Reece Marcano travels into ‘pro’ quarters

NATIONAL champ Reece Marcano marched into the quarter-finals when the Venezuelan Open Badminton Tournament, served off the other day. After getting a bye in the preliminary, the No. 4 seed whipped Luis Martinez 21-8, 21-9 to establish a conference with another Venezuelan today, for a location in the semi-finals. Marcano’s compatriot Chequeda De Boulet is the front runner in the ladies’s draw and she will start her project in today’s quarters, following a bye in the preliminary. The nationwide champ is the frustrating preferred to catch the title as she is noted at # 194 on the planet, nearly 350 locations ahead of the next highest-ranked gamer in the draw. De Boulet lost her opening match– round of 16– in her expert season opener as the No. 3 seed in Cuba in March, after reaching the last of a competition in French Guiana to liquidate last season in December. Marcano, a previous Caribbean Under-11, 13 and 15 champ who likewise made a Triple Crown in the National Championships in February, is ranked # 451 worldwide, 339 locations behind top-seeded Adriano Viale of Peru. The 2 Trinidad and Tobago gamers who integrated for blended doubles gold in the Nationals are playing together and they are the 2nd seeds in the 16-draw.

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