{"id":656,"date":"2019-07-08T16:14:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2019-07-08T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T16:14:15","slug":"canels-2019-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/08\/canels-2019-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Canel’s 2019 Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mejia a double winner on the weekend in SLP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

Men’s Singles: Andree Parrilla<\/strong>
Men’s Doubles: Rodrigo Montoya\/Javier Mar<\/strong>
Women’s Singles: Monserrat Mejia<\/strong>
Women’s Doubles: Alexandra Herrera\/Monserrat Mejia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

r2sports link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=30943<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I rec’d word after posting the preview that this tournament now counts as an IRT satellite event, which is great for the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a quick wrap of the event, with notable results by round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Men’s Singles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 32s:
– #5\u00a0Alan Natera Chavez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was stretched to a tiebreaker by youngster Elias Nieto<\/strong>.
– #20 Daniel Maldonado<\/strong> took out top Guatemalan\u00a0Juan Jose Salvatierra<\/strong><\/a>
– In the biggest upset of the round, #4\u00a0Gerardo Franco Gonzalez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was taken out by\u00a0Jordy Alonso<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(14),14 and 9. Alonso has some solid results on his resume over the last two years, has gone back and forth with GFranco in several different venues, and made the semis of this event in 2017 (when it was an WRT event).\u00a0
– #23\u00a0David Ortega<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0eased past #10\u00a0Christian Longoria<\/strong><\/a>\u00a012,3, playing solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 16s.
– #8\u00a0Ernesto Ochoa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a solid win over #9 seeded Ecuadorian veteran Fernando Rios<\/strong> 12,13.
– #12\u00a0Lalo Portillo<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0waxed #5 Natera 2,7 in a great career win. Portillo scored 25 of the match’s first 27 points to dominate a tough opponent like we havn’t seen before.
– #3\u00a0Mario Mercado<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was stretched to a breaker by DR #1 Luis Perez<\/strong> before advancing.
– In an equally surprising upset, last week’s dominant winner\u00a0Javier Estrada<\/strong><\/a>was taken out by Ortega 8,13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Qtrs:
– #1 seed\u00a0Andree Parrilla<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0took out #8 Ochoa easily 5,5.
– #12 Portillo continued his excellent run, topping off upset minded Alonso in dominant fashion 9,4.
– #3 Mercado took a tough game one against #6\u00a0Javier Mar<\/strong><\/a>, who then retired with an injury. It looked like perhaps Mar suffered the injury towards the latter stages of game 1.\u00a0
– #2\u00a0Rodrigo Montoya Solis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0blitzed past upset-minded Ortega 1,9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So in the end; your semi finalists are 1,2,3 and 12 seeds. Not too bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Semis:
– #1 Parrilla ended Portillo’s run, dominating the younger player 9,5
– #2 Montoya was stretched to a tiebreaker by #3 Mercado but advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the finals, it was #1 vs #2 … and #1 won in dominant fashion 11,5. Montoya and Parrilla are the same age and played each other over and over in juniors coming up … Montoya generally has held the upper hand in their match-ups over the years; the last time i have them meeting in a top-level event was in the semis of 2018 Mexican Nationals, won by Montoya en route to the adult title. But now its Parrilla who is ranked in the IRT top 4, within spitting distance of #3, while Montoya has not played the tour full time and sits outside the top 10. Is the tide changing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women’s Singles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draw was significantly weakened by the last minute withdrawal of its #1 and #2 seeds\u00a0Paola Longoria<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Samantha Salas Solis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. Both took 0,0 losses in the 16s. Otherwise, the 16s went essentially chalk. We had a couple of notable matches\/tiebreakers though:
– #5\u00a0Amaya Cris<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a solid 2-game win over #12\u00a0Maria Renee Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong><\/a>
– #6\u00a0Carla Mu\u00f1oz Montesinos<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was stretched to a tiebreaker by Dominican Republic #1 and #11 seed Merynanyely Delgado<\/strong>.
– #7 Ecuadorian #1\u00a0Pazita Mu\u00f1oz Albornoz<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was taken to a breaker by #10 Erin Rivera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Qtrs:
– #9\u00a0Jessica Parrilla<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a tie-breaker win over #16 Ana Kristin Rivera<\/strong> (the walk-over recipient of Longoria’s late withdrawal).
– #5 Amaya got a great win over #4\u00a0Alexandra Herrera<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in an 11-9 tiebreaker. They’ve played a few times in the past on tour and Herrera has mostly held the advantage.
– #3\u00a0Montse Mejia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0took out #6\u00a0Carla Munoz<\/strong><\/a>\u00a07,7 and is the new tourney favorite with the withdrawal of both top seeds.
– #7 Maria Paz Munoz<\/strong> ran past #15 seed\u00a0Ana Luc\u00eda Sarmiento<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(the beneficiary of the Salas walk-over) to advance to the semis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, your semi finalists are #3,5,7,8 seeds thanks to 1&2 withdrawing. Not bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis:
– #5 Amaya continued her great event, topping Parrilla in a tie-breaker. That’s three wins over top LPRT touring pros this weekend for Amaya.
– #3 Mejia outlasted Ecuadorian vet Munoz 12,11 to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the finals, Amaya’s cinderella run ended quickly, losing to Mejia 4,2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Men’s Doubles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just one upset to the semis by seed (#5 Natera\/Mercado taking out #4 seeded Dominican Republic national team of Perez\/De Leon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis, the top seeds Montoya\/Mar cruised past Natera\/Mercado, while #3 Parrilla\/Portillo upset the 2nd seeded team of Ochoa\/Estrada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, #1 Montoya\/Mar took out their younger countrymen 13,9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

———————<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Doubles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis, The Longoria\/Salas withdrawal opened up the top of this draw, and #4 seeds Parrilla\/Delgado took out the Ecuadorian national doubles team of Munoz\/Munoz<\/strong>, then the young Mexican team of Sacrisan\/Sarmiento<\/strong> to make the finals. There, they face a former Mexican national doubles champion team of Herrera\/Mejia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, Herrera\/Mejia cruised to an easy win 1,5 to make Mejia the double winner on the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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International Racquetball Tour<\/a>
International Racquetball Federation – IRF<\/a>
LPRT<\/a>
RKT<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Raquetbol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to your winners on the weekend: Men’s Singles: Andree ParrillaMen’s Doubles: Rodrigo Montoya\/Javier MarWomen’s Singles: Monserrat MejiaWomen’s Doubles: Alexandra Herrera\/Monserrat Mejia r2sports link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=30943 I rec’d word after posting the preview that this tournament now counts as an IRT satellite event, which is great for the participants. Here’s a quick wrap of the event, with … <\/p>\n

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