{"id":74,"date":"2018-09-22T12:20:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T12:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2018-09-22T20:58:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T20:58:58","slug":"gran-torneo-del-san-isidro-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/22\/gran-torneo-del-san-isidro-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Gran Torneo Del San Isidro Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World Champ Montoya takes the tier-4 event in a walk-over final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gran Torneo Del San Isidro Wrap-Up<\/p>\n

Hello Fans. We have a break in the schedule this week, but there was an interesting non-Tier 1 IRT event<\/a> last weekend in Mexico, and another this weekend in Sonora. We don’t normally cover non-Tier 1 IRT events (and we do not load them to the databases), but this draw featured strong local draws of top players that I wanted to cover. So here’s a wrap up of the Tier 4 International Racquetball Tour\u200b event called Gran Torneo Del San Isidro, held in Torreon, Mexico.\u00a0 We’ll wrap the Sonora Open early next week.<\/p>\n

The Men’s Pro draw from Torreon is here at r2sports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick wrap of the event from the quarters on:<\/p>\n

In the Quarters
\n– #1 seed Javier Mar<\/strong> topped Ernesto Ochoa<\/strong> in a tiebreaker. Ochoa made a great run to the 2017 Alamo City open<\/a>, topping both Gerardo Franco Gonzalez\u200b and Andree Parrilla<\/strong>\u200b along the way.<\/p>\n

– #4 seed Jaime<\/strong> Martell Neri<\/strong>\u200b was upset by #5 seed Javier Estrada<\/strong>. Martell won the 2018 WRT Georgia Open<\/a>, downing both David Horn<\/strong>\u200b and Jake Bredenbeck<\/strong>\u200b along the way.<\/p>\n

– #3 seed Alan Natera<\/strong> Chavez\u200b squeaked by #6 Eduardo Lalo Portillo<\/strong>\u200b 11-10 in the breaker. Portiollo is still playing in 18U, lost in the 18U World Juniors<\/a> last year but has a 16U World Juniors title<\/a> under his belt. He’s part of a crew of players in the 18-22 range in Mexico right now who are all world class.<\/p>\n

– #2 seed Rodrigo Montoya Sol\u00eds<\/strong>\u200b defeated #10 seed Rogilio Ramirez<\/strong> in two.<\/p>\n

In the Semis:
\n– #1 Mar was stretched to a tiebreaker by #4 Estrada but advanced. Estrada and Mar met in the semis of the 2017 Mexican Nationals<\/a>, but his career win may be his round of 16 win over world #2 Alejandro Alex Landa<\/strong> \u200bin the Mexican Worlds selection event in June, knocking Landa out of contention for a spot on the Mexican world’s team.
\n– #2 Montoya cruised by #5 Natera 6,5. Natera has had a fantastic year, making the semis of the 2018 Mexican Nationals<\/a> as the #32 seed, beating #1 seeded Mar, Gerardo Franco and Christian Longoria<\/strong>\u200b before falling to world #4 Daniel De La Rosa<\/strong> in the semis.<\/p>\n

The final unfortunately was a walk-over win by Montoya over Mar, robbing the fans of a potentially fantastic match. Montoya is of course the defending world champ, and Mar beat two top 10 IRT players in Mario Mercado<\/strong>\u200b and Samuel Murray<\/strong>\u200b en route to the US Open quarters last October<\/a>. Mar also topped Montoya in the final of the WRT 2017 La Loma event<\/a>. Meanwhile Montoya’s capabilities are well known, winning a stacked 2018 World’s event<\/a> by topping the likes of Luis Conrrado Moscoso Serrudo\u200b<\/strong>, Horn and Charlie Pratt<\/strong>\u200b in the final.<\/p>\n

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Gran Torneo Del San Isidro Wrap-Up Hello Fans. We have a break in the schedule this week, but there was an interesting non-Tier 1 IRT event last weekend in Mexico, and another this weekend in Sonora. We don’t normally cover non-Tier 1 IRT events (and we do not load them to the databases), but this … <\/p>\n

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