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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, April 9, 2010 – Top
seeded Michael Bruning and Jason Wight of United
States started with the right foot in the fourth
stop of NORCECA Circuit.
Bruning and Wight dominated their rivals during
the matches contested in the opening day of the
tour. They first met Joseph Clercent and Dayne
Williams of Saint Lucia winning in 28 minutes by
score of 2-0 (21-11, 21-17). They followed with
a victory against hosts Garrido/Recinos of GUA-1
by score of 21-9, 21-18 in 32 minutes.
Bruning, captain of the USA Team, said “our
strength relies on our knowledge of each other
and that was a key today for the victories.”
Cubans Kanell Piña and Sergio González defeated
siblings Andy and Juan Luis Marin of Belice 2-0
(21-07, 21-04) and Wilson/Lewis of Jamaica 2-0
(21-18, 21-15) in a highly disputed match.
Jessie Lelliott and Benjamin Saxton of Canada
also won easily against Baides/Serrano of
Honduras (21-10, 21-6). The Canadian pair
produced a show in their strong duel with
Dominicans Yewddys Perez and German Recio,
prevailing 2-0 (21-19, 21-18).
Villegas and Piskulich of Costa Rica advanced in
the winners’ round with three-set victories over
Vargas/Medrano ESA (16-21, 21-13, 15-11) and
Puerto Ricans Irizarry/ Gil (15-21, 21-09,
20-18).
Friday Men’s Results:
USA d. LCA (21-11, 21-17), GUA-1 d. TRI (21-13,
21-19); GUA-2 d. NCA (18-21, 21-15, 15-13); DOM
d. SKN (21-18, 21-14); CAN d. HON (21-10,
21-06); CUB d. BIZ (21-07, 21-04); JAM d. CAY
(21-16, 21-12); GUA-2 d. GUA-3 (18-21, 21-18,
16-06); CRC d. ESA (16-21, 21-13, 15-11); PUR d.
GUA-2 (21-15, 21-23, 15-10); USA d. GUA-1
(21-09, 21-18); CAN d. DOM (21-19, 21-18); CUB
d. JAM (21-18, 21-15); CRC d. PUR (15-21, 21-09,
20-18); TRI d. LCA (21-13, 21-18); HON d. SKN
(21-14, 19-21, 15-10).
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