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Costa Rica, both teams from USA, and both
from Mexico lead their groups in the men’s division
PUERTO CORTÉS, June 27, 2025.– After a long day due to the large
number of registered teams at the third stop of the NORCECA Tour, at
Playa Municipal El Porvenir in Puerto Cortés, the dominant teams on
the first day were Costa Rica, both United States pairs, and both
Mexican pairs.
Group A was led by the Mexican duo of Miguel Sarabia and Jorman
Osuna, who won both of their matches, defeating Esteban/Solano from
Costa Rica 21-15, 21-16 and Rahnavard/Gannett from Canada 22-20,
21-13.
Jorman Osuna of Mexico said, “This is my first time in
Honduras, and the organization, the courts, and the level are very
good and beautiful. This is our fourth adventure on the NORCECA
Tour. We’ve won two stops, and we hope to win gold again at this
one.”
Miguel Sarabia added, “The quality of players at this tournament is
exactly what we expected. Strong pairs like the ones from the United
States, Canada, and Nicaragua raise the level. We won the last stop
of last year in Costa Rica and the one in Juan Dolio this year, and
we hope to repeat here in Puerto Cortés”.
In Group B, Araya/Varela from Costa Rica and Drost/Harrison from the
United States both finished with a 2-0 record. These two teams will
face each other on Saturday at 10:40 a.m.
The Mexican pair of Antonio Vargas and Carlos Andrés Ayala dominated
with two victories, including a surprise win over last year’s
champions at this stop, Mora/López from Nicaragua, defeating them
2-0 (21-18, 21-13).
The United States team of Troy Field and Ryan Wilcox also finished
undefeated in Group D of the tournament.
Results of Friday, June 27
Group A: Sarabia/Osuna MEX vs Esteban/Solano CRC (21-15, 21-16);
Rahnavard/Gannett CAN vs Encarnación/Rivera PUR (12-21, 21-13,
15-6); Sarabia/Osuna MEX vs Rahnavard/Gannett CAN (22-20, 21-13);
Leonardo/Maldonado GUA vs Esteban/Solano CRC (21-18, 21-15);
Encarnación/Rivera PUR vs Leonardo/Maldonado GUA (21-8, 21-19);
Rahnavard/Gannett CAN vs Esteban/Solano CRC (21-0, 21-0)
Group B: Drost/Harrison USA vs Izaguirre/Penagos GUA (21-13,
21-9); Araya/Varela CRC vs Cascante/López NCA (21-19, 21-16);
Drost/Harrison USA vs Cascante/López NCA (19-21, 21-15, 15-13);
Izaguirre/Penagos GUA vs Theodore/Enile TTO (21-19, 21-19);
Araya/Varela CRC vs Theodore/Enile TTO (21-14, 21-7); Cascante/Lopez
NCA vs Izaguirre/Penagos GUA (21-6, 21-16)
Group C: Mora/López NCA vs Herrera/Méndez HON (21-7, 21-3); Lares/Carlos
Andrés Ayala MEX vs Licht/de Greeff CAN (21-19, 17-21, 15-11); Lares/Carlos
Andrés MEX vs Mora/López NCA (21-18, 21-13); R Vargas/Ponce ESA vs
Herrera/Méndez HON (21-18, 17-21, 15-7); Licht/de Greeff CAN vs R
Vargas/Ponce ESA (21-15, 21-5); Lares/Carlos Andrés MEX vs
Herrera/Méndez HON (21-12, 21-12)
Group D: Reyes/Serrano HON vs Bye (21-0, 21-0); Field/Wilcox USA vs
Ratter/Van Siclen ISV (21-18, 21-14); Field/Wilcox USA vs
Reyes/Serrano HON (21-13, 21-17); Morton/Nage SKN vs Bye (21-0,
21-0); Ratter/Van Siclen ISV vs Morton/Nage SKN (21-19, 21-17). | |