Congrats to your Pro/Open winners on the weekend:
– Singles: Erick Trujillo
– Doubles: @Cole Sendrey & @Robert Collins
R2 Sports App home page for event: https://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=41953
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Let’s review the notable matches in the Singles draw.
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In the 16s, we got some good first round matches for the neutrals.
– Georgia’s @Austin Cunningham got a solid win over U21 DJ Mendoza in a breaker in the 8/9 match.
– @Brennen Jennings got the win over Yacouba Keita 13,8.
– Richard Eisemann stretched #2 seed @Erick Trujillo to a tie-breaker before falling; great showing against an irt top 10 player.
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In the Quarters, a couple big upsets:
– #1 Carter worked his way past Cunningham 10,9
– U18 Cole Sendry topped former IRT touring pro @Maurice Miller in two games 8,9. Solid win for Sendrey.
– Dylan Pruitt shocked lefty IRT touring veteran Robert Collins 9,12 for the biggest upset of the round.
– Trujillo was pushed a bit but moved past Jennings 11,11
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In the Semis
– #1 Carter held serve and downed the kid phenom Sendrey 9,7
– #2 Trujillo cruised past Maryland amateur Pruitt 6,4 to setup the expected 1-2 final
In the Finals, Trujillo topped Carter 10,7 to take the title.
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Doubles review
The top 2 seeds were upset late friday, sending a couple of unexpected teams into the final. #1 Pruitt/Cunningham were taken out by Carter & Flowers in one semi (probably not really an upset given how well Carter is playing these days), while Sendry & Collins took out Miller & Trujillo in an 11-10 thriller.
This left the two lefty touring pros facing off in the final. There, Sendrey & Collins cruised to the title, beating Carter & Flowers 3,9.
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Thanks for all the streaming on the weekend from the usual streaming sources, like Iceman and Jennings and Mendoza. It’s always good to watch some live racquetball.
Thanks to the Tourney Directors and Sponsors for making this event happen.
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Next up?
Per our handy master racquetball calendar …
PARC is now underway with the group stages. I’ll put out a knockout round preview once the groups are done.
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