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Disappointing day for Mohammed in Argentina

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

National junior badminton player Naim Mohammed was eliminated from both the boys singles under-19 and boys doubles U-19 categories yesterday, at the Argentina Junior Open tournament.
In the singles semifinals against Chilean Bastian Lizama, Mohammed suffered a close two-set loss, going down 19-21, 20-22. Later on, Mohammed had a chance to redeem himself with Peruvian partner Jose Guevara Llatos in the boys U-19 doubles semifinal. Unfortunately, the pair came out on the losing end in three sets. Mohammed and Llatos jumped out to an early lead, winning the first set 24-22. Their Chilean opponents Nikolas Ferruzola and Leon Ivan stormed back to win the next two sets, 21-18, 21-16. 

 

Results

Boys Under-19 singles semifinal
Bastian Lizama (CHI) def Naim Mohammed (T&T) 21-19, 22-20

Boys U-19 doubles semifinal
Nikolas Ferruzola/Leon Ivan (CHI) def Jose Guevara Llatos (PERU)/Naim Mohammed (T&T) 22-24, 21-18, 21-16

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