{"id":709,"date":"2019-08-23T01:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T01:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2019-08-23T01:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T01:33:49","slug":"lprt-paola-longoria-experience-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/23\/lprt-paola-longoria-experience-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"LPRT Paola Longoria Experience preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After an incredibly busy summer of events, the pro racquetball season is back. Welcome to the 2019-20 season; first up; the LPRT<\/a> kicks off with a Grand Slam event; the Paola Longoria Experience in her home town of San Luis Potosi, SL, Mexico1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R2 Sports App<\/a> link for the event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/event-website.asp?TID=31123<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 pros are in SLP for this event; lets take a look at the draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top 8 players are here, setting up some frequently seen possible quarter finals from last season. We’re missing the 9th, 10th, and 11th ranked players (\u00a0Frederique Lambert<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Adriana Riveros<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Gaby Martinez<\/strong><\/a>), which has elevated\u00a0Masiel Rivera Oporto<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0all the way to a 9th seed. Its an odd absence for Riveros, who only missed three events in the last two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lets preview the draw;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting play-in\/round of 32 matches:
– #16\/#17 Mexican lefty youngster\u00a0Monserrat Perez Hellman<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0takes on Guatemalan international\u00a0Maria Renee Rodriguez<\/strong><\/a>, who is fresh off of a solid Pan Am Games showing (she and Martinez made the women’s doubles final). I like MRR here.
– #12\u00a0Montse Mejia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0gets a chance to avoid the #1 seed in a pro event for the first time in a while, and starts out playing country-woman Carolina Rivera<\/strong> in the opener.
– #14\u00a0Sheryl Lotts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0made the trip and gets an early test against another young Mexican player\u00a0Denisse Maldonado<\/strong><\/a>.
– #11\u00a0Ana Laura Flores<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0, the reigning Mexican 18U champ, takes on the 2018 Mexican 14U champ\u00a0Daniela Rico<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in a generational junior battle.
– #15 Veteran\u00a0Susy Acosta<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0takes on a player nearly half her age in #18 Erin Rivera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possible Round of 16 matches of note:
– #8\u00a0Amaya Cris<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #9 Rivera: these two played at the final LPRT stop of last season, a 4-game win for Amaya, who has not stopped traveling or playing this summer. I like Amaya here to advance.
– #5\u00a0Rhonda Rajsich<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #12 Mejia: they just played each other in LIma, a beat-down by Rajsich. But this is a great opportunity for Mejia (who has the talent to challenge for the top) to make a run. Will she learn from her Pan Am Games early exit?
– #4\u00a0Alexandra Herrera<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #13\u00a0Jessica Parrilla<\/strong><\/a>: Herrera has knocked Parrilla out in the round of 16 in both her top-level tournaments back so far, and likely does it again here. Despite it being more than a year removed from her knee injury, Parrilla still is not back to top form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Projecting the Quarters: i like the top 8 seeds to advance with a lot of chalk here on out.
– #1\u00a0Paola Longoria<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #8 Amaya: Longoria will be looking to win her namesake tournament as she did last year to kick off the season.
– #4 Herrera vs #5 Rajsich: Alexandra finally broke her losing streak to Rajsich at the end of last pro season, while Rajsich is coming off a long two week period in Lima (where, to be fair, Herrera also was … but was merely on the Mexican team and did not play). I like Herrera here.
– #3\u00a0Maria Jose Vargas Parada<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #6\u00a0Natalia Mendez<\/strong><\/a>; as I frequently noted last spring, these two long-time Argentinian team-mates and doubles partners had not never met, now cannot stop facing each other. Vargas has never lost to Mendez, and I don’t see that starting here.
– #2\u00a0Samantha Salas Solis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0vs #7\u00a0Nancy Enriquez<\/strong><\/a>: If Enriquez does not slip up against up-and-comer\u00a0Brenda Laime Jalil<\/strong><\/a>, she’ll fall at this stage. Salas was shut out of the Mexican singles team at the Pan Ams, but raced to the doubles gold with Longoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semis and Finals: Longoria over Herrera, Salas over Vargas, and Longoria over Salas, This was the semis and finals of the final LPRT event from last season, and I think they pick right back up where they left off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doubles preview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 teams here; I like the top two Mexican teams of Longoria\/Salas and Mejia\/Herrera to meet in the final, with the Pan Am Gold medalists to take another title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reminder: LPRT has a new scoring system, and i’ll put up a post this weekend with a look back at the scoring systems used by the ladies pro tour over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After an incredibly busy summer of events, the pro racquetball season is back. Welcome to the 2019-20 season; first up; the LPRT kicks off with a Grand Slam event; the Paola Longoria Experience in her home town of San Luis Potosi, SL, Mexico1 R2 Sports App link for the event: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/event-website.asp?TID=31123. 22 pros are in SLP for this event; … <\/p>\n

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