{"id":432,"date":"2019-03-25T22:01:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2019-03-25T22:01:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:01:31","slug":"2019-wor-world-outdoor-racquetball-beach-bash-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/25\/2019-wor-world-outdoor-racquetball-beach-bash-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 WOR – World Outdoor Racquetball Beach Bash Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DLR was the big winner on the weekend, taking the singles and mixed doubles titles.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to the winners on the weekend at the 2019 Beach Bash:
– Men’s Singles: Daniel De La Rosa<\/strong>
– Women’s Singles: Hollie Scott<\/strong>
– Men’s Pro Doubles: Ben Goldberg\/Ryan Lopez<\/strong>
– Women’s Pro Doubles: Anita Maldonado\/Rhonda Rajsich<\/strong>
– Mixed Pro Doubles: Daniel & Michelle De La Rosa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the match reports for each of the 5 pro draws on the weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Men’s Singles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/14B6AD<\/a>
– Women’s Singles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/02E1EC<\/a>
– Men’s Pro Doubles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/9F60DE<\/a>
– Women’s Pro Doubles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/4E8CA5<\/a>
– Mixed Pro Doubles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/72C84B<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to\u00a0Vic Leibofsky<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for loading up all the round robin\/preliminary results this year; all the matches are in the above match reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s some quick commentary on each draw:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– Men’s Singles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/14B6AD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top IRT touring pro\u00a0Daniel De La Rosa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0took the title, beating defending champ and #1 seeded\u00a0Robert Sostre<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the final. 2018 runner-up\u00a0Nick Montalbano<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and reigning 3-wall outdoor champ Luis\u00a0<\/strong>Luis R Avila<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0were both upset in the quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– Women’s Singles:\u00a0http:\/\/rball.pro\/02E1EC<\/a>
Defending champ\u00a0Hollie Rae Scott<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0defended her 2018 title in this event in a rematch of last year’s final, again downing 2nd seeded Michelle Herbert<\/strong> in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– Men’s Pro Doubles:\u00a0http:\/\/rball.pro\/9F60DE<\/a>
The Men’s pro doubles draw was the biggest of the weekend and saw some of the bigger upsets. 21 teams battled it out in the round robins to advance to the quarter final round, and along the way #2 overall seed Robert Sostre<\/strong> & Freddy\u00a0<\/strong>Alfredo Benjamin Ramirez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(last year’s runner’s up) were eliminated. Also surprisingly eliminated at the RR stage was\u00a0Rocky Carson<\/strong><\/a>with partner\u00a0Alejandro Barcelo<\/strong><\/a>, who somehow ended up in a grouping with both the eventual finalists (talk about a “Group of Death”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the quarters, defending champs and #1 seeds\u00a0William Rolon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and David Blatt<\/strong> were upset by the team of Nick Montalbano<\/strong> and\u00a0Cliff Swain<\/strong><\/a>. Montalbano is the defending Vegas 3-wall singles champ and of course Cliff is Cliff, so this was a heck of a quarter final. They however ended up being no match in the semis for DLR, partnered with fellow racquetball legend\u00a0Marty Hogan<\/strong><\/a>, in a semis match that featured a combined 11 pro IRT year end titles and 134 indoor tournament titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DLR and Hogan faced a round-robin rematch against Ben Goldberg<\/strong> and Ryan Lopez,<\/strong> who took out outdoor legend\u00a0Rick Koll<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and reigning outdoor champion Luis Avila<\/strong> in the semis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, DLR and 61-yr old Hogan were taken out by Goldberg and Lopez 11,9, and the large traveling NY contingency celebrated together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– Women’s Pro Doubles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/4E8CA5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the RR section, #3 seeded\u00a0Michelle De La Rosa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and partner\u00a0Regina Franco<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>took time off the Pickleball circuit to blitz their way to a 4-0 RR record, securing a spot in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis, defending champs Michelle Herbert<\/strong> & Hollie Scott<\/strong> were ousted by Anita Maldonado<\/strong> and rball legend\u00a0Rhonda Rajsich<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, Maldonado\/Rajsich avenged the RR single-game loss to take out the DLR\/Franco pairing in two close games 11,13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– Mixed Pro Doubles: http:\/\/rball.pro\/72C84B<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The De La Rosa’s took out defending champs Sostre & Hebert in the final of a heavily competed draw, where 5 of the 7 matches went tie-breaker and the draw featured a who’s who of the outdoor game today. The #2 seeded team and defending Vegas one-wall mixed title team of Koll & Rajsich was upset in the first round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Excellent weekend for the DLRs; two titles and a final for Daniel, a win and a final for Michelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up: Bolivian Grand Slam! Look for a preview later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to the winners on the weekend at the 2019 Beach Bash:– Men’s Singles: Daniel De La Rosa– Women’s Singles: Hollie Scott– Men’s Pro Doubles: Ben Goldberg\/Ryan Lopez– Women’s Pro Doubles: Anita Maldonado\/Rhonda Rajsich– Mixed Pro Doubles: Daniel & Michelle De La Rosa Here’s the match reports for each of the 5 pro draws on … <\/p>\n

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