{"id":500,"date":"2019-04-29T13:19:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2019-04-29T23:49:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T23:49:12","slug":"irt-florida-pro-am-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/29\/irt-florida-pro-am-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"IRT Florida Pro Am Wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Landa gets his 3rd career singles IRT title.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

International Racquetball Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

r2sports link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/portfolio\/r2-event.asp?TID=30402<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRS Match Report: http:\/\/rball.pro\/6A2E20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to Alejandro Landa<\/strong>, who wins his 3rd career title on the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a review of the event, citing notable matches (to me) by round:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 64s:
–\u00a0Maurice Miller<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0advanced by the skin of his teeth over\u00a0Kyle Ulliman<\/strong><\/a>\u00a011-10.\u00a0
–\u00a0Set Cubillos Ruiz<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a solid win over “the ref’\u00a0Scott McClellan<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 32s:
–\u00a0Thomas Carter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got his first career win over\u00a0Felipe Camacho<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with a pretty solid 6,13 win. He advances into the main draw for just the 2nd time this season.
–\u00a0Eduardo Garay Rodriguez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0upset 9th seeded\u00a0Mario Mercado<\/strong><\/a>\u00a011-9 in the breaker. A solid win for Garay, which earns him a rematch with Beltran.
– #13\u00a0Jake Bredenbeck<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0saved game point against Miller in game 1, then cruised to a two game win, avoiding this pitfall and advancing to his 7th main draw in 8 IRT events this season.
–\u00a0Andres Acu\u00f1a<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0won a hard-fought tiebreaker win over #14\u00a0Jansen Allen<\/strong><\/a>. Allen’s tough season continues; he’s only qualified for the main draw now in 4 of the 8 events, after cashing in all 11 events last season.\u00a0
–\u00a0Lalo Portillo<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a solid win over tour vet\u00a0Robert Collins<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to continue his impressive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 16s:
–\u00a0David Horn<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a solid win over #5\u00a0Samuel Murray<\/strong><\/a>\u00a011,12. He avenges a bad loss a month ago to Murray and moves on to his second QF of the season.
–\u00a0Alvaro Beltran<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0made quicker work of Eduardo Garay<\/strong> than I thought he would, winning 7,9.
– #3 Alejandro\u00a0<\/strong>Alex Landa<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>absolutely destroyed Acuna 3,2. Where was this dominance at the Pan Am Games?\u00a0
– #7\u00a0Daniel De La Rosa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got an easier-than-expected win over\u00a0Rodrigo Montoya Sol\u00eds<\/strong><\/a>\u00a012,3, the latest in a back-and-forth rivalry with Montoya.
#6\u00a0Sebastian Franco<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a solid win over\u00a0Jose Diaz<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 100% chalk into the quarters, with only Horn’s upset of #5 Murray a blemish on the resumes of the top 8 seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Quarters:
– In a shocking result, #8 Beltran topped #1 seed\u00a0Kane Waselenchuk<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in an 11-8 tiebreaker. I’ll do a separate post on this result, which streaks it ends for Kane, and what it means for the title race later on.
– #4\u00a0Andree Parrilla<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0dominated his former WRT rival #12 Horn 2,6.
– #3 Landa took a close one over Franco
– #2\u00a0Rocky Carson<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0wiped out #7 De La Rosa 7,3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semis:
– Beltran came back from looking like he’d get wiped off the court to take Parrilla in an 11-10 thriller.
– Landa played one of the more complete games of his career, beating Carson 5,7 to advance to the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that final, a rematch of the Mexican National championship, Landa fended off the veteran Beltran to take home his 3rd career title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up; the Syosset Open, the last Tier 1 of the season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Racquetball Tour r2sports link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/portfolio\/r2-event.asp?TID=30402 PRS Match Report: http:\/\/rball.pro\/6A2E20 Congrats to Alejandro Landa, who wins his 3rd career title on the weekend. Here’s a review of the event, citing notable matches (to me) by round: In the 64s:–\u00a0Maurice Miller\u00a0advanced by the skin of his teeth over\u00a0Kyle Ulliman\u00a011-10.\u00a0–\u00a0Set Cubillos Ruiz\u00a0got a solid win over “the ref’\u00a0Scott McClellan\u00a0to … <\/p>\n

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