{"id":1714,"date":"2022-11-07T16:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2022-11-07T16:34:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:34:05","slug":"2022-irt-dovetail-open-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/2022-irt-dovetail-open-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 IRT Dovetail Open Wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DLR wins again and sews up #1 for the year. Photo US Open 2019, Photographer Kevin Savory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to your winners on the weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Singles: Daniel De La Rosa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Doubles: Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRS Singles match report: https:\/\/rball.pro\/c5l<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRS Doubles match report: https:\/\/rball.pro\/klr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

De La Rosa wins his 9th career tier 1 title, putting him 13th all time. Mar\/Montoya win their 4th pro doubles title together, first since Chicago in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2 Sports App home page for event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/event-website.asp?TID=39931<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Singles Match report in the PRS database:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the qualifying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Solid win for @Rodrigo Rodrigues<\/a> , taking out Sam Bredenbeck<\/a> in a breaker. A setback for Sam, who looked really strong at Worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– @Christian Longoria got a very solid win over Alan Natera to move into the main draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 32s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #17 Erick Trujillo<\/a> impressed against the classy Javier Mar<\/a> but fell in a breaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #20 @Jaime Martell played well and downed #13 @SSebastian Fran<\/a> in two straight forward games, perhaps not really an upset by true talent levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Solid win by #14 Thomas Carter<\/a> over the upstart Longoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 16s, some upsets for sure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #1 Daniel de la Rosa<\/a> had to deal with Mar, a matchup that is more of a semis-quality match. 15-2 in the first made it seem like it’d be a laugher, but Mar ground out game 2 to force DLR to win the breaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #8 @Jake Bredenbeck<\/a> got a quality win over the red-hot #9 Mario Mercado<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #12 Andres Acu\u00f1a blew out a rusty #5 @Alejandro Landa 5,7. Landa reportedly had not played since the US Open and showed it on the court against the always-consistent Acuna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #4 @Eduardo Portilla<\/a> outlasted the dangerous Martell in two tight games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #3 Andr\u00e9s Parrilla<\/a> was pressed by #14 Carter but moved on 11,8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #11 Rodrigo Montoya is fast becoming the non-top 8 player nobody wants to see, again claiming a top-8 scalp in dominating #6 Samuel Murray 11,6. Are we finally going to see the uber-talented Montoya take his rightful place at the top of the IRT tour, after years of partial touring costing him the points he needed to stay there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #7 @Rocky Carson held off fellow American #10 @Adam Manilla, has he has done for a few tournaments now at this juncture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #2 Conrrado Moscoso surprisingly dropped game one to fellow hard-hitter @Eduardo Gara , but bounced back to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Quarters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #1 DLR continues to bedevil #8 Jake in the quarters when they generally meet (three times in the last year), but Jake did force him to a breaker this time. Being “stuck” at #8 can be a tough place to get out of without the “flip seeding” that the tour seems to have done away with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #12 Acuna got a walkover win against #4 Portillo, who was under the weather and was advised not to play. Acuna makes a semi for the first time in his pro career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #11 Montoya topped #3 Parrilla once again; it has been more than a year since Parrilla has beaten his cohort-mate in Rodrigo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #2 Moscoso cruised past #7 Carson 11,5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Semis,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– DLR was pressed by the upstart Costa Rican Acuna, but moved into the final 10,13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– In the other semi, what was shaping up to be a fantastic match on paper was cut short quickly when #2 Conrrado tripped over #11 Montoya’s feet while back-pedalling to retrieve a ceiling ball, and banged his head on the back wall. He was judged not to have been concussed, but was advised to retire unfortunately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Finals, DLR absolutely destroyed the player who put him out of the US Open, beating Montoya 5,3 to claim the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Points Implications of results;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This tourney expires the 2021 World Singles & Doubles championship, which was DLR over Moscoso in the final. So, DLR defends his winner points, and with just one tier 1 remaining in 2022 has an insurmountable lead at the top of the IRT tour. Congratulations to DLR for securing his second straight #1 year end ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other expected points machinations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Parrilla and Moscoso should switch places at 2\/3, but its super close and if one or the other has some random tier 2\/3 points that aren’t in my model they may stay the same 2\/3 order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Despite both losing early, Murray should move ahead of Landa at the 5\/6 by virtue of having fewer points to defend from Denver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Manilla continues to climb the ranks; he’s nearly in the top 10 now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Keller’s absenses are catching up to him; he’s nearly out of the top 16 now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Kane won’t drop too much for the time being: he’s entering a period where he missed most of the 2021 slate of events, so he’ll have no expiring points. Meanwhil,e Beltran will continue to fall as he recovers from his injury; he’ll likely be out of the top 20 soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doubles review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The #1 seeds Parrilla\/Murray were upset in the quarters by Natera\/Acuna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The Bredenbecks had to work far harder than they should have to top Cuevas\/Ramirez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Landa & Moscoso teamed up for the first time and looked solid together<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– DLR picked up a last minute partner in Carrasco, topped Carson\/Portillo, and took Mar\/Montoya to a breaker. Not bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final was a walkover unfortunately, when Moscoso got hurt. Would have been a solid match to see Landa\/Moscoso vs Mar\/Montoya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other notable draws from the event<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Erick Cuevas<\/a> took the IRT U21 event with a solid win over Trujillo in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Diego Gastellum took the Men’s open with the help of a couple of walkovers from the top two seeds along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Florida pair @Bradley Knudsen and Matt Fontana took the Men’s Open doubles draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Hollie Scott took the Women’s Open draw, which featured 7 regular LPRT players, topping Veronica Sotomayor 11-9 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Scott teamed up with Maria Renee Rodriguez to win the 5-team Women’s Open Doubles over solid competition. Sotomayor and Costa Rican top junior Maricruz Ortiz finished 2nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Finally, two Californians who made the trip won the Mixed Open title when Will Reynolds and @EsEstefania Perez Pi\u00f1a took out the all-florida pair of @Assuan Castaneda and @Graci Wargo in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks for all the streaming on the weekend, especially from broadcasters Favio Soto and Karen Grisz<\/a> who worked the mike all weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the Tourney Director Mike Kinkin<\/a> and @Team Dovetail<\/a> for putting this event on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Per our handy master racquetball calendar …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– @Racquetball Canada<\/a> has a selection event next weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The weekend after the LPRT<\/a> is back in action in Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Then there’s a lower-tier IRT event in Monterrey, NL Mexico the same weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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tags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@inteInternational Racquetball Tour<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to your winners on the weekend: – Singles: Daniel De La Rosa – Doubles: Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya PRS Singles match report: https:\/\/rball.pro\/c5l PRS Doubles match report: https:\/\/rball.pro\/klr De La Rosa wins his 9th career tier 1 title, putting him 13th all time. Mar\/Montoya win their 4th pro doubles title together, first since … <\/p>\n

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