Caroline Dolehide, Usue Arconada to Play for Women’s Doubles Gold at Pan American Games
Dolehide Reaches Women’s Singles Semifinals
August 2, 2019 — Caroline Dolehide and Usue Arconada will play for the Gold Medal in women’s doubles at the Pan American Games on Saturday in Lima, Peru, while Dolehide has reached the women’s singles semifinals.
The 20-year-old Americans dispatched Chile’s Alexa Guarachi and Daniela Seguel, 7-5, 6-3, on Friday to reach Saturday’s final vs. Paraguay’s Veronica Cepede-Royg and Montserrat Gonzalez.
Dolehide, meanwhile, reached the women’s singles semifinals by defeating Seguel, 7-5, 7-6(2), on Friday and will play Brazil’s Carolina Alves on Saturday. Arconada fell in her singles quarterfinal match to Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska, 6-4, 6-4.
The women’s singles semifinals are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, with the women’s doubles final scheduled for 6 p.m. ET.
The last time Americans medaled in women’s doubles at the Pan Am Games, Irina Falconi and Christina McHale earned Silver in Gudalajara in 2011. The last American Gold Medalists in Pan Am women’s doubles were Pam Shriver and Donna Faber in 1991 in Havana.
The full schedule, live scores and results can be found at https://www.lima2019.pe. |