The Yucatecan contribution to the Mexican teams was valuable yesterday, at the start of the Junior Tennis World Cup, which brings together the Davis Junior and Billie Jean King cups, in an intense and emotional day at the Country Club.
Playing in the Davis Cup format, by teams and in singles and doubles, the best exponents from Canada, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Mexico, will compete for tickets for the 16 and 14-year-old World Championships in both branches for three days. In men of 16, Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez raised his right hand in his match against El Salvador, while in women, Natalia Fantini, Yucatecan representative, achieved a couple of victories in her battle against the Chapinas.
With the style of the inaugurations of the Yucatan World Cup, the emblem tournament of youth tennis in Latin America, the adolescent event was inaugurated with the presence of the teams and their respective pennants and banners, officially marking the return of competitive tennis at the time. pandemic, without the presence of fans due to the Covid protocols on the Campestre clay courts, facilities praised by visiting players, coaches and managers.
The 16-year-old Mexican teams won against El Salvador and Costa Rica, and in 14, the tricolor team beat the Dominican Republic 3-0, but the men’s team lost to Canada 2-1.
The victory of the Mexican team in Davis Cup was unobjectionable against El Salvador: Santiago Padilla Cote opened with a 6-4 and 6-3 against César Cruz, Rodrigo Pacheco followed against Enrique Laennex, 6-2 and 6-1, and in doubles Sebastián Médica Sandoval and Santiago Padilla played 6-2 and 6-1.
In the Billie Jean King junior division, Mexico also beat Guatemala with a clear 3-0. Natalia Fantini, Yucatecan representative, beat Anika Lemus 6-1 by double and Karen Verduzco handed Deborah Domínguez a 6-4 and 7-5, while in doubles, Natalia paired with Isabella Lechuga to account for Anika and María Paula Ramos, 6-4 and 6-3.
In 14, always women, the tricolor settled 3-0 to the Dominican Republic, Lya Fernández winning 6-2 and 6-0 to Analhy Guerrero, Natalia Pérez 6-2 and 6-0 to Eliana Félix, and in doubles, Lya and Natalia they passed 6-0 and 6-0 over Miranda Bosch and Analhy Guerrero.
In 14 men’s, Canada beat Mexico 2-1.
For today, in Davis, Mexico will collide with Costa Rica and Canada with El Salvador, and in Billie Jean King, Mexico with El Salvador and Canada against Guatemala.
The opening
With official protocols against the virus, the inauguration brought the teams together in the “Lorenzo Molina Casares” stadium-field. Carlos Sáenz Castillo, director of the Yucatán Sports Institute, declared the competition inaugurated, accompanied by Alejandro Ruz Castro, mayor of Mérida; Oscar Juanz Roussell, Deputy Director of Quality in Sports at Conade; Carlos González López de Lara, president of the Mexican Tennis Federation; Arturo Millet Molina, president of the Country Club, among other authorities and guests.
The sports oath was taken by Rodrigo Pacheco in Spanish and Dunkin Chan from Canada in English, and captains Lester Díaz from Guatemala and Sevin Tamborero from Canada took the microphone for their colleagues.— Gaspar Silveira Malaver
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