SANTO DOMINGO.- The women’s tennis teams from Bolivia and Peru got their tickets and were promoted to Group I of the Americas of the Billie Jean King Cup by BNP Paribas, an event that was played at Parque del Este from July 25 to this Saturday with 17 countries.
The event gave only two seats, so Bolivia and Peru fulfilled their objectives.
Bolivia beat the local Dominican Republic in the final 2-0, after two intense matches, both moved several times by the constant rain that fell all day at the Parque del Este National Tennis Center.
The Dominicans and Bolivarians finished with a 3-0 record in the Group II round. The locals beat El Salvador, Bahamas and Bermuda. While those from Bolivia defeated Puerto Rico, Aruba and Panama.
In the other final for the pass to Group I of America, Peru surprised Uruguay, winning the series 2-1 this Saturday. The Peruvians finished the round robin 3-0, while the Uruguayans won four series in a row in a group of five teams.
At the end of the Saturday evening that ended at night, the award ceremony was held, which was headed by the president of the Dominican Tennis Federation (Fedotenis), and the Central American and Caribbean Tennis Confederation (Cotecc), Persio Maldonado ; Carlos bravo, from the ITF, from Cotecc and the Costa Rican Tennis Federation; Marcos Rivera Balaguer, Bolivian consul in the country and his wife María León Bermúdez; in addition to the directors of Fedotenis Sergio Tobal and Alexis Alcántara, vice president and treasurer, respectively.
“Thank the delegations present, the referee Damian Steiner; to Sergio Tobal and his Fedotenis team for their great work; to the judges, boleritos and all the staff. We have received positive comments for this tournament that we have organized”, highlighted Maldonado, who thanked the Bolivian consul for being present and supporting the tournament and his country’s delegation.
Then, medals were awarded to the girls from Bolivia and Peru for their performance in the event that had 17 countries.
The nations Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands and Venezuela attended the event. .
