Argentina overturned 3-1 deficit against Chile to win the IC Junior Challenge South America
Sunday 15th September 2013-Santiago, Chile. Chile and Argentina were the “finalists” in the IC Junior Challenge South America. Both countries won their first match against Uruguay. On Friday, Argentina’s team defeated Uruguay 5-1 and on Saturday Chile did the same in a very tight match determined in a mixed doubles Championship Tiebreak.
The tournament was held in “Club de Golf Valle Escondido” in Santiago, Chile, watched by an attentive audience comprising the IC of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay delegations and tennis celebrities including Jaime Fillol, Jaime Pinto and Marcelo Filippini. The Chilean team was 3-1 up on the score after winning both girls’ singles and one of the boys’ singles, but Argentina had other plans. They won both doubles and took the series to a mixed doubles championship tiebreak. Fernanda Astete with Geronimo Barrios for Chile and Melany Krywoj with Genaro Olivieri for Argentina fought a very close deciding rubber. The result: Argentina won the tiebreak 10-8 qualifying to “The IC World-wide Finals” at Wimbledon 2014.
In the closing ceremony, together with awarding the teams, the captains of the respective ICs awarded Fernanda Astete (Chile) and Federico Lopez (Uruguay) with the Sportsmanship Award. Jaime Fillol and Marcelo Filippini congratulated and encouraged all the players to continue with the exemplary behaviour they showed over the tournament.
The tournament was sponsored by the Chilean Tennis Federation, Grupo Fillol, OB Group, K-Express, Fire Stop Systems, Dunlop, Inmobiliaria Quecall, PrendeLED y British Chilean Chamber of Commerce and the IC Council.
Tournament Results
Juniors
Argentina vs. Uruguay Score Argentina Uruguay
Boys Singles
Nicolas Bacella vs. Lucas Monterroso 6 - 1 / 6 - 3
Genaro Olivieri vs. Federico Lopez 3 - 6 / 7 - 6 (5) / 4 - 10 (TB)
Girls Singles
Agostina Zamprogno vs. Florencia Rossi 6 - 0 / 6 - 3
Melany Krywoj vs. Maria Jose Pintos 6 - 3 / 6 - 2
Boys Doubles
Nicolas Bacella/Genaro Olivieri vs. Lucas Monterroso/Federico Lopez 6 - 2 / 6 - 1
Girls Doubles
Agostina Zamprogno/Melany Krywoj vs. Florencia Rossi/Maria Jose Pintos 7 - 5 / 7 - 5
Final Score 5 - 1
Chile vs. Uruguay Score Chile Uruguay
Boys Singles
Geronimo Barrios vs. Lucas Monterroso 3 - 6 / 0 - 6
Victor Bravo vs. Federico Lopez 7 - 6 (5) / 5 - 7 / 10 - 4 (TB)
Girls Singles
Fernanda Astete vs. Florencia Rossi 6 - 4 / 6 - 1
Daniela Lopez vs. Maria Jose Pintos 6 - 2 / 2 - 6 / 4 - 10 (TB)
Boys Doubles
Geronimo Barrios/Victor Bravo vs. Lucas Monterroso/Federico Lopez 3 - 6 / 3 - 6
Girls Doubles
Fernanda Astete/Daniela Lopez vs. Florencia Rossi/Maria Jose Pintos 7 - 6 (3) / 6 - 0
Mixed Doubles Tie Break
Fernanda Astete/Geronimo Barrios vs. Maria Jose Pintos/Lucas Monterroso 10 - 4
Final Score 4 - 3
Juniors
Chile vs. Argentina Score Chile Argentina
Boys Singles
Geronimo Barrios vs. Nicolas Bacella 6 - 2 / 6 - 4
Victor Bravo vs. Genaro Olivieri 1 - 6 / 3 - 6
Girls Singles
Fernanda Astete vs. Agostina Zamprogno 3 - 6 / 6 - 2 / 10 - 4 (TB)
Daniela Lopez vs. Melany Krywoj 6 - 1 / 7 - 6 (5)
Boys Doubles
Geronimo Barrios/Victor Bravo vs. Nicolas Bacella/Genaro Olivieri 4 - 6 / 5 - 7
Girls Doubles
Fernanda Astete/Daniela Lopez vs. Agostina Zamprogno/Melany Krywoj 3 - 6 / 3 - 6
Mixed Doubles Tie Break
Fernanda Astete/Geronimo Barrios vs. Melany Krywoj/Genaro Olivieri 8 - 10
Final Score 3 - 4
Adults
Esteban Fillol (Chi) /Gustavo Herrero (Arg) vs. Juan Berchesi (Uru)/Jean Paul Brisson (Uru) 6 - 0
Jean Paul Brisson (Uru)/Esteban Fillol (Chi) vs. Juan Berchesi (Uru)/Gustavo Herrero (Arg) 6 - 0
Jaime Fillol (Chi)/Marcelo Filippini (Uru) vs. Alvaro Fillol (Chi)/Andrés Medus (Arg) 8 - 5
Andres Medus (Arg)/Luis Medus (Arg) vs. Jaime Fillol (Chi)/Jaime Pinto (Chi) 9 - 7
Waldo Parada (Chi)/Esteban Fillol (Chi) vs. Roberto De Paulo (Uru)/Marcelo Lombardi (Uru) 6 - 2 / 6 - 0
Roberto De Paulo (Uru)/Marcelo Lombardi (Uru) vs. Waldo Parada (Chi)/Felipe Ortiz R (Chi) 6 - 7 / 7 - 5 / 10 - 6 (TB)
Marcelo Lombardi (Uru)/Ivan Navarro (Chi) vs. Perdo Partarrieu (Chi)/Fernando Silva (Chi) 6 - 3 / 7 - 6
Jean Paul Brisson (Uru)/Juan Berchesi (Uru) vs. Felipe Ortiz R (Chi)/Felipe Ortiz B (Chi) 0 - 6 / 3 - 6
Andrés Medus (Arg)/Luis Medus (Arg) vs. Felipe Bunster (Chi)/Felipe Ortiz (Chi) 4 - 6 / 6 - 3
Andres Medus (Arg)/Felipe Bunster (Chi) vs. Luis Medus (Arg)/Ivan Navarro (Chi) 6 - 3 / 4 - 6