{"id":716,"date":"2019-08-26T12:07:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T12:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=716"},"modified":"2019-08-26T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T12:07:07","slug":"paola-longoria-experience-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/26\/paola-longoria-experience-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Paola Longoria Experience Wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Longoria wins her namesake tournament to kick off the new season.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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

Singles: Paola Longoria<\/strong>
Doubles: Monserrat Mejia & Alexandra Herrera<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Here’s a wrap of the Singles matches of note by round:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Match report in the database: http:\/\/rball.pro\/624927<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 32s:
– #19\u00a0Denisse Maldonado<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0took out #14\u00a0Sheryl Lotts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in a tie-breaker for a career win.
– #11\u00a0Ana Laura Flores Saavedra<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was stretched to a tie-breaker by 15yr old\u00a0Daniela Rico<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0before advancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 16s:
– #8\u00a0Amaya Cris<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0dominated #9\u00a0Masiel Rivera Oporto<\/strong><\/a>\u00a03,9 to advance. This should be an interesting season for Amaya with her renewed training regiment.
– #12\u00a0Montse Mejia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0got a solid 2-game win over #5\u00a0Rhonda Rajsich<\/strong><\/a>, reversing the result from their meeting in Lima a few weeks ago.
– #4\u00a0Alexandra Herrera<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0barely held off #13\u00a0Jessica Parrilla<\/strong><\/a>\u00a011-9 in the breaker. Its the third straight defeat in the 16s for Parrilla at the hands of Herrera, but she keeps getting closer.\u00a0
– #19 Maldonado fared well against #3\u00a0Maria Jose Vargas Parada<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0losing in two 9,10. A good showing for the 20-yr old.
– #11 Flores got the biggest (only) upset of the round, topping #6\u00a0Natalia Mendez Erlwein<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in two. Its the 2nd year in a row they’ve met in this event … and the 2nd year in a row Flores upset the Argentinian.
– #7\u00a0Nancy Enriquez<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was stretched to a tiebreaker by #10\u00a0Brenda Laime Jalil<\/strong><\/a> before advancing. Laime continues to make main events, solidifying her ranking in the 12-16 range, but she has yet to have a break through win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the quarters:
– #1\u00a0Paola Longoria<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0took out #8 Amaya 8,9 to advance.
– #12 Mejia continued her upsetting ways, taking out #4 Herrera in two games and perhaps making a statement about the current heirarchy on the tour.
– #3 Vargas advanced in two straight over 18U champ Flores.
– #2\u00a0Samantha Salas Solis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0blitzed past #7 Enriquez 1,6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis; two heavyweight battles and two interesting matches:
– #1 Longoria and #12 Mejia were neck and neck in game one, with Longoria pulling out a close one, then she broke away in game two to advance 13,5. 
– #3 Vargas got just her 3rd pro win over Salas in a tense, back and forth 11-9 tiebreaker win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, Vargas mounted a furious comeback in Game 1 but fell slightly short, then Longoria took over in game 2 to win her namesake title 13,6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Match report in the database: http:\/\/rball.pro\/A430D7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two top Mexican teams advanced to the final as #1 and #3 seeds. #3 Mejia\/Herrera downed the #2 Argentinian national team of Vargas\/Mendez 12,13 to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final was a rematch of several major events in the last couple of years (these are all Finals);
– 2016 US Open
– 2017 Chihuahua Pro stop
– 2018 Battle at the Alamo
– 2018 World Doubles
– 2018 Mexican Worlds selection
– 2018 Paola Longoria Experience
– 2018 US Open
– 2019 Mexican Nationals
– 2019 Kansas City pro stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The #1 team had won every one of these finals matchups save for the 2018 Worlds selection event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this day though, the younger team of Herrera\/Mejia stuck with the hard-hitting veteran team, mounted a solid comeback in game 2 after letting game 1 slip away, then just out-shot the #1 team behind really solid serving from Herrera and took the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up: IRF 35th Annual World Seniors is next week in Albequerque, then there’s three major tourneys the following weekend: IRT kicks off in Atlanta, the LPRT visits my home state of Virginia for the LPRT By the Beach or LPRT Chesapeake<\/a>\u00a0event, and the 20th annual European championships kick off in Germany.
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LPRT<\/a>
International Racquetball Tour<\/a>
International Racquetball Federation – IRF<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Raquetbol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to your winners on the weekend: Singles: Paola LongoriaDoubles: Monserrat Mejia & Alexandra Herrera R2 Sports App link: https:\/\/www.r2sports.com\/website\/event-website.asp?TID=31123 Here’s a wrap of the Singles matches of note by round: Match report in the database: http:\/\/rball.pro\/624927 In the 32s:– #19\u00a0Denisse Maldonado\u00a0took out #14\u00a0Sheryl Lotts\u00a0in a tie-breaker for a career win.– #11\u00a0Ana Laura Flores Saavedra\u00a0was stretched to a … <\/p>\n

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