The Bolivian delegation had a day with prominent results This Monday at the Junior Pan American Games of Asunción, Paraguay, especially in tennis, where three victories were recorded. There was also participation in swimming, archery, gymnastics, sports shooting and fencing.
In the Rakiura Resort, headquarters of the tennis competition, Bolivia started with good foot. Leonardo Suárez surpassed the Cuban Yohan Sánchez 6-1 and 6-0 in the preliminary singles round without problems. This Tuesday he will face the Brazilian Víctor da Cunha in the first round of the main box.
Santiago Lora directly debuted In the central key and won in a close game to Paraguayo Cayo de Jesús Narváez 7-6 (6) and 7-6 (5). In the second phase, the winner between Benjamín Pérez (Chile) and Yared Alfred (Virgin Islands of the United States) will be measured.
In the female branch, Valery Sumaya could not advance singles after falling to Chilean Camila Rodero (6-2 and 6-4)while Dayanara Velasco will debut on Tuesday against Argentina Candela Vásquez. However, both looked in doubles, defeating Salvadorans Paola Esperanza and Sienna Poma 6-0 and 6-0 ..
In swimming, Esteban Núñez del Prado reached the final B of the 100 meters butterfly, where he was fourth with a time of 54.43. His compatriots Aldana Rojas and Yatzen Sosa, in the 200 meters free, did not exceed the qualifying round.
In individual recurle arc, Nanuq Herzog lost to Jaydon Roberts 6-5. In the female branch, María Fernández fell in the first round in front of the Mexican Naomi Aguilar (6-4).
In springboard gymnastics, Maya Quinteros was thirteenth with 65,62 points. In rhythmic gymnastics, Sofía Eguez occupied the fifteenth place in the individual general.
The day also had a Bolivian presence in other disciplines: Roberto Parra was lagged in sports shooting and Victoria Montaño in fencing, both without options to advance.
