Marco Navas, who started proceedings as the no.7 seed, accounted for Trinidad and Tobago’s Aaron Wilson (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7) and El Salvador’s Diego Orantes, the no.16 seed (11-7, 11-0, 11-5, 11-9) to book his place in the final.

One step away from Lima, he made the step and in some style, he beat Guyana’s Christopher Franklin, the no.5 seed, in four straight games.

Success for Marco Navas without needing a deciding seventh game, it was the same for Heber Moscoso. The no.10 seed, when the listings were announced, he accounted for Colombia’s Alexander Echavarria (11-6, 11-3, 11-8, 11-8), before emerging successful against Guyana’s Shemar Britton (11-6, 11-7, 11-0, 8-11, 11-8) and Tyrese Knight of Barbados, the no.4 seed (11-5, 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 13-11).

Similarly in the women’s singles event there were no great moments of drama. Leyla Gomez, the no.11 seed, overcame Brittany Joseph from Trinidad and Tobago, the no.7 seed (11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4), prior to accounting for El Salvador’s Monica Mendez, the no.6 seed (11-13, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2).

Impressive from Leyla Gomez, likewise Rheann Chung responded. She beat Costa Rica’s Fiorella Vallecillo (11-4, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4), Paraguay’s Lucero Ovelar (11-5, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5) and Guyana’s Trenace Lowe, the top seed, to secure her place in Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

In the play-off matches to determine the reserves, in the men’s event Tyrese Knight finished ahead of Guyana’s Christopher Franklin, Panama’s Omer Avi-Tal, Bolivia’s Eduardo Lizarazu; in the women’s Monica Mendoza ahead of Trenace Lowe, Lucero Ovelar and Brittany Joseph.

Information

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Prospectus

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Schedule of Play

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Entries (as on Thursday 23rd May)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Seeding (First Knock-Out)

Results

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Men’s Singles – Draw One – Results (Friday 24th May)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Women’s Singles – Draw One – Results (Friday 24th May)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Men’s Singles – Draw Two – Results (Saturday 25th May)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Women’s Singles – Draw Two – Results (Saturday 25th May)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Men’s Singles – Draw Three – Results (Saturday 25th May)

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Women’s Singles – Draw Three – Results (Saturday 25th May)

Qualifiers

Lima 2019 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Individual Events: Qualified Players & Reserves (Saturday 25y May)

Qualified Teams for Pan American Games

Host Nation
Peru
Peru

2018 Pan American Championships
Brazil, United States, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Cuba
Brazil, United States, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Argentina

2019 Caribbean Qualification
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic

2019 Central America Qualification
Guatemala
Mexico

2019 North America Qualification
Canada
no nomination

2019 South America Qualification
Ecuador
Colombia

2019 World Ranking (May)
Dominican Republic
Chile, Mexico

Canada and the United States both qualified for the for the women’s team event as a result of finishing in the top six at the 2018 Pan American Championships. Therefore, there was no nomination via 2019 North America qualification; thus as the second high team on the May 2019 world rankings, Mexico gained the final place.