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Mar takes the Longhorn Open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to Javier Mar<\/strong> for winning the big Longhorn Open WRT draw on the weekend. He comes out on top of a 22-player draw that ended up having a very Mexican-flavor from the 16s on-wards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: this is a correction post-publishing; the wrong winner was initially put into the bracket on r2sports.com.<\/a> My apologies. Corrected now thanks to feedback from Jaime Martell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the match report: http:\/\/rball.pro\/FFDFB6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lets review the draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 32s, a couple of surprises for this observer:
– Lukas Le<\/strong> took out Alexi David Cocco Hayes<\/strong> in a tie-breaker.
– Nico Miramontes<\/strong><\/a> downed fellow Mexican 18U player Mauricio Delgadillo<\/strong> 11-9 in the breaker.
– Erik Garcia<\/strong> took out Sebastian Longoria<\/strong>, who is still playing in 16U, in two straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the 16s…
– Edson Martinez<\/strong> saved match point against before advancing against long time Japanese International player Hiroshi Shimizu<\/strong>.
– Javier Estrada<\/strong><\/a> upset #3 seeded IRT regular Justus Benson<\/strong><\/a> in two straight, an unfortunate underseeding match-up that cost Benson a too-tough early round match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 of the 16 players in the round of 16 were Mexican … and all 8 of the quarterfinalists also hailed from south of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Quarters:
– #1 Jaime Martell Neri<\/strong><\/a> played a solid match to down #9 Edson Martinez<\/strong><\/a> in two.
– #4 Eduardo Garay<\/strong> was stretched to a breaker but downed #5 Jordy Alonso.<\/strong>
– #6 Javier Mar<\/strong><\/a> took out the under-seeded #19 Estrada in two
– #2 Alex Cardona<\/strong><\/a> looked fantastic taking out the solid #7 Alan Natera Chavez<\/strong><\/a> by the dominant scores of 6,1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the semis, 
– #4 Garay outlasted an at-times frustrated Martell in a tie-breaker. 
– #6 Mar took a close two game win over a rejuvenated Cardona 14,11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, Mar got a solid win over Garay 12,11 to take the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the doubles finals, the two singles finalists teamed up to take on the upset-minded Estrada\/Alonso team, making Mar the double winner on the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doubles Match report: http:\/\/rball.pro\/00C90F<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up for the WRT? No idea. The website is back up, but still shows data and tourneys from 2017 (which seems to indicate to me they suffered a pretty significant data crash and restored a very old backup). In 2018, the next event after the Longhorn Open wasn’t until May (the Georgia Open in Atlanta). Lets hope we get some announcements soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to Javier Mar for winning the big Longhorn Open WRT draw on the weekend. He comes out on top of a 22-player draw that ended up having a very Mexican-flavor from the 16s on-wards. NOTE: this is a correction post-publishing; the wrong winner was initially put into the bracket on r2sports.com. My apologies. Corrected now thanks … <\/p>\n

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