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Peru Claims Three Tennis Golds at Bolivarian Games as Table Tennis Title Caps Racket Sports Surge

Officials credit IPD athlete support programs for Peru's sustained gains in racket sports.

Overview

  • Lucciana Pérez won women's singles gold over Venezuela's Sofía Cabezas 6-4, 6-2 at Lima's Club Lawn Tennis.
  • Pérez teamed with Romina Ccuno to take women's doubles gold, defeating Colombia's María Pérez and Carol Lizarazo in three sets.
  • Juan Pablo Varillas captured men's singles gold against compatriot Arklon Huertas del Pino in an all-Peruvian final.
  • In table tennis, Felipe Duffo and Carlos Fernández took men's doubles gold over Peru teammates Rodrigo Hidalgo and Diego Takeda, with the runners-up earning silver.
  • Peru added bronzes through the women's doubles pair Natzumi Aquije and Mariagrazia La Torre and through Duffo in men's singles at Videna's Polideportivo 2.