PNrF5kDY8y— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) March 23, 2023
The media reports that the other Cubans enrolled in the main draw failed to get past the quarterfinal round: Liván Martínez lost to Birriel (3-4), Jorge Moisés Campos was beaten by González (3-4) and Adrián Pérez by Puerto Rican Ángel Naranjo (0-4).
Among the women, the Olympian Fonseca, who had also just won the doubles event with Idalis Lovet, swept the Dominican Shary Muñoz in the fight for the individual title.
The main female figure of the island covered the journey to the final with successes over the Trinidadian Chloe Fraser (4-0), the Dominican Yasiris Ortiz (4-0) and the Puerto Rican Brianna Burgos (4-2).
The group phase for the team event began this Thursday with Cuba as a rival to Suriname and Guyana in the men’s segment, while the girls will have the representations of the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago as opponents, the publication advances.
This fair will close the tournament calendar and define the Caribbean places for the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023.
