{"id":1016,"date":"2020-02-11T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2020-02-11T15:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T15:15:12","slug":"canada-national-singles-selection-event-2-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/11\/canada-national-singles-selection-event-2-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada National Singles Selection Event #2 Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Murray takes another Canadian National tourney. Photo US Open 2019, Photographer Kevin Savory<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In conjunction with the 46th annual Keystone Classic in Winnipeg last weekend, Racquetball Canada had the second of its three National team qualification events of the season. Here’s a quick wrap-up of the event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to your winners on the weekend:
– Men’s Singles: Samuel Murray
– Women’s Singles: Michele Morisette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reminder: we don’t currently load federation qualifying events into the database, therefore there’s no PRS links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2 Sports App home page for event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/event-website.asp?TID=32066<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lets review the notable matches in the Men’s Singles draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Quarters
– The top 3 seeds easily advanced; #1 Samuel Murray<\/a> over #8 Michael Leduc #2 The Official Coby Iwaasa Fan Club<\/a> over #7 Ian Frattinger and #3 Tim Landeryou<\/a> over #6 Tanner Prentice.
– We got an upset in the 4\/5 match: #5 Kurtis Cullen took out #4 veteran Lee Connell in two games 4,13 to move into the quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Semis
– #1 Murray dominated Cullen to move on.
– #2 Iwaasa was stretched at times but advanced over Landeryou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Finals, Iwaasa took the first game from the long-time Canadian #1, but Murray rebounded to win (8),7,1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murray (if i’m reading my records correctly) has not lost a Canadian Men’s national event (qualifier or nationals) since the May 2017 final (Mike Green’s last match before retiring).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women’s Singles review:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just four women in this draw, so they played Round Robin. Notable results from RR play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#1 seed Christine Richardson was stretched to a breaker by #4 seed Cassie Prentice before winning, which was a precursor perhaps to the eventual face off with #2 seed Mich\u00e8le Morissette, who topped Richardson 6,11 to win the RR group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morissette wins her first top-level Canadian national event since graduating from the juniors in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up? This is the 2nd of two qualifiers leading up to Canadian Nationals in late May, so next up is Canadian Nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In general, the Rball calendar gets a break until the first week of march for the next major event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Racquetball Canada<\/a>
International Racquetball Tour<\/a>
International Racquetball Federation – IRF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In conjunction with the 46th annual Keystone Classic in Winnipeg last weekend, Racquetball Canada had the second of its three National team qualification events of the season. Here’s a quick wrap-up of the event: Congrats to your winners on the weekend:– Men’s Singles: Samuel Murray– Women’s Singles: Michele Morisette Reminder: we don’t currently load federation … <\/p>\n

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