Medal round day one at 2017 Bolivarian Games

The medal round began Thursday at the 2017 Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta, Colombia. There were no big surprises, in general, but another good win in Women’s Singles for Guatemalan Maria Renee Rodriguez who defeated Maria Paz Muñoz of Ecuador, 11-15, 15-8, 11-5. She’ll play Jenny Daza of Bolivia in the quarterfinals.

But Muñoz wasn’t winless Thursday, as she and team-mate Lucia Sarmiento came back from a game down, including fighting off match point, to beat Mariana Tobon and Lilian Zea of Venezuela, 7-15, 15-14, 11-5.

The medal round continues in Santa Marta Friday with the quarterfinals and semi-finals in singles and the semi-finals in doubles.

2017 Bolivarian Games - Santa Marta, Colombia
November 20-25, 2017

WOMEN’S SINGLES

Round of 16

Brenda Laime (Bolivia) - BYE
Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic) d. Alejandra Jimenez (Dominican Republic), 15-9, 15-11

Cristina Amaya (Colombia) d. Mariana Tobon (Venezuela), 15-11, 15-11
Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. Paola Guerra (Venezuela), 15-0, 15-1

Jenny Daza (Bolivia) - BYE
Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) d. Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador), 11-15, 15-8, 11-5


Adriana Riveros (Colombia) d. Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador), 15-4, 15-2
Carla Muñoz (Chile) - BYE

Quarterfinals

Brenda Laime (Bolivia) v. Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic)
Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) v. Cristina Amaya (Colombia)

Jenny Daza (Bolivia) v. Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala)
Carla Muñoz (Chile) v. Adriana Riveros (Colombia)

WOMEN’S DOUBLES

Quarterfinals

Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros (Colombia) - BYE
Jenny Daza & Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia) d. Merynanyelly Delgado & Alejandra Jimenez (Dominican Republic), 15-8, 15-8

Lucia Sarmiento & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) d. Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea (Venezuela), 7-15, 15-14, 11-5
Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) - BYE

Semi-finals

Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros (Colombia) v. Jenny Daza & Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia)
Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) v. Lucia Sarmiento & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador)

MEN’S SINGLES

Round of 16

Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Luis Zea (Venezuela), 15-5, 15-2
Edwin Galicia (Guatemala) d. Cesar Castillo (Venezuela), 15-14, 15-4

Fernando Rios (Ecuador) d. Juan Jose Salvatierra (Guatemala), 15-0, 15-13
Mario Mercado (Colombia) d. Sebastian Mendiguri Tuesta (Peru), 15-1, 15-0

Carlos Keller (Bolivia) d. Johan Adasme (Chile), 15-4, 15-6
Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) d. Francisco Troncoso (Chile), 15-, 15-

Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-2, 15-11
Sebastian Franco (Colombia) d. Jose Luis Ponce (Peru), 15-2, 15-5

Quarterfinals

Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. Edwin Galicia (Guatemala)
Mario Mercado (Colombia) v. Fernando Rios (Ecuador)

Carlos Keller (Bolivia) v. Luis Perez (Dominican Republic)
Sebastian Franco (Colombia) v. Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador)

MEN’S DOUBLES

Quarterfinals

Mario Mercado & Sebastian Franco (Colombia) d. Johan Adasme & Francisco Troncoso (Chile), 15-3, 14-15, 11-5
Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) d. Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer (Guatemala), 15-9, 15-8.

Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Ricardo Gomez & Luis Zea (Venezuela), 15-8, 15-2
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Jose Luis Ponce & Oscar Navarro (Peru), 15-1, 15-1

Semi-finals

Mario Mercado & Sebastian Franco (Colombia) v. Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic)
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia)

Follow the bouncing ball….