Women's beach volleyball duo advances to Pan American quarterfinals; the male duo loses but advances

Women’s beach volleyball duo advances to Pan American quarterfinals; the male duo loses but advances

Posted On: October 24, 2023

Brazil’s women’s beach volleyball duo defeated Puerto Rico on Monday to secure a place in the quarterfinals of the Pan American Games. Duda and Ana Patrícia won by 2 sets to 0, with scores of 21/15 and 21/11 and will play again this Wednesday.

“It’s been very special, it’s a tournament we haven’t been to yet, a very big tournament. We are doing our best to win this medal, which will certainly be very special for our career,” promised Ana Patrícia.

The men’s duo was defeated by Cuba, in the tie-break, with the partials of 16/21, 21/18 and 8/15. Despite the defeat, André Stein and George finished second in the group and reached the round of 16, played this Tuesday. Opponent and time depend on another match.

ANA PATRÍCIA AND DUDA IN THE BEDROOMS! 🏐

The Brazilian women’s duo won in the 3rd round, finished the group stage with 100% success and reached the quarter-finals at the Pan de Santiago! 🇨🇱

🇧🇷 2×0 🇵🇷
(21/15 and 21/11)

Let’s go looking for the 🥇, girls!

🎥: Hélène Petry/COB pic.twitter.com/O9n8Nlev1E

– Team Brazil (@timebrasil) October 23, 2023

Badminton rankings

Those who also had a ranking day at the Pan were the Brazilian badminton duos. Davi Carvalho and Fabricio Rocha beat the United States team 2-1, with the differences of 21/19, 15/21 and 21/18 and will now compete in the semi-finals this Tuesday, at 9:40 a.m. (Brasilia time) .

Still in the quarterfinals, Juliana Viana and Sania Lima beat the Canadian pair 2-1, with scores of 21/9, 19/21 and 21/18. Now, the Brazilians face the United States pair this Tuesday at 11 a.m.

NO MORE SEMI-FINALS IN BADMINTON! 🏸

Juliana Viana and Sania Lima beat Wen Yu Zhang/Eliana-ruobing Zhang 🇨🇦 and are also in the semi-final at Pan de Santiago! 🇨🇱

2 against 1 (21/9, 19/21 and 21/18)

The shock will now be against the Kerry Xu/Annie Xu duo 🇺🇸 this Tuesday (24), at 11 a.m.!… pic.twitter.com/jg21LFbsnr

– Team Brazil (@timebrasil) October 24, 2023

Olympic vacancy for modern pentathlon

Brazilian Isabela Abreu finished the Pan American Games in ninth place, with 1,313 points. Thus, the athlete who finished with the best South American performance secured a place at Paris 2024. Gold and silver went to Mexican sisters Mayan Oliver (1,423) and Catherine Oliver (1,407) . Bronze went to Sophia Hernández (1,385), born in Guatemala and competing at the Pan American Championships as an independent athlete.