{"id":726,"date":"2019-09-02T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T12:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=726"},"modified":"2019-09-02T12:23:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T12:23:40","slug":"montana-tier-3-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/02\/montana-tier-3-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Tier 3 Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pratt upsets two to win the Montana Tier 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to the winners on the weekend:
– Men’s Pro singles: Charlie Pratt<\/strong>
– Open doubles: Iwaasa\/Brayley<\/strong>
– Women’s Open singles: Hollie Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a recap of the Men’s pro draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the play-ins,\u00a0Rich Carver<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Tyler Thielen<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Gavin Usher<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Garrett Tyler<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Mitch Brayley<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and Cody Mattucci <\/strong>advanced to face top seeded touring players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 16s, seeds held perfectly chalk; #8 Andrew Gale<\/strong> took out #9\u00a0Hr Coe<\/strong><\/a>in two tight games, #5\u00a0Justus Benson<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was stretched a bit by Carver, but all top 8 seeds advanced in 2 straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Quarters, again we saw the draw go chalk:
– #1\u00a0Sebastian Franco<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0dominated #8 Gale
– #4\u00a0Charlie Pratt<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0took out #5 Benson in 2 straight forward games.
– #3\u00a0Mario Mercado<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was challenged a bit but took out #6\u00a0Dylan Reid<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in two game 8,11
– #2\u00a0Rodrigo Montoya Solis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0played well and beat #7\u00a0Coby Iwaasa<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in two games that weren’t as close as I thought they’d be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the semis:
– #4 Pratt took out #1 Franco in one semi 8,7. Pratt remains perhaps the most dangerous non-full time touring pro in the world, with a slew of solid wins, a semis finish in Portland last season, and a finals appearance at the 2019 PARC.
– #2 Montoya beat #3 Mercado in the other semi in two straight forward games, avenging a loss in the Pan Am team competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final, Pratt again took out a favored player in Montoya, playing more consistent ball and putting away opportunities to win the title 12,9. I thought Montoya struggled with accuracy early and then struggled to maintain his focus as he battled calls that didn’t go his way on top of the ever-consistent Pratt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women’s Singles recap:
#1\u00a0Hollie Rae Scott<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0beat local player Laurie Dreneck<\/strong> in one semi, and #3 Linda Tyler <\/strong>beat #2 seeded\u00a0Ceci Orozco<\/strong><\/a>in the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final… #1 Scott took out Tyler in two games for the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open Doubles results: the Canadian duo of Iwaasa and Brayley took out\u00a0Josh Doniak<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Mercado in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congrats to all the organizers for bringing pro racquetball to Montana. Thanks to\u00a0Matthew Ivar Majxner<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for sending me draw sheets and results and helping me write the preview and this summary….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up? Three big events next weekend:
–\u00a0International Racquetball Tour<\/a>‘s first Tier 1 of the season is in Atlanta, where we’ll likely see at least 5-6 of the Montana competitors in action.
–\u00a0LPRT<\/a>\u00a0will be in my home state of Virginia as\u00a0Paola Longoria<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0goes for her 100th career pro title (I’ll be there at the tournament Friday for the round of 16 action)
– the\u00a0European Racquetball Federation<\/a>‘s 20th annual European championships are being held in Germany. I’ve never loaded up the European champs, but may put in some place holders into the\u00a0International Racquetball Federation – IRF<\/a>\u00a0match database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to the winners on the weekend:– Men’s Pro singles: Charlie Pratt– Open doubles: Iwaasa\/Brayley– Women’s Open singles: Hollie Scott —————-Here’s a recap of the Men’s pro draw. In the play-ins,\u00a0Rich Carver,\u00a0Tyler Thielen,\u00a0Gavin Usher,\u00a0Garrett Tyler,\u00a0Mitch Brayley\u00a0and Cody Mattucci advanced to face top seeded touring players. In the 16s, seeds held perfectly chalk; #8 Andrew Gale … <\/p>\n

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