{"id":2292,"date":"2025-06-17T12:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2025-06-17T12:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:41:02","slug":"costa-rica-open-2025-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/costa-rica-open-2025-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica Open 2025 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Montoya wins the double in Costa Rica\n Photo Kevin Savory 2022 Portland IRT event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

– Men’s Pro Singles: Rodrigo Montoya Racquetball<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Men’s Open Doubles: Rodrigo Montoya & @Javier Mar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montoya gets the Costa Rica double gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2 Sports App home page for event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=49239<\/p>\n\n\n\n

——————<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

– Hernandez crushed Ecuadorian vet Ugalde 2,4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Costa Rica’s Gabriel Garcia took out Guatemalan vet Salvatierra in two. good win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Interesting result: a little known Costa Rican named Felipe Segreda defeated regular IRT touring pro Carlos Ramirez 9,14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Another interesting international result: Guatemala’s #2 Jose Caceres took out top Ecuadorian Cueva in the 15\/18 match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

– Hernandez made Acuna bend but he didn’t break, advancing 10,14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Gastelum with a great win over Miranda 8,9. There’s a handful of players right in the same age\/cohort who seem to be beating each other up whenever they play and it includes Miranda, Gastelum, Trujillo, Hernandez, and to a lesser extent Acha and Barrios from Bolivia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Speaking of Trujillo, he took out Bolivian U18 star Flores in an 11-10 thriller. I honestly thought Flores had a shot at winning this tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Diego Garcia cruised past Alonso 13,2 in a result that should surprise no one at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

– Acuna destroyed Gastelum 1,1. Matchups matter: If Miranda had moved on i would have made this a lot closer. But Acuna survived one Mexican U21 star to crush another and move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Mar d Trujillo; again, had this been Flores, i think we’d be singing a different tune. Mar’s tactically superior game plan outshines his young countryman’s Every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Montoya d Garcia in a wbf-ns. What?? Garcia infamously had a wbf-ns when he misread the start time announcement for his IRT match in Chicago; is it possible he did it again? How can you have a no-show in a pro event that you’ve literally flown in for? Unless this was mis-entered as an inj-fft … there’s more to this story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Parrilla outclassed Carter 1,2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Semis, after all the possible upsets I predicted … we have the top four seeds advancing, mostly easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #4 Mar outlasted #1 Acuna 11-9 in the third in a win that probably was expected irrespective of the seeding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #2 Montoya ground out an 8,10 win over long-time SLP rival Parrilla to setup a final against his double partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Finals, Montoya handled his doubles partner as he normally does 10,10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I’m not sure because we don’t know the “tier” of this IRT satellite. If its a tier 2 (meaning a prize purse north of $10k but below the Tier 1 standards) then the points go 120 winner, 90 finalist, 60 semis, 40 quarters. If its a 5-10k event, then lower those points by 25%. I don’t think these points are going to make much of a difference in the year end race, but another 120 for Montoya certainly doesn’t hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Seeds held to the semis with the doubles teams, though a couple of the teams really had to work to get there. In the 4\/5 match Hernandez\/Trujillo had a barn-burner with Team Argentina (Miranda\/Garcia), advancing 11-8 in the third In the 2\/7 match, the very solid Ecuadorian team of Ugalde\/Cueva really pressed Team San Luis Potosi (Parrilla & Alonso), finally falling 11-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis, #1 Montoya\/Mar dropped a game to their young Mexican rivals Hernandez\/Trujillo but advanced. Meanwhile, Alonso & Parrilla were pushd to the absolute edge, saving match points against to win 11-10 against hte home-town favorites Acuna & Garcia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, Mar & Montoya beat their rivals 9,10 for the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

——————<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Next weekend is the LPRT season ending Sweet Caroline open in Charlotte, as well as the Mexican Junior Olympics. The last weekend of the month is USA Jr Nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congrats to your winners on the weekend: – Men’s Pro Singles: Rodrigo Montoya Racquetball – Men’s Open Doubles: Rodrigo Montoya & @Javier Mar Montoya gets the Costa Rica double gold. R2 Sports App home page for event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=49239 —————— Let’s review the notable matches in the Singles draw. —————- In the 32s: – Hernandez crushed … <\/p>\n

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