:format(png)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gfrmedia/FNOGWQOTIJFZNC3UKE54UYRYMY.JPG "Adriana Díaz y Brian Afanador van tras otro boleto olympique")
The Borussian Mesa tennis court will host this Saturday from 1:00 pm to increase its participation in the Olympic Games venues in Tokyo, celebrating in Rosario, Argentina and Brian Afanador will be looking for another balloon for justice in Japan.
Adriana, her husband Melanie and Brian will discuss their classification in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics en sencillos, los últimos dos alli en Argentina esta semana. Adriana, she has her classification assured since she won the gold medal of the Panama American Games of Lima 2019, hizo the trip to Argentina for this high double mixed trip to the first.
“The favorites are ours for the ranking, and the pair of Brazilians, Bruna Takahashi and Vitor Ishiy”, said the president of the Puerto Rican Tennis Federation (FPTM), Iván Santos.
“In our team is the pair of Chileans Paulina Vega and Juan LaMadrid, against the Colombians Alexander Echavarría and Paula Medina. But he understands that now the Chileans are superior. Ya Paulina classifies (in descriptions) the Olympic Games. But both couples live a lot of time together, like ours ”.
Between these pairs is that the first rival of the Saturday of the Sabbath for Diaz and Afanador, who to be the first of the two mixed doubles, cogieron ‘bye’ in the first round. The Colombians and Chileans will take part in the first hour and the shocking winners at 13:00 against Díaz and Afanador.
The boricuas, who want to classify in Tokyo, tend to win three games in tandem, including the final. Only the classifier of the classifier will collect the ballot paper.
Santos agrees that although competency should last, Díaz and Afanador have the opportunity to attend the Olympics.
“The final must be against the Brazilians. Although there are the Cubans Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca, ”said Santos, who expressed his enthusiasm for the three places and the follow-up to Puerto Rico for the Olympic Games. Solo Daniel González no tuvo écito, al eliminarse este viernes con un un revés 4-1 ante el ecuatoriano Alberto Miño, que lo domo por parciales de 11-1, 11-9, 11-1, 9-11, 11-5.
“What’s happening is that our monthly tennis this day is more solid, and it’s good for the future we have a great base job. Empezando desde los 9 años, en 11, 13, 15, 18 y Sub-21, no hay lagunas, y tenemos continuidad. “All these players are empirezan to create the culture of table tennis”, said Santos.
The federal federation submits that in addition to the actions of the Germans Diaz and Afanador, and the proposal González at the level of Central American and Pan-American Games, has given the development of new players, but also the other players.
“Tener hasta tres oles jugadores olimpicos no es easy. It’s a sport that many people in Puerto Rico play in the classification of Campos, an experienced Cuba player; Melanie does the same with Cuban, with Fonseca. Get rid of the Olympic spots and the Cubans in this ‘clutch’, is not easy. I know the baggage that Cuba has in this type of event, with the Experience that it has, that we live to our many years ”, concluded by his lad Eladio Afanador, trainer and father of Brian Afanador.
Brian consiguió su pase olimpico el mèrcoles pero tuvo que exterste hasta maxi de siete sets ante el cubano, para vencerlo finaleen par parceles de 9-11, 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11 , 11-9.
Melanie, in fact, tues that echo the rest also and come from behind when all loss lost 3-1 ante Fonseca, who has the post win 4-3 for shares of 7-11, 13-11, 9-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-3, 11-6.
“The mixed classification is missing, which is very important for us too. Tenemos que echar esto para adelante. We have not finished and we will do everything we can by this classification, ”concluded Afanador.