Juliana Vieira shone and won the gold medal in El Salvador. – Photo: Beto Noval/COB file

This Sunday (03), the Brazilian delegation In Badminton shone in the tournament finals Salvador International Badminton 2023. The Brazilians were present in three of the five gold medals in the Salvadoran capital and won the gold medal with Juliana Vieira in women’s singles, in addition to the silver medal Ygor Coelhoin the male individual and with Davi Silva and Sania Limain mixed doubles, closing the participation of Brazil with one gold, two silver and two bronze.

The first medals won by the Brazilians in El Salvador took place on Saturday (02), with the bronzes in men’s singles, from Jonathan Matiasand in men’s doubles with Fabricio Farias and Davi Silva. Jonathan had a good start but ended up being beaten by Kevin Cordon of Guatemala in 2 sets to 1 (12-21, 21-15 and 15-21). In men’s doubles, the Brazilians had no chance against the American duo of Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan and lost 2-0 (9-21 and 13-21).

The first Brazilian medal on Sunday came in the women’s singles competition, with Juliana Vieira surpassing Disha Gupta of the United States. The Brazilian dominated throughout the competition and had no difficulty closing the match 2-0, 21-12 and 21-11, thus securing the gold medal for Brazil.

In the men’s singles decision, Ygor Coelho faced No. 1 seed Kevin Cordon of Guatemala. In a very balanced game, the Brazilian ended up winning in the third set of a game decided in detail and won by Cordon in partials of 17-21, 21-15, 19-21, leaving the silver medal to Ygor .

Doubles, mixed Davi Silva and Sania Lima They faced the duo of Presley Smith and Alisson Lee of the United States. The Brazilian pair started the first set well and earned the set point, but turned the corner and lost 22-20. In the second set, the game continued to be contested and was decided in the last moments, in favor of the North American pair, closing the partial at 21-18 and the match at 2-0, leaving the Brazilian pair with the silver medal. .

The other champions of the El Salvador 2023 International Badminton Tournament were North Americans Francesca Corbett and Allison Lee, in women’s doubles, as well as Canadians Kevin Lee and Ty Alexander Lindeman, in men’s doubles. Brazil ends the dispute with five medals won, one gold, one silver and two bronze.