{"id":666,"date":"2019-07-18T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=666"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:04:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:04:02","slug":"mexican-junior-nationals-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/18\/mexican-junior-nationals-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Junior Nationals Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sebastian Fernandez looks to cap off a very decorated junior career with his last 18U Junior tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This coming week and weekend is Campeonat Nacional de Raquetbol Infantil y Juvenil 2019. This tournament should determine the representatives Mexico sends to World Juniors, being held later this year in November in San Jose, Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

r2 site: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=30780<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our records for Mexican Nationals events aren’t nearly as complete as for the USA and Canada: for the juniors, we only have records going back to 2013, and only for the older groups in the database. here’s some links to Mexican past junior champs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys Junior champs: http:\/\/rball.pro\/E1C550<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Girls Junior champs: http:\/\/rball.pro\/A267D1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few defending champs entered into the draws. On the boys side:
– defending Mexican 18U champ\u00a0Sebastian Fernandez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is here to defend his title.\u00a0
– defending 16U champ Elias Nieto<\/strong> has graduated to the 18U ranks.
– defending 14U champ Omar Gonzalez<\/strong> has graduated to the 16U draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the girls side:
– 2x defending 18U champ\u00a0Montse Mejia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has matriculated, so we’ll have a new champion.\u00a0
– defending 16U champ Delia Aguilar<\/strong> is not at the event.
– defending 14U champ Daniela Rico<\/strong> has graduated to the 16Us and will take on a group that includes some players already playing in the LPRT ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lets preview the 18U and 16U draws, the ones with the players who followers of the pro game may have heard of or seen entered into draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys 18U: the seedings frequently confound me in these events (for example, last year the final was certainly predictable by observers of the draw, but the two finalist seeds were #12 and #23). This year Fernandez is the clear #1 seed, but the #2 seed\u00a0Saul Rivero<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was topped by the guy seeded 14th in this draw Adrian Fernandez<\/strong>. Furthermore, Fernandez has to go against the 3rd seeded Nieto, the reigning 16U champ despite making it to the qtrs last year. I don’t get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like Fernandez to repeat, irrespective of who comes out of the bottom. I’ll predict semis of #1 Fernandez, #4 Manuel Moncada<\/strong>, #3 Nieto and #15 Cuevas Fernandez<\/strong>, with Nieto losing in the final to the repeating Fernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys 16U: #1\u00a0Erick Trujillo<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and #2 Sebastian Longoria<\/strong> would be my favorites to make the final, but there’s already been a slew of upsets of other seeded players, so it may be a wide-open draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Girls 18U: The two top seeds are the two Anas who I would have expected to be there.\u00a0Ana Laura Flores Saavedra<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Ana Kristin Rivera<\/strong> were both semi-finalists from 2018’s 18U competition are in the draw and should be the favorites to meet in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Girls 16U: #1 seed Guadalupe Griffin<\/strong> and #2 seed Daniela Rico<\/strong> have pro experience, but so do a few others in the draw despite it being a 16U draw. It should be competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

This coming week and weekend is Campeonat Nacional de Raquetbol Infantil y Juvenil 2019. This tournament should determine the representatives Mexico sends to World Juniors, being held later this year in November in San Jose, Costa Rica. r2 site: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=30780 ———————-Our records for Mexican Nationals events aren’t nearly as complete as for the USA and Canada: … <\/p>\n

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