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Here’s a wrap-up of the Pro Doubles qualifying, which had some pretty amazing matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before we get into it though, a bit of opining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– 27 total teams entered, so that means 23 teams were competing for 4 spots in the main draw? I think the tour has to fix this going forward. That’s just too much of an advantage to the four teams that got byes into the quarters. At the very least it should have been 23 whittled to 8 spots in a round of 16. This would have given main draw exposure to one of several teams that ended up getting eliminated at the qualifying stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Why did seeding for the Pro doubles deviate from the IRT pro doubles rankings? It looks like the doubles draw utilized the typical USAR method of automatically seeding last year’s finalists 1 and 2. On the one hand, yeah I think Kane\/Croft deserve a top 2 seed b\/c, well, I think they’re one of the two best teams. However, what I “think” shouldn’t be a factor; that’s why you have a ranking system and it should have been used irrespective of where the teams landed. Jose Diaz<\/a> has a point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ———<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s the notable qualifying matches on the Men’s doubles side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the 64s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n – #20 Alan Natera Chavez<\/a> and Rodrigo Garay R<\/a> took out the young #21 team of Sebastian Fernandez<\/a> and Diego Garcia Quispe<\/a> (combined age; 35) in a tiebreaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n – East Coasters #14 Maurice Miller<\/a> and Troy Warigon<\/a> were taken to the limit by the Mexican junior pairing #27 seeded Manuel Moncada<\/a> and Guillermo Ortega<\/a> 11-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – The “old guy” pairing #17 seeded Rocky Carson<\/a> and Cliff Swain<\/a> (combined age; 93) got their tourney started with a solid win over two tough Florida-based players in Mike Harmon<\/a> and Alejandro Herrera Azcarate<\/a> 5,10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ———— – #5 seeds and team most immediately affected by the a-formentioned seeding issue Jake Bredenbeck<\/a> and Jose Diaz got going with a solid 11,11 win over Natera\/Garay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – #16 Charlie Pratt<\/a> and Dylan Reid<\/a> took a solid game over an excellent doubles pairing of the Costa Rican national team and #9 seeded Andres Acu\u00f1a<\/a> \/ Felipe Camacho<\/a> in a tiebreaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Carson\/Swain pulled a rabbit out of their hat by saving a slew of match-points in both game 2 and the tie-breaker to advance (9),14,10 over #8 Andree Parrilla<\/a> and Lalo Portillo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n ————- – #5 Jake\/Diaz were upset by #13 seeded Bolivian pairing of Carlos Keller Vargas<\/a> and Kadim Carrasco<\/a> 11-8 in the breaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – In a rematch of the 2019 Pan Am Games final, #11 seeds Bolivians Conrrado kevin Moscoso Ortiz Racquetball<\/a> and Roland Keller<\/a> took out the Pan Am champs, Mexican #6 seeds Javier Mar<\/a> and Rodrigo Montoya Sol\u00eds<\/a> in a tiebreaker. This is just too good of a match to happen this early, as these are clearly two of the best teams in the world and have demonstrated it on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – the “old guys” continued their run, with Swain\/Carson taking out Pratt\/Reid to move on to face the top seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Estrada\/Ochoa took care of business and advanced into the main draw; they’ll be dangerous in the next round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n —————<\/p>\n\n\n\n Great Pro doubles quarterfinals set to go for thursday night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s a wrap-up of the Pro Doubles qualifying, which had some pretty amazing matches. Before we get into it though, a bit of opining. – 27 total teams entered, so that means 23 teams were competing for 4 spots in the main draw? I think the tour has to fix this going forward. That’s just … <\/p>\n
In the 32s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 16s<\/p>\n\n\n\n