Six Bermuda Pickleballers competed in the Chase APP Miami Pickleball Open, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Sue Chiappa, Mark Cordeiro, Gavin Manders, Benjamin Jones, Sarah, and Danny Fox all competed.
Chiappa was crowned the Mixed Doubles Skill: 3.5: 55+ Class Champion alongside Massi Furlan, the pair would defeat Heather Moffatt, and Gary Miller 11-4, 11-8 in the Gold Medal match.
Chiappa would team up with Sarah Fox in the Women’s Doubles Skill: 4.0: 60+ Class, unfortunately, they did not win a match in the Round Robin finishing 6th overall.
Manders and Jones finished with the Silver Medal competing in the Men’s Doubles Skill: 4.5: 19+ Division.
Manders and Jones won their Quarter-Final Round match 15-13 against Tomas Heredia and Eduardo Bilbao.
In the Semi-Finals, Manders and Jones would defeat Brad Emdur, and Brandon Fooks 15-3, in the Silver Medal match Manders, and Jones edged Isaac Delbury, and Robert Oddy 13-11.
Cordeiro and Eddie Anderson lined up for the Men’s Doubles Skill: 5.0: 50+ Class, the pair would fall in their Semi-Final match 15 – 11 to Robert Mittleman, and James Howitt. Cordeiro and Anderson would then take to the court for the Bronze Medal match falling 11-2, 11-9 to Pablo Salas, and James Gerson.
Cordeiro and Anderson would also compete in the Men’s Doubles Skill: 5.0; 55+, 60+ Class, heading straight into the Semi-Finals, Cordeiro, and Anderson went down 15 – 10 to Matthew Geer and Jeff Johnson, they would again play in the Bronze Medal match falling 11-9, 11-8 to James Gerson, and Kevin Casey.
Cordeiro would compete in the Mixed Doubles Skill: 5.0: 50+ Class with Marina Anderson, in their Semi-Final match Cordeiro and Anderson would fall 15 – 9 to Marie Jo Trottier, and Sylvain Barabe. In the Bronze Medal match the pair would fall 11-0, 11-7 to Cheryl McDonough, and Scott Tingley.
Sarah, and Danny Fox finished 5th in the Mixed Doubles Skill: 4.0: 65+ Class, falling in all four games.
Danny Fox teamed up with Hector Sztainer in the Men’s Doubles Skill: 4.0: 70+ Class, the pair finished 5th unable to win a match in the Round Robin.
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