Tuesday, October 31th, 2023.- On Tuesday, Basque Pelota kicked off at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, and the Argentine delegation in this discipline had every reason to be delighted.

In the first match of the afternoon session, the Mexican pair Isaac Cruz and Jorge Olvera defeated the American team of Omar Espinoza and Salvador Espinoza by 15-5 and 15-3. Then, the Argentine duo of Lorenzo Cardozo and Emiliano García overcame the Peruvians Juan Bezada and David Yupanqui, with a score of 14-15, 15-10, and 10-3, both matches in the frontenis modality.

Following that, in the male's doubles trinquete, the Argentine team of Facundo Andreasen and Alfredo Villegas celebrated a victory over the Mexican duo Arturo Rodríguez and Daniel García, with a score of 15-7 and 15-9. The Mexican team sought revenge in the female's frontenis, with Ximena Placito and Ariana Cepeda defeating the Cuban pair of Daniela Darriba and Wendy Durán by 15-10 and 15-6.

Next up was the male's doubles trinquete, where Uruguay's Manuel Pelua and Andrés Pintos secured a tight victory over the Chilean team of Julián Stabon and Esteban Romero, with a score of 15-12, 6-15, and 10-8. Subsequently, the Venezuelan pair of María Borges and Diana Rangel defeated the Peruvian duo of Nathaly Paredes and Mía Rodríguez in the female's frontenis by 15-11 and 15-2.

The last two matches were in the female's doubles trinquete, with the Argentine pair of María García and Cynthia Pinto defeating the Mexican duo of Dulce Figueroa and Laura Puentes by 15-13 and 15-10. To end the day, also in the trinquete, the Chilean duo of Maritxu Bastarrica and Emilia Domínguez fell to the Uruguayan pair of Sofía Vicente and Agustina Cuestas by a score of 6-15, 15-13, and 10-5.

Written by Carlos Silva - Sebastián Urzúa; translated by Andrés Castro / Photosport
Photo by Javier Vergara/Santiago 2023 / Photosport