{"id":1804,"date":"2023-02-28T14:04:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2023-02-28T14:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:04:39","slug":"montana-irt-satellite-and-xelani-open-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/28\/montana-irt-satellite-and-xelani-open-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana IRT Satellite and Xelani Open Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Natera wins in Montana. Photo US Open 2019, Photographer Kevin Savory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

No Tier 1s or major events on the calendar last week, but we did have a couple of interesting pro-level competitions going on. Here’s a quick recap of two events that had some pros and internationals competing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First up; the Montana Winter Classic, an IRT-500 (which means basically players get $500 per round won from the quarters onward). This tournament drew a handful of regular touring pros and some top Canadian players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

r2sports page: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/portfolio\/r2-event.asp?TID=40488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro finals: Alan Natera Chavez took out Thomas Carter<\/a> . Semi finalists included recently crowned National Singles Open champion Ty Hedalen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open doubles: won by LPRT #4 Erika Manilla and Matthew Ivar Majxner<\/a> , who topped the all-Canada pairing of Lee Connell and @Tanner Prentice .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men’s Open singles: also won by Manilla in a small RR group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bravo to the Montana crew, Andrew Weber , Majxner, and others who made this tournament possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Xelani Open<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/portfolio\/r2-event.asp?TID=40450\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

the brainchild of top Florida amateur Alex Zamudio<\/a> , this tournament featured an old-school open only draw; big money to enter, winner takes all style competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 Pros from around the country and around the world entered the singles (34 together for 17 teams in the doubles), and here’s how the action went down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro singles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of the tourney had to be Mexico 21U player Diego Gastelum , who upset Ecuador international Juan Francisco Cueva in the 16s, then Guatemala’s Edwin Galicia<\/a> in the quarters, then the #1 seed and easy tournament favorite @aAlejandro Herrera<\/a> in the semis to make the finals as an #12 seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the bottom side, Ecuador’s longtime veteran @Jose Daniel Ugalde worked his way th rough the draw, upset #2 @Nolsen Jimenez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the semis, then took out Gastelum in the final to claim the big prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Doubles draw was wide open, with top seeds falling early on both sides. The #1 seeded team of Zamudio & Morales was taken out by Gastelum & Gomez in the quarters, while the #2 seeds (Team Ecuador Ugalde\/Cueva) was upset by the legendary Sudsy Monchik playing with Charles George . Neither of these upset-minded pairings could go much further though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, the Floridians rose to the top, with Herrera (paired with Bolivian Fronton veteran @Marcelo Vargas Aguilar ) taking on Jimenez and Mike Harmon from the bottom half. Jimenez and Harmon blew it up in the final, winning 6,6 to take the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up, we have a busy weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next weekend we have HS Nationals, IRT in Minnesota, and the LPRT in Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Tier 1s or major events on the calendar last week, but we did have a couple of interesting pro-level competitions going on. Here’s a quick recap of two events that had some pros and internationals competing. ———————— First up; the Montana Winter Classic, an IRT-500 (which means basically players get $500 per round won … <\/p>\n

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