{"id":2190,"date":"2024-11-25T17:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:24:17","slug":"2024-lprt-turkey-shoot-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/2024-lprt-turkey-shoot-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 LPRT Turkey Shoot Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Solid weekend for Laime. Photo US Open 2019 Kevin Savory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

– Singles: Maria Jose Vargas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Doubles: Michelle Key & Brenda Laime<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vargas gets back on top with a solid win over her rival Longoria, winning her 11th career title. She’s now nearly into the top 10 all time of tourney wins. Meanwhile, Key & Laime break the strangle hold that Mejia & Herrera have had on the pro doubles circuit with a breakthrough win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singles Match report in PRS database: https:\/\/rball.pro\/d1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doubles match report in PRS database: https:\/\/rball.pro\/46p<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2 Sports App home page for event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/event-website.asp?TID=45473<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 32s, nothing too surprising. Great all-USA wins by Lotts and York respectively over younger rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 16s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Amaya takes out her close rival in the rankings Munoz in two. Amaya has really rebounded as of late; she went three straight seasons without getting past the round of 16, and now has done it 3 times in the last 10 events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Herrera holds off Centellas in a tie-breaker that looked like it’d go the other way for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Laime is stretched but gets past Parrilla in three<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Mendez blasts Salas once again, the second time in a row she’s had a dominant win over her long time LPRT rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Key takes a game off of #2 Longoria but runs out of gas in the breaker 11-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

– Vargas has to go three to top the resurgent Amaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Herrera holds serve against Lawrence to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Laime dominates Mejia and wins 6,5, a surprising result. Laime and Mejia have similar game styles, and as we’ve pointed out in teh past Laime usually comes out of nowhere for deep tourney runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Longoria handled Mendez to move into the semis 4,4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

– Vargas cruised past Herrera 7,8 to move into the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Longoria and Laime had themselves a heck of a battle, with it coming down to a 10-10 tiebreaker with all the drama one would expect. At the end of a brutal 2 hour marathon that featured dozens of side outs in each game, Laime cracked out a serve at 9-9 to earn the match point opportunity but Longoria blasted a cross court winner to save match point against. As is typical in these close do or die situations, referee calls loomed large. At 9-10 down, Longoria looked for an avoidable on a passing shot but didn’t get it, even on appeal. Then, Laime got a forehand setup and hit what this observer thought was a simple kill shot; called a skip by the ref and then one-up\/one-down from the line judges (a really bad call at that juncture honestly). This led to a heated discussion, a side-out, and of course the inevitable two point swing to Longoria’s favor to win the match. Just a brutal way to lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ao_HrRCepbQ for the match replay, and 1:53.26 for the shot in question and judge for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Finals, Vargas won games 1 and 3 going away, lost game 2 going away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

– Longoria gains a little but on Vargas but remains #2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Despite not playing, Gaby moves up to #5 due to points expiration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Not much else in terms of movement in the top 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Synhorst moves up a few spots, as does Key and Lotts for touring more regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Former top 4 pro Manilla now sits outside the top 20 and will have a long way back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Great win from Key and Laime, both excellent doubles players, for taking out both the #1 and #2 seeds in one event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open Singles, other notable draws<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Parrilla took the Women’s Open over Ros (who had taken out #1 Munoz in semis)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Men’s Open was taken in an all-chicago final between winner Thomas carter and Jeremy Dixon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks for all the streaming on the weekend, especially from broadcasters Timothy Baghurst, Jerry J Josey Jr., JTRball, and Tj Baumbaugh<\/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

\nhttps:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1V6OTid6rZ356voXVkoV2sN7KMMbIP9SZd0MssH_nPGU\/edit?usp=sharing\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

World Juniors kicks off in Guatemala next weekend, then the LPRT is back in action in the DC area before the year ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congrats to your Pro winners on the weekend: – Singles: Maria Jose Vargas – Doubles: Michelle Key & Brenda Laime Vargas gets back on top with a solid win over her rival Longoria, winning her 11th career title. She’s now nearly into the top 10 all time of tourney wins. Meanwhile, Key & Laime break … <\/p>\n

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