Matheus Souza stops in the round of 16 and finishes 15th at the junior fencing World Cup
Matheus Souza was Brazil's best finisher at the junior fencing World Cup stage in San José, Costa Rica, taking 15th in the men's épée after reaching the round of sixteen. Matheus Brandt was 19th, Pedro Rocha 23rd, Pedro Hopfer 46th and Vince Liu 45th in the sabre event in Oran.
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Matheus Souza foi o melhor brasileiro na etapa de San José, na Costa Rica, da Copa do Mundo juvenil de esgrima, disputada nesta sexta-feira (23) na espada masculina. Ele avançou até as oitavas de final e terminou em 15º lugar.
O esgrimista venceu três confrontos na fase de poules e passou em 27º. No primeiro quadro eliminatório, derrotou o canadense Amjad Osman e, no duelo brasileiro seguinte, fez 15 a 12 sobre Matheus Brandt. As oitavas trouxeram Christopher Davoodian, dos Estados Unidos, e o 15 a 8 encerrou a campanha.
Brandt teve apenas uma derrota nas poules, ficou com a sexta melhor campanha e avançou direto ao quadro de 32, onde foi eliminado justamente por Souza, encerrando em 19º. Pedro Rocha ganhou quatro dos cinco duelos de poules, bateu Cristian Camilo Salas e caiu por 15 a 11 diante de Caleb Eskridge, dos Estados Unidos, terminando em 23º. Pedro Hopfer venceu uma vez nas poules, contra o canadense Michael Zhao, e foi eliminado no quadro de 64 pelo mexicano Carlos Alexander Roca, em 46º.
Na mesma sexta-feira, o Brasil teve representante no sabre masculino, em Oran, na Argélia. Vince Liu, quarto do ranking mundial juvenil, terminou em 45º: venceu quatro dos seis confrontos de poules, com duas derrotas: para Eliott Tchetnga, da França, e para Adrian Blanque, da Espanha, avançou com a 33ª melhor campanha e caiu no quadro de 64 diante de Candeniz Berrak, da Turquia, num 15 a 14 que se decidiu por um único toque.
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