WINNIPEG (August 7, 2019) Canada’s Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert and Jennifer Saunders have advanced to the quarterfinal in the Women’s Team Event at the Lima 2019 Pan Am Games.<\/p>\n
Lambert of Montreal and Saunders of Winnipeg went into the event seeded 10th. They faced Merynanyelly Delgado and Alejandra Jim\u00e9nez of the Dominical Republic in Wednesday’s round of 16.<\/p>\n
In the\u00a0first round, Lambert defeated Delgado in singles in a tie-breaker with scores of 15-7, 7-15, 11-9. Lambert and Saunders then teamed up in doubles against the Dominican team but lost in two games, 15-12, 15-7. \u00a0It was left to Saunders to come up with a win in order for the team to advance and she answered with a decisive win in two straight games against Jim\u00e9nez,\u00a0winning 15-4, 15-5.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been in that pressure situation before where I had to win the last match of the team event so I felt confident,” said Jennifer Saunders. “But I also felt I needed to play better for Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique because I wasn’t happy how I played in the doubles match. I took that half hour between matches to reset and refocus.”<\/p>\n
“It wasn’t my best performance ever,” said Lambert. “But I’m really happy we pulled it out. Now we have to get ready for tomorrow.”<\/p>\n
The team faces Argentina on Thursday in the quarterfinal. The women’ medaled in both singles and doubles so Team Canada knows they have their work cut out for them.<\/p>\n
“It’s a tough match-up,” said Saunders. “But we have nothing to lose now – we’re seeded 10th and\u00a0they’re seeded 2nd. We just need to go in and be fearless and play the way we can.”<\/p>\n
Team Canada men are seeded 4th in the Men’s Team Event. They had a bye in the round of 16 and face the Colombian team in Thursday’s quarterfinal.<\/p>\n
Draws and results are posted on both the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) website as well as the Lima 2019 site, where you can view live scores.<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for the link to the IRF draw page.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for the link to the Lima 2019 draws and results page.<\/p>\n