Regardless of a powerful effort, Rebecca Marino will likely be leaving Santiago, Chile, with no medal.
On the bronze medal match, the Canadian confronted off towards Julia Riera from Argentina, who bested her in three units 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Whereas Marino put up modest numbers in factors received from her first and second serves, she couldn’t capitalize at break factors, changing solely two of her 10 makes an attempt.
The match was prolonged, lasting slightly below two hours, however the first and ultimate units had been brisk.
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Riera struggled within the first set, particularly in her service video games. She solely scored factors on her first serves 40 per cent of the time, bettering to a greater 60 per cent (on 5 pictures nonetheless) in her second serves. Although she transformed one in every of her two break factors, it wasn’t sufficient to seal the primary set towards Marino, whose respectable numbers confirmed potential.
The second set noticed Marino sustaining her regular tempo from the primary set, however Riera was fired up from her first set loss. She instantly improved her service video games, scoring factors on 18 of her 21 makes an attempt. Though Marino struggled, the second set remained shut.
As soon as the third set kicked in, it appeared like Marino had run out of steam. Whereas Riera continued to see success in her service video games, Marino couldn’t come up with hers, scoring factors on simply 45 per cent of her first serves and 38 per cent of her second serves.
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With a loss within the bronze medal match, the Canadian gamers together with Marino and Justin Boulais, will return residence with no medal round their necks.
Boulais and Marino teamed up within the blended doubles draw as properly however got here up brief within the quarter-finals.
With the 2023 Pan American Video games now within the books, the Canadians will as a substitute flip their heads to the forthcoming 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris the place they, and lots of others, will search to qualify within the coming months.
