Campos beat Morales to stand among the best 32 players in the individual competition of the tournament.

In this Championship, the Cuban player will play today outstanding Brazilian rival Hugo Calderano, who reached the fourth place in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and is looking for his fourth regional medal in a row.

The other Cubans participating in the men’s singles, Livan Martinez and Adrian Perez, lost in their opening matches. Martinez was defeated 0-4 by Argentina’s Francisco Sachi and Perez lost 2-4 in against local Diego Orantes.

Among women players from Cuba, Rosalba Aguilar, beat 4-0 on Sunday host Samirah Muñoz . Daniela Fonseca will debut against Brazilian Victoria Strassburger in the 32nd round.

The continental table tennis tournament, attended by 16 teams of each gender, will close on October 20th. Until then, individual, women’s, men’s and mixed doubles categories will be vying to enter Qatar’s World Championships in 2025.

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