Chelsea Edghill of Guyana and Shemar Britton were eliminated from the 2021 Latin American Olympic Qualifiers mixed doubles competition in Rosario, Argentina, yesterday.
Coming up against the pair of Alberto Nino and Nathaly Paredes of Ecuador, the Guyanese lost 9-11, 8-11, 7-11 and 9-11.
The defeat brought the curtain down on Guyanese participation in the heats.
The mixed doubles qualifying matches were won by a Cuban pair of Jorge Campos and Carrazana’s Daniela Fonseca who defeated the undefeated Juan Lamadrid and Pauline Vega 4-3 in the final.
The Cubans won 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 14-12, and 11-7 to book their place at the Tokyo Olympics.
Lamadrid and Vega beat top seeds Brian Afanador and Adriana Diaz 4-0 in the quarterfinals before releasing Argentina’s Horacio Cifuentes and Camila Arguelles in the semis 4-3.
In the bottom half of the draw, Campos and Fonseca Carraenza whipped Vitor Ishy and Bruna Takahashi 4-0 in the final eight before beating Mexico’s Marcos Madrid and Yadira Silva 4-1 in the semis.