The Cuban duo made up ofDaniela Fonseca andJorge Moisés Campos won this Saturday in Rosario, Argentina, the only place in dispute for themixed tournamenttable tennis in theTokyo Olympics, to be held this summer.
In this second phase of the Latin American pre-Olympic, Fonseca and Campos got a double ticket to the Japanese capital after beating the Chilean couple of Paulina Vega and Juan Lamadrid in six sets.
After falling 9-11 in the first two sets, the Cubans recovered to win four in a row 11-7, 11-6, 14-12 and 11-7.
Before, the Caribbean (tenth seeded in the event) had to beat the Paraguayans Leyla Gómez and Marcelo Aguirre, and then, in the quarterfinals, the second favorites of the competition, the Brazilians Bruna Takahashi and Vitor Ishiy, whom, without However, they finished in only four rounds.
In the semis, the Cuban tennis players beat the Mexicans Marcos Madrid and Yadira Silva (of Cuban origin) 12-10, 13-11, 5-11, 11-8 and 12-10.
In the previous day, Fonseca had won, precisely against his compatriot Silva, the singles ticket for theping pong Olympic.
Cuba is now in possession of45 places for the Tokyo event, initially set for the summer of 2020, but finally postponed due to thecoronavirus pandemic.
In statements collected by the official websiteCubadebateJorge Moisés Campos was pleased to achieve “the goal” and did not hesitate to praise his tandem partner: “She was very brave, determined and precise in each of the decisive moments,” he said.
Campos lost this Friday in men's singles to the Ecuadorian Alberto Miño, who was awarded the Olympic ticket in dispute in the Rosario competition.
Idalys Lovet and Andy Pereira also failed in their search for tickets to the summer event.
In Tokyo, Cuban table tennis will attend summer games under the five rings for the fourth time, after participation in Barcelona 1992, Sydney 2000, London 2012 (Pereira) and Rio 2016 (Campos).
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