{"id":159,"date":"2018-10-08T16:20:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2018-10-08T17:19:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T17:19:39","slug":"us-open-mens-pro-singles-final-and-event-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/08\/us-open-mens-pro-singles-final-and-event-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Men&#8217;s Pro Singles Final and event wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Waselenchuk-Kane-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Waselenchuk-Kane-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Waselenchuk-Kane.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The king wins his 14th US Open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(data now loaded to the PRS database for the event; see this link for the tourney Match Report:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2PliRnD&amp;h=AT1pxMVyMPGJDXNqHlgLjVaqNhvbfUTIYBIEYKnapmMbogfatCamPQicBuvuHL5uOX9gNBCPxsO15kqT4TdOjIlDbKhLNk5tEC2smQbE_r019c0rA71MXu4qEptADznDgiYIhWZdLXbW9YykbssQD3dHl08L-bPaoazejLVZT6OX0eAGp37xvsQZPxDyDWRIrhphV3meeUf5bLyYCeL4NB_QYvgxnRO8OpM0vfu-AaUir4bYcH-AsIEmYCI-u7mLGiBt1KWVd-JK5QVJbuWleCUB7XT8JnlyikA1K0n6BAYeF9lFA17KdMehZCzL5jVKvoqG0Uy4M1_7_0XIajEujJPdVCLKuGQdgN2eLFGVBzyjHAOeLA6jiU2d3e5uIOdobp_kY9erzKk9KKiFsOludN_kNNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PliRnD<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick list of all links to US Open Pro Singles content created for this year&#8217;s event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/03\/us-open-irt-mens-qualifying-preview\/\">US Open IRT Men&#8217;s Qualifying Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/irt-2018-us-open-qualifying-review-and-round-of-32-and-16-preview\/\">IRT 2018 US Open Qualifying Review and Round of 32 and 16 Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/05\/us-open-irt-pro-singles-32-and-16-review-quarters-preview\/\">US Open IRT pro Singles 32 and 16 review, Quarters preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/06\/us-open-irt-mens-singles-quarters-review\/\">US Open IRT Men&#8217;s Singles Quarters Review, Semis preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/07\/us-open-irt-pro-singles-semis-review-finals-preview\/\">US Open IRT Pro Singles Semis Review, Finals preview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to #3\u00a0<strong><a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kane.waselenchuk?__tn__=K-R&amp;eid=ARABZTfbujo1cr9KfOAcXiGnlinHizTI-S29PZslli7tGYkRlTx-Eiar9Td4i80Eqn7OxfuRZCN3mNzf&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD8uP7TGHZgKqDmlqXXYzmwQBXvIEFXOG8HimFhkFsQs2_rHVs19kg7RUme0BORADy1WdS8LdmpK5-tBs3Av1x4OJb16M7wfT-V1WzqkjFbOeHGI-JgS_LQuA00EZr-ayuiMpFBSGUApCgL_I2-AnI2Jc8RvpW0ximoAuiwTc-PJZNixWB_\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=588183573&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARABZTfbujo1cr9KfOAcXiGnlinHizTI-S29PZslli7tGYkRlTx-Eiar9Td4i80Eqn7OxfuRZCN3mNzf%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Kane Waselenchuk<\/a><\/strong>, who defeated #4 <strong>Daniel De La Rosa<\/strong> in two games 11,6 to capture his 14th US Open crown. Waselenchuk has not been defeated at the sport&#8217;s biggest tournament since 2002, when he lost in the semis to one of the sport&#8217;s previous legends,\u00a0<strong><a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cliff.swain.14?__tn__=K-R&amp;eid=ARB2T1Famm3ZRGxu1BDLdthes12wx0sheVWqbH8BFnc_dAoNn8ncqTjoqdsmsyES8QhV99kD3QKH8K6T&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD8uP7TGHZgKqDmlqXXYzmwQBXvIEFXOG8HimFhkFsQs2_rHVs19kg7RUme0BORADy1WdS8LdmpK5-tBs3Av1x4OJb16M7wfT-V1WzqkjFbOeHGI-JgS_LQuA00EZr-ayuiMpFBSGUApCgL_I2-AnI2Jc8RvpW0ximoAuiwTc-PJZNixWB_\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1256454752&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARB2T1Famm3ZRGxu1BDLdthes12wx0sheVWqbH8BFnc_dAoNn8ncqTjoqdsmsyES8QhV99kD3QKH8K6T%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Cliff Swain<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Waselenchuk, as is characteristic, did not drop a game in this tournament. He vanquished all comers in two straight, and instead of wondering who might beat him, or even take a game off of him, we marveled at the likes of DLR, or <strong>Andree Parilla<\/strong>, or <strong>Javier Mar<\/strong> &#8230; all of which achieved the amazing accomplishment of scoring double digits in a single game against Waselenchuk.<\/p>\n<p>In winning this event, he also extends his current on the court\/non forfeit match winning streak to 66 games, which is third most in the history of the sport (behind only himself; Kane now owns the sport&#8217;s top three longest match winning streaks).<\/p>\n<p>Kane&#8217;s win, coupled with\u00a0<strong><a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rocky.carson.3?__tn__=K-R&amp;eid=ARCe6FaEJmlBvPQf0mLjbGGNGRelEK4OZ1r0UtDY6qdL6YTL2bweMVr3SRmm5VVEpikF50rVoA9C0vMh&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD8uP7TGHZgKqDmlqXXYzmwQBXvIEFXOG8HimFhkFsQs2_rHVs19kg7RUme0BORADy1WdS8LdmpK5-tBs3Av1x4OJb16M7wfT-V1WzqkjFbOeHGI-JgS_LQuA00EZr-ayuiMpFBSGUApCgL_I2-AnI2Jc8RvpW0ximoAuiwTc-PJZNixWB_\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1063823613&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCe6FaEJmlBvPQf0mLjbGGNGRelEK4OZ1r0UtDY6qdL6YTL2bweMVr3SRmm5VVEpikF50rVoA9C0vMh%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Rocky Carson<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s semi finals loss and\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alexlanda2024?__tn__=K-R&amp;eid=ARBkFTWzX7ToZAvc7Fe-no0JBW1DraZ_CwVRTzlDurR51z_g18vB4Q6YA5ROrvhWd2RWYu8zBhBhB6lS&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD8uP7TGHZgKqDmlqXXYzmwQBXvIEFXOG8HimFhkFsQs2_rHVs19kg7RUme0BORADy1WdS8LdmpK5-tBs3Av1x4OJb16M7wfT-V1WzqkjFbOeHGI-JgS_LQuA00EZr-ayuiMpFBSGUApCgL_I2-AnI2Jc8RvpW0ximoAuiwTc-PJZNixWB_\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=509273323&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBkFTWzX7ToZAvc7Fe-no0JBW1DraZ_CwVRTzlDurR51z_g18vB4Q6YA5ROrvhWd2RWYu8zBhBhB6lS%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\"><strong>Alex Landa<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>&#8216;s quarter final upset will not be enough to return Kane to the #1 ranking on tour; he trails Rocky by more than that points delta. But with a couple more similar results, he&#8217;ll return to the top of the rankings table.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irt-tour.com%2Fsingles-rankings%2F&amp;h=AT1iDInGF8UEMcHz8ZJk_xvlkQM7IXnFb3qMIxCXWBVJO1XWC7gbpKKsusXLTaYnv6HGwz4CfRTcQMmwqdrIqyh-cLSBtlguejriDGedvyZYcEd0mHRT_sS1Xic5NxhksjRnSGroizEAYrWkofKyDUub2u77hRIXv1bha_ZxAaVrO2W6P-LuC0r3jwSISIIHZtTSb2NG6tgNKi4mvDoV3VHxrBPavoWNzY8FRsui7uZI-ShhYO6ZnFK2L5N3kcxkOCrUSlZFkrwnlo2CSIXD8M7kAsjMcMeUPb4XrQyKpVEQv9EzbMh4F8AdaVE_E5bSDlw4L7w2rhGs038cRvK2ZYqBPs1yVPAOk1YbyyJAi9faTbtTw2Q0FCCb1mfN3hKn3R8UI0vGt7GdneKcVw0zW1XB0Nc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\">http:\/\/www.irt-tour.com\/singles-rankings\/<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Kane on winning the sport&#8217;s top prize, and we hope we see more of him going forward this season as the status of his retirement from the sport still seems to hang in the balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(data now loaded to the PRS database for the event; see this link for the tourney Match Report:\u00a0https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PliRnD) Here&#8217;s a quick list of all links to US Open Pro Singles content created for this year&#8217;s event: US Open IRT Men&#8217;s Qualifying Preview IRT 2018 US Open Qualifying Review and Round of 32 and 16 Preview &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/08\/us-open-mens-pro-singles-final-and-event-wrap-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;US Open Men&#8217;s Pro Singles Final and event wrap-up&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,132,98],"tags":[14,34,178,45,86,11,15],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irt","category-singles","category-us-open","category-usa","tag-alejandro-landa","tag-andree-parrilla","tag-cliff-swain","tag-daniel-de-la-rosa","tag-javier-mar","tag-kane-waselenchuk","tag-rocky-carson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}