February 2, 2010
Eric Jouti and Ariel Hsing Reserve Tickets for Singapore
Melecio Riveira, ITTF Executive Vice President, with Ariel Hsing (USA)
Photo Courtesy of Carlos Esnard
Brazil’s 15-year-old Eric Jouti and 14-year-old Ariel Hsing from the United States booked their places in the Youth Olympic Games to be held in August 2010 in Singapore, following success on the opening day of action, Monday, February 1, 2010, at the Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament in San Salvador.
Both players were in sparkling form in El Salvador's principal city.
They finished the day with bright smiles across their faces and justified their highly seeded places in the draw.
Brazilian Progress
Eric Jouti, the no.2 seed in the Boys’ Singles competition, beat Cuba’s Hector Solja, Puerto Rico’s Brandon Echevvaria and Chile’s Gustavo Gomez to book his place in the final where he accounted for top seed, Argentina’s Pablo Saragovi.
Mikael Andersson, ITTF Executive Director of Education & Training,
with Eric Jouti (BRA)
Photo Courtesy of Carlos Esnard
The latter had impressed en route to the final with wins over Guatemala’s Gabriel Orellana, America’s Michael Landers and Ecuador’s Rodrigo Tapia.
Fine Form
Similarly, Ariel Hsing, seeded no.1, was in fine form; her victims en route to the top place being Mexico’s Emilia Ortega, Argentina’s Agustina Iwaa, Peru’s Maria Soto and Brazil's Caroline Kumahara.
Ariel Hsing booked her place in the
Youth Olympic Games in San Salvador
Photo By: Fernando Aguilar
More Opportunities
One place in each of the Boys’ and Girls’ Singles events have therefore been decided; two more remain for the boys and two for the girls.
A second knock-out competition will be held on Tuesday, February 2, and a third on Wednesday, February 3, 2010.
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