Brasil campeão Latino Americano

O Brasil foi o grande campeão do Latino Americano Infantil & Juvenil de Tênis de Mesa, realizado na cidade de Lima, Peru, entre 21 e 24 de junho.

A equipe brasileira garantiu o troféu eficiência com os seguintes resultados:

INFANTIL

EQUIPES FEMININAS:
1º – Peru A   2º – Brasil: 3º – Venezuela 3º – Chile
EQUIPES MASCULINAS:
1º – Brasil: 2º – Paraguai: 3º – Argentina 3º – Chile 

 INDIVIDUAL MASCULINO
1º – Hugo Calderano (Brasil)
2º – Sebastian Aguirre (Paraguai)
3º – Massao Kohatsu (Brasil)
3º – Fermin Tenti (Argentina)

 DUPLAS MASCULINAS:
1º – Fermin Tenti e Diego Teplitzky (Argentina)
2º – Sebastian Aguirre e Alejandro Toranzos (Paraguai)
3º – Hugo Calderano e Massao Kohatsu (Brasil)
3º – Victor Brience e Hiago Afonso (Brasil)

 DUPLAS MISTAS
1º – Hugo Calderano e Genifer Zao (Brasil)
2º – Alen Polakof e Maria Lorenzotti (Uruguai)
3º – Brian Afanador e Daniely Ríos (Porto Rico)
3º – Sergio Yañez e Natalia Beovides (Chile)

JUVENIL

EQUIPES FEMININAS:
1º – Porto Rico 2º – Peru 3º – Brasil 3º – Chile 

EQUIPES MASCULINAS:
1º – Brasil 2º – Argentina 3º – Porto Rico 3º – Chile

INDIVIDUAL FEMININO:
1º – Carelyn Cordero (Porto Rico)
2º – Katia Kawai (Brasil)
3º – Maria Soto (Peru)
3º – Angela Mori (Peru)

 INDIVIDUAL MASCULINO:
1º – Eric Jouti (Brasil)
2º – Juan Manuel Daher (Argentina)
3º – Daniel González (Porto Rico)
3º – Manuel Moya (Chile)

 DUPLAS FEMININAS:
1º – Priscila Dias e Katia Kawai (Brasil)
2º – Maria Soto e Valentina Lertora (Peru)
3º – Eva Brito e Katerin Montes de Oca (Rep. Dominicana)
3º – Maria Castillo e Carolina Peña (Colômbia)

DUPLAS MASCULINAS:
1º – Daniel González e Richard Pietri (Porto Rico)
2º – Gustavo Gomez e Manuel Moya (Chile)
3º – Jeff Yamada e Eric Jouti (Brasil)
3º – Juan Manuel Daher e Pablo Saragovi (Argentina)

 DUPLAS MISTAS:
1º – Jeff Yamada e Katia Kawai (Brasil)
2º – Daniel González e Carelyn Cordero (Porto Rico)
3º – Eric Jouti e Priscila Dias (Brasil)
3º – Adriel Di Salvo e Maia Harima (Argentina)

Jeff Yamada and Hugo Calderano Guide Brazil to Boys’ Team Titles in Lima

By: Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor

Jeff Yamada excelled in the Junior Boys’ Team event  Photo By: Marcos Yamada 06/22/2011        2011 Latin American Junior & Cadet Championships Unbeaten displays by Jeff Yamada and Hugo Calderano, guided Brazil to the Junior Boys’ and Cadet Boys’ Team titles respectively, at the Latin American Junior and Cadet Championships in the Peruvian capital city of Lima on Tuesday 21st June 2011. The performance recorded by Jeff Yamada underlined the value of a training stint in China and recent coaching sessions under the tutelage of Butterfly’s Toshio Takeda. Brazil’s Wang Hao, the 17 year old who utilises the penhold grip being content to top spin from both sides of the racket, was in superb form; to see a player who is different in a sea of similarity is eye opening. Early Birthday Present Meanwhile, for Hugo Calderano, gold in the Cadet Boys’ Team event was an early birthday present; on Wednesday 22nd June, he celebrates his 15th birthday. Positive Start Brazil, fielding the trio of Jeff Yamada, Eric Jouti and Vitor Ishiy, opened the second day of action in the Junior Boys’ Team event with a three-nil quarter-final victory over the Dominican Republic outfit of David Vila, Geurys Peguro and Isaac Vila; before facing what proved to be their most testing task of the campaign. Not Apparent After First Two Matches They were extended the full five match distance by Puerto Rico, an outcome that did not appear to be in the offing after the first two matches. Jeff Yamada gave Brazil the perfect start by beating Daniel Gonzalez in the opening match of the fixture by the narrowest of margins in the fifth game, before Eric Jouti extended the lead in a second full distance duel. He accounted for Richard Pietri. Puerto Rico Recovers However, Puerto Rico recovered. Brian Afanador, who looks more and more a complete player, overcame Vitor Ishiy, before Daniel Gonzalez levelled matters by defeating Eric Jouti. Matters level, the Brazilian hero of the day came to the rescue; Jeff Yamada beat Richard Pietri to secure a place in the final for his team. Selection Change A place in the final reserved, Raphael Moreira replace Vitor Ishiy in the team and emerged successful in the contest that brought the top two seeded teams together with the top seeds beating the second seeds. The eventual score line was a three-one Brazilian success with, in addition to the success recorded Raphael Moreira, Jeff Yamada and Eric Jouti both accounted for Pablo Saragovi; the one Argentine success came in the very first match of the contest with Juan Daher defeating Eric Jouti. Juan Daher A disappointment for Juan Daher but he could take consolation in the fact that he had remained unbeaten on the second day of play and had regained his form. On the opening day against the Dominican Republic he had lost to both Guerys Peguero and David Vila; he had to thank Adriel di Salvo and Pablo Saragovi was securing an Argentine victory. Different Story However, on day two it was a different story. He led Argentina to a three-nil quarter-final victory over the Venezuelan trio of Jan Medina, Marco Rosas and Hugo Rivas, before overcoming both Gustavo Gomez and Manuel Moya in a three-one semi-final success against Chile. The one further win for Argentina came from Adriel di Salvo in opposition to Sebastian Roman, whilst for Chile, Manuel Moya defeated Pablo Saragovi. Close Third Place Contest Third place went to Puerto Rico, who in gripping contest, recovered from a two matches to nil deficit to beat Chile. Gustavo Gomez opened matters for Chile by beating Daniel Gonzalez and Manuel Moya extended the lead by overcoming Richard Pietri but that was the end of Chilean success. Brian Afandor overcame Alfonso Olave, Daniel Gonzalez defeated Manuel Moya and Richard Pietri concluded matters with victory over Gustavo Gomez. Determining Match Meanwhile, in the Cadet Boys’ Team competition arguably one match determined the destination of the title. At the semi-final stage, in the contest against Argentina, arguably Latin America’s brightest two cadet boys, Hugo Calderano and Fermin Tenti faced each other; whoever won that duel gave his team a massive boost. Laid Foundations The verdict went in favour of Hugo Calderano in five games; the win laid the foundations of victory. Diego Teplitzky levelled matters by beating Massao Kohatsu but wins for Hiago Afonso over Horacio Cifuentes and success for Hugo Calderano in opposition to Diego Teplitzky concluded matters in Brazil’s favour. Cadet Boys’ Team Final A difficult hurdle overcome, the Brazilians were in no mood for charity in the final against Paraguay. Hugo Calderano beat both Sebastian Aguirre and Aljandro Toranzos with Victor Brience defeating Ignacio Rotela in a three match to one success. The one win for Paraguay came from Alejandro Toranzos in the third match of the duel; he beat Hiago Afonso. Alejandro Toranzos Stars for Paraguay One round earlier, Paraguay had beaten Chile three-one to book their place in the Cadet Boys’ Team final largely thanks to the efforts of Alejandro Toranzos. He beat both Sergio Yañez and Juan Lamadrid in the penultimate round duel against Chile with Ignacio Rotela adding the one further victory, he overcame Gerardo Palma. The one success for Chile came from Juan Lamadrid; he accounted for Sebastian Aguirre. Singles Events Matters now turn to the individual events with the group stage of proceedings in the singles events – Junior Boys’ Singles, Junior Girls’ Singles, Cadet Boys’ Singles, Cadet Girls’ Singles – commencing on Wednesday 22nd June 2011. 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Campeonato Latino americano

Em Lima, o Brasil começou bem o Campeonato Latino americano Infantil e Juvenil. Na competição por equipes foram 4 medalhas. O infantil feminino conquistou a prata, ficando atrás apenas das favoritas Peruanas. O juvenil feminino treminou a competição em terceiro lugar. Sem Carol Kumahara, as brasileiras foram superadas na semi pela equipe de Porto Rico, que tem Carelyn Cordeiro em grande forma e acabou se tornando campeã do torneio. Os meninos do Brasil tiveram um início dourado. Tanto a equipe infantil quanto a juvenil terminaram o campeonato em primeiro lugar com vitórias sobre Paraguai e Argentina rspectivamente.

Pro Tour Rio de Janeiro

Hugo 3 x 0 Javier Cillis (Argentina)

Tradition Overcomes Modern in Early Brazilian Encounter

06/09/2011       By: Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor

The old versus the new, or perhaps the traditional versus the modern, is a more apt way of describing the contest between the two players from the host country in the group stage of the Men’s Singles event at the Brazil Open in Rio de Janeiro on the morning of Thursday 9th June 2011.

Cazuo Matsumoto was the traditional, to call him old at the age of 26 would be a misnomer.

Equally, Hugo Calderano, just under two weeks short of his 15th birthday, was the modern; to call him new would be an equal misnomer, he is now an established international at junior level.

At the Polish Junior and Cadet Open which concluded on Sunday 29th May, he departed Cetniewo with a full house of cadet titles; the only Latin American player ever to gain such a distinction on the ITTF Junior Circuit.

Powerful
Hugo Calderano is very much in the modern day style of attacking player; right handed, shakehands grip, for his age powerfully built and strong in the topspin department.

Conversely, Cazuo Matsumoto is a penholder, left handed using one side of the racket only, just like Hugo Hoyama from a generation earlier or the late Claudio Kano.

New Era
In Brazil, as in Korea, the penhold style is being resigned to history.

Both countries have history of penhold grip players who have excelled, Korea more so than Brazil but modern day thinking advises using both sides of the racket and the shakehands grip.

All Shakehands
The new generation of exciting Korean players, notably Kim Min Seok, Seo Hyun Deok and Jung Young Sik, are shakehands grip topspin players.

Neither country appears to have placed a large emphasis on developing the penhold grip style of play with top spin strokes from both sides of the racket, the one exception is Brazil’s Jeff Yamada but he appears to be alone.

China Excels
Yet in this respect China excels. Ma Lin is the Olympic champion, Wang Hao was crowned World champion in 2009 and Xu Xin has ITTF Pro Tour titles to his credit.

If those three formed a team in either the Olympic Games or World Championships; who would you back to beat them? The answer is nobody!

Bygone Era Succeeded
The age of the penholder using one side of the racket is over, that is the messages from the coaching camp but on the morning of the first day of play at the 2011 Brazil Open it was the style that prevailed.

Cazuo Matsumoto beat Hugo Calderano in five games; the difference between competing at senior level and at cadet level evident. In Poland Hugo Calderano had proved invincible in cadet events, in the Maracanazinho Stadium it was a different outcome.

Service and Receive
“Cazuo served really well, it was hard to read his services and his first attack was always with really heavy topspin”, explained Hugo Calderano who at the Polish Junior and Cadet Open had beaten no less than three German players on route to singles gold.

The difference between Hugo Calderano and Cazuo Matsumoto was the same as beween himself and his German adversaries in Cetniewo.

Third Ball
“In Poland I was able to attack strongly on the third ball”, explained Hugo Calderano who had highlighted the crucial part of table tennis; service, return service and then topspin attack to end matters.

“Also in Poland I was totally focused, strong mentally; against Cazuo today he changed the play”, continued Hugo Calderano. “That is one of the major differences playing against senior players as opposed to playing against cadets; the know when to change and they make far fewer simple errors.”

The Difference
It was a difference and it spelt defeat for the home town boy, Hugo Calderano is from Rio de Janeiro but now lives practises at the São Caetano, in São Paulo, the hotbed city of Brazilian table tennis.

Cazuo Matsumoto won 14-12, 12-10, 6-11, 11-5,11-9.

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Domingo dourado na Polônia

No domingo, dia 29 de maio, Hugo encerrou a temporada na Europa com chave de ouro. Foram três medalhas douradas na etapa da Polônia do Circuito Mundial Juvenil & Infantil.

Como era o único brasileiro competindo na categoria infantil, Hugo participou da competição por equipes em parceria com o tailandês Padasak Tanviriyavchakul. De adversários a companheiros: Padasak e Hugo haviam se enfrentado na final da etapa do Equador em 2010. Dessa vez, jogando lado a lado, derrotaram Polônia C, Lituânia B e Rússia B no grupo. Em seguida, deram conta de  Polônia A, Alemanha A e República Tcheca A na chave principal, conquistando a medalha de ouro.

No torneio de duplas, Hugo e o húngaro Nandor Eceki repetiram a bem sucedida parceria que havia conquistado a medalha de ouro na etapa da Itália, no início de março. Na primeira rodada, derrotaram KACZOR  e MASLOWSKI da Polônia, por 3×0 e em seguida, ERIKSSON e KALLBERG  da Suécia por 3×1. Nas quartas de final os adversários foram os russos SHAPOSHNIKOV e POPOV, derrotados por 3×0. Na semifinal Hugo e Nandor passaram por ALLEGRO e LAMBIET  da Bélgica por 3×1. A medalha de ouro veio com a vitória por 3×0 sobre os russos ISMAILOV e CHERNOV.

Com duas medalhas de ouro garantidas, Hugo foi atrás da terceira na competição individual. Classificado diretamente para a chave principal, ficou aguardando seu adversário. O primeiro jogo seria  justamente o mais difícil, contra  Konstantin Chernov que derrotado Hugo no aberto da Suécia, em fevereiro. Dessa vez Hugo levou a melhor e, após estar perdendo por 2×0, conseguiu virar o jogo vencendo por 3×2.  Os confrontos seguintes foram: 3×2 Andrey Popov (Rússia); 3×1 Maikel Sauer (Alemanha); 3×0 Killian Ort (Alemanha) e na final, 3×1 Dang Qiu (Alemanha).

Em breve, vídeos dos jogos

 

Cadet Boys’ Singles Crown Completes Full House for Hugo Calderano in Poland

By: Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor

Hugo Calderano, outstandind in Cetniewo  Photo By: An Sung Ho 05/29/2011        2011 Polish Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Junior Circuit Brazil’s 14 year old Hugo Calderano emerged as the most successful player at the Polish Junior and Cadet Open in Cetniewo on Sunday 29th May 2011. On the penultimate day of action, he partnered Thailand’s Padasak Tanviriyavchakul to success in the Cadet Boys’ Team event, then on the concluding day of action, Sunday 29th May 2011 he joined forces with Hungary’s Nandor Ecseki to secure the top prize in the Cadet Boys’ Doubles competition, before ending the day with victory in the Cadet Boys’ Singles event. Best Ever by Latin American Three titles for the young man from Rio de Janeiro who has recently moved to Sao Paulo, the focal point of table tennis in Brazil, is a quite remarkable performance. It must rank as the best ever by a Latin American player at an ITTF Junior Circuit tournament. Road to Gold Seeded no.2 in the Cadet Boys’ Singles event, Hugo Calderano experienced his toughest examination in the very first round; he was extended the full five games distance by Russia’s Konstantin Chernov, recovering from a two games to nil deficit to secure victory (10-12, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6). A difficult hurdle negotiated, he accounted for a second Russian in the guise of Andrey Popov (11-9, 12-14, 11-7, 11-6) before overcoming a trio of Germans to secure the title. In the quarter-finals he beat Maikel Sauer (10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6) before overcoming Kilian Ort (12-10, 11-5, 12-10) and Qiu Dang, the no.3 seed (14-12, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4) to claim the title. Nerve Tingling Progress There was just one severe test of Hugo Calderano en route to the final; that being in the first round; however, for Qiu Dang there were three severe examination, like Hugo Calderano, the most severe coming in round one. At the first hurdle he beat the host nation’s Adrian Dugiel in a titanic struggle (4-11, 11-6, 13-11, 5-11, 17-15) before again being tested in round two where he had to recover from a two games to nil deficit to beat Sweden’s Benny Feng (5-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9). More Close Matches Two full distance matches, by Qiu Dang’s standards, the quarter-final victory over Hungary’s Gergely Sabjan was relatively straightforward. He won in five games (13-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6) before once again becoming embroiled in a full distance affair. In the penultimate round, once again he recovered from a two games to nil deficit to end the hopes of the top seeded Hungarian Adam Szudi. Qiu Dang won 14-12, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4. Fourth Seed Departs in Quarters Places in the semi-finals as predicted for the top three seeds but that was not the case for the fourth seed, the Czech Republic’s, David Reitspies; he was beaten by Kilian Ort in the quarter-finals (13-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-8). Unexpected Meanwhile, in the Cadet Boys’ Doubles event, the victory recorded by Hugo Calderano and Nandor Ecseki was not to be expected. No experience of being doubles partners, the pair may the most of the doors opened by their adversaries. At the final hurdle they accounted for Russia’s Saidi Ismailov and Konstantin Chernov (12-10, 11-4, 11-9), having in the semi-finals accounted for Belgium’s Martin Allegro and Romain Lambiet (11-8, 11-7, 6-11, 11-4). Seeds Fall The latter duo had caused the major upset of the event by ending the progress of Hungarian top seeds, Adam Szudi and Gergely Sabjan in the third round (8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6); whilst Saidi Ismailov and Konsantin Chernov overcame Germany’s Kilian Ort and Maikel Sauer in the semi-finals (13-11, 12-10, 11-6), the pair who one round earlier had beaten the no.2 seeds, the Czech Republic’s David Reitspies and Germany’s Qiu Dang.  www.ittf.com