The following article first appeared in PrimeraHora.com and was translated from Spanish for our readers.
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The Puerto Rican tennis player also advanced in women’s doubles with her sister Melanie.
The Puerto Rican tennis player Adriana Díaz is in another semifinal at the Pan American level. Today Monday, at 4:00 p.m. Puerto Rico time (3:00 p.m. in Peru) she will play a duel against Brazilian Caroline Kumahara for the pass to the final of the women’s individual tournament of the championship.
Diaz advanced to the semifinal by scoring a win over Canada’s Ivy Liao in the quarterfinal phase of the tournament last night. The victory was in four sets by finishes of 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 and 11-6. In the semifinal she will face Kumahara, who advanced by defeating American Sarah Jally 4-1.
Adriana was the only one of four Puerto Rican table tennis players who advanced yesterday from the quarterfinal round. Her sister Melanie Díaz was beaten 4-0 by Bruna Takahashi from Brazil, her cousin Brian Afanador was beaten 4-1 by fellow Brazilian Hugo Calderano and Daniel González was defeated by Canadian Eugene Wang in a final 4- 0.
Melanie’s backhand came by 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 and 11-2. Afanador fell by 11-5, 9-11, 11-3-11-8 and 11-6. And González was defeated by 11-8, 11-4, 11-3 and 11-3.
At the time of this writing, the Díaz sisters are active in a women’s doubles duel against the Americans Tiffany Ke and Sarah Jally, and the Afanador-González pairing is taking on Horacio Cifuentes and Gastón Alto.
