First victory for boys in basketball and defeats in tennis, shooting and bocci

The Paris Paralympic Games They did not leave a good Spanish day this Friday, neither in tennis, nor in archery or in boccia. All national representatives who participated in these modalities suffered defeats. However, the boys basketball team won their first tournament game.

After losing the previous day against the United States 56-66, Spain won the men’s basketball 68-60 in Australia to fully enter the fight for a good crossing. In two groups of four teams, they will all advance to the quarterfinals, but the difficulty of competition in this round will be key to access the fight for medals.

Beyond the pavilion, Paris was hit with rain that delayed matches on the outdoor courts at Roland Garros. Therefore, with more delay than expected, Enrique Siscar played his first match wheelchair tennis. He has done it in defeat in the individual table before Zhenxu Jiwho defeated him 6-1 and 6-3 to let him be removed. Martín de la Puente and Dani Caverzaschi, both in singles and doubles, remain the last Spanish representatives.

Besides, Fernando Galé lost in the round of 32 of compound archerywith Open category. It was in a tight first round duel against the American Kevin Polish, who beat him by 142-140. In this way, the Spanish participation in archery ends, a sport in which it is the only representative of the national sport.

Meanwhile, in bocceSpain added two more losses. Sara Aller fell to 0-9 against the Croatian Anamaria Arambasic on the third day of the BC4 class group stage and with it is removed with three games lost. In its part, Amagoia Arrieta was defeated after 3-3 against French Aurélie Aubert in his group stage debut in BC1.