{"id":704,"date":"2019-08-15T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T14:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=704"},"modified":"2019-08-15T14:24:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T14:24:51","slug":"2nd-annual-alex-landa-2019-torneo-abierto-internacional-de-raquetbol-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/15\/2nd-annual-alex-landa-2019-torneo-abierto-internacional-de-raquetbol-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Annual Alex Landa 2019 Torneo Abierto Internacional de Raquetbol Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Landa’s namesake event is this weekend in Juarez.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a quick preview of this weekend’s Alex Landa event, being held in Juarez, CH, Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

r2sports home page: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=31049<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like last week’s event in SLP, there’s a solid Men’s Pro draw (18 players). its also an IRT sanctioned event; a Tier 2, meaning the winner does get a somewhat significant number of rankings points (120 points).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Men’s Pro Singles draw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lets pick up a preview at the quarter-final levels, given that it seems unlikely to have any upsets prior to that stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projected Quarters:
– #1\u00a0Alex Landa<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>likely faces #8 Ruben Estrada<\/strong>, brother of Javier (who is also in the draw). Ruben was a force in Junior racquetball in the early 2000s, winning multiple Junior world titles but an accident in the late 2008-early 2009 time-frame derailed his promising career. He returned to pro racquetball in 2015 and has played sporadically since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #4\u00a0Ernesto Ochoa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>vs #5\u00a0Alan Natera Chavez<\/strong><\/a>; a great match-up between two dark horses in pro racquetball. Natera’s win over reigning Pan Am Games champ\u00a0Rodrigo Montoya Sol\u00eds<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0earlier this year at Mexican Nationals represents the potential of his game. They’ve played before and I favor Natera here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #3\u00a0Javier Estrada<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #6\u00a0Alex Cardona<\/strong><\/a>: a tough one to predict, given that Cardona has really stepped back in his pro touring. I’m going to predict Cardona gets the upset here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #2\u00a0Eduardo Garay Rodriguez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #7\u00a0Polo Guti\u00e9rrez<\/strong><\/a>; I can’t wait to see what Polo has left in the tank after a long international career and having recovered from an arm injury. I suspect Garay is the favorite here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projected Semis:
– Landa vs Natera: here’s some of the players Natera has beaten this year: Montoya, Estrada, Cardona, Gerardo Franco, Sebastian Franco<\/strong> and Charlie Pratt.<\/strong> That’s a lot of talented players. This is no cake walk for Landa, who I think should advance in a breaker but don’t be surprised by an upset.
– Garay vs Cardona: Despite Garay’s resume of recent accomplishments, i still like Cardona here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finals: Landa over his doubles partner Cardona in a rematch of their every tuesday night league night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They’re also playing doubles at the events; 7 teams. The top seed is Landa\/Cardona, the 2nd seed is the solid Garay\/Natera team (who made the finals last weekend). Also in the Mix is the Ochoa\/Estrada team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like the draw to go chalk; both Cardona and Landa are solid doubles players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Here’s a quick preview of this weekend’s Alex Landa event, being held in Juarez, CH, Mexico. r2sports home page: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/tourney\/home.asp?TID=31049 Like last week’s event in SLP, there’s a solid Men’s Pro draw (18 players). its also an IRT sanctioned event; a Tier 2, meaning the winner does get a somewhat significant number of rankings points (120 … <\/p>\n

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