2019 ITTF Pan America Cup

[Loopadoop]

February 1-3 2019
Guaynabo Puerto Rico

https://www.ittf.com/news/

USA entries

Lily Zhang and Yue Wu

Kanak Jha and Nikhil Kumar

 

[Loopadoop]

Other noted players

Hugo Calderano Brazil
Gustavo Tsuboi Brazil
Brian Afanador Puerto Rico

Mo Zhang Canada
Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico

 

[Loopadoop]

Can Kanak Jha beat Hugo Calderano ?

 

[yoass]

Can Kanak Jha beat Hugo Calderano ?

That would be an anomaly. Could maybe happen on a peak Khanak day that also happens to be an off-form day for Hugo.

 

[Loopadoop]

Today - Groups

USA Lily Zhang 4-0 Judith Morales CHI

USA Nikhil Kumar 4-3 Madrid Marcos MEX

 

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Today Groups

USA Nikhil Kumar 4-0 Emil Santos DOM former team member Texas Wesleyan University Ft Worth Texas

 

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Today Groups

USA Lily Zhang 4-0 Mabelyn Enriques GUA

 

[Loopadoop]

Saturday possible upsets

USA Lily Zhang over Mo Zhang CAN

PUR Brian Afanador over Hugo Calderano BRA

 

[Dr Evil]

Men's Quarterfinals


CALDERANO Hugo BRA (1st seed)
AFANADOR Brian PUR


KUMAR Nikhil USA
AGUIRRE Marcelo PAR (4th seed)




JHA Kanak USA (3rd seed)
MINO Alberto ECU


HAZIN Jeremy CAN
TSUBOI Gustavo BRA (2nd seed)


*****


Women's Quarterfinals


ZHANG Mo CAN (1st seed)
ZHANG Lily USA


SILVA Yadira MEX
TAKAHASHI Bruna BRA (4th seed)




WU Yue USA (3rd seed)
GUI Lin BRA


COTE Alicia CAN
DIAZ Adriana PUR (2nd seed)

 

[Matt Hetherington]

I can't see Brian Afanador upsetting Calderano, that would be crazy. I'd probably predict Calderano 4-0 for that quarterfinal match, 4-1 at best.

 

[Dr Evil]

Jha comes from 3-1 down to defeat Miño in 7 games. Unfortunately I was called away at 3-1 so have no idea how Jha turned it around. Up to that point Miño was comprehensively outplaying him.

 

[jfolsen]

Jha started to hit the serve consistently, putting Miño under a lot of pressure on his own serve. Also, Miño slipped a couple of times, I think he became a bit tentative on movement.

 

[Loopadoop]

I can't see Brian Afanador upsetting Calderano, that would be crazy. I'd probably predict Calderano 4-0 for that quarterfinal match, 4-1 at best.

That's what someone probably said too when Miu Hirano was projected to win the Asian Games.

 

[ttmonster]

When are the men's singles semi finals scheduled ?

 

[GusShnaps]

Results from day 2 on the PanAm cup:

Women's Singles Quarter Finals:

Zhang Mo 4 x 3 Zhang Lily
Takahashi Bruna 4 x 2 Silva Yadira
Wu Yue 4 x 2 Gui Lin
Adriana Diaz 4 x 0 Cote Alicia

Men's singles quarter finals:

Calderano Hugo 4 x 0 Afanador Brian
Kumar Nikhil 1 x 4 Aguirre Marcelo
Jha Kanak 4 x 3 Mino Alberto
Hazin Jeremy 1 x 4 Tsuboi Gustavo

 

[GusShnaps]

Tomorrow's Matches:

Women's singles semifinals:

Zhang Mo x Takahashi Bruna
Wu Yue x Diaz Adriana

Men's singles semifinals:

Calderano Hugo x Aguirre Marcelo
Jha Kanak x Tsuboi Gustavo

 

[GusShnaps]

I'm hoping for an all Brazilian final in the men's singles, but it might there be a good clash between Gustavo Tsuboi and Kanak Jha.
A tough game for Aguirre against Hugo.

In the women's side, Takahashi will probably have a hard time. I guess the finals will be Adriana Diaz x Zhang Mo.


I still hope Takahashi wins though!

 

[Dr Evil]

Jha vs Tsuboi semifinal starts in about 15 minutes (on youtube it's: Universal 2019 ITTF Pan America Cup | Day 3 Morning).

 

[Loopadoop]

Jha going to the final, up 3-1

 

[GusShnaps]

Ugh, can't believe Tsuboi is loosing