{"id":808,"date":"2019-10-04T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=808"},"modified":"2019-10-10T17:37:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T17:37:39","slug":"us-open-mens-irt-round-of-16-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/04\/us-open-mens-irt-round-of-16-review\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Men’s IRT Round of 16 review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Moscoso upsets Carson again in the 16s of the US Open. Photo unk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Man, the matches come fast at US Open on Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s a review of the 2nd half of Thursday’s matches, the round of 16. There were some big time results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #1 Kane Waselenchuk<\/a> dominated #16 Gerardo Franco Gonzalez<\/a> to move into the quarters. I feel like Kane’s path this year has been more straight-forward than last year, though he gets a tough player in Mar (who he beat 12,10 in the 16s last year) next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #24 Javier Mar<\/a> outlasted #25 Carlos Keller Vargas<\/a> in a tiebreaker, dropping the first then cruising in games 2 and 3.: Mar had about 20 minutes to get ready for this match after a marathon win over his doubles partner Rodrigo Montoya Solis<\/a> in the earlier round. Despite their seeds, these two players would both be pushing for the top 10 if they played the tour regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #5 \u00c1lvaro Beltr\u00e1n<\/a> dominated the upset-minded #21 Thomas Carter<\/a>, advancing in two quick games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #4 Alex Landa<\/a> was pushed by long-time WRT rival David ” Bobby” Horn<\/a>, and had some “disagreements” on the court at times, but advanced in 2 straight to setup a rematch of the 2019 Mexican national singles final in the qtrs with Beltran. This sets up a rematch between these two long rivals, who met for the 2019 Mexican Nationals final and in the final of the 2018 Florida pro-am just after Beltran had beaten Kane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #3 Andree Parrilla<\/a> dominated his younger doubles partner #14 Lalo Portillo<\/a> 5,4. Portillo keeps making incremental moves forward on tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #6 Daniel De La Rosa<\/a> held serve and took out #11 Jake Bredenbeck<\/a> in two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #23 Sebastian Fernandez<\/a>won me an ice cream cone from Brian Pineda<\/a> by defeating #26 Adam Manilla<\/a> in two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– In the upset of the round, #15\u00a0Conrrado kevin Moscoso Ortiz Racquetball<\/a>\u00a0defeated #2\u00a0Rocky Carson<\/a> for the second time in as many meetings in Grand Slam events 13,5. This was a dominant performance from Moscoso, much more-so than his win in Bolivia, where he was in real jeopardy of losing in two quick games before catching fire. This could open up a path for him to the finals; if he can beat Carson, he can beat anyone not named Kane in this draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, the 16s were comprised of these seeds:
1,2,3,4,5,6 of top top seeds, then 11,13,14,15,16 from the next set, and then 21,23,24,25,26 seeds of qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, your quarter finalists are 1,3,4,5,6,15,23,24.26. So two qualifiers remain to the quarters, but 5 of the top 8 seeds are through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nationalities in the quarters: 6 Mexicans, 1 Canadian and 1 Bolivian. No Americans. Someone asked yesterday if this was a first? Here’s a Q\/S\/F report by nationality to help: http:\/\/rball.pro\/F834D0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer: Yes this is the first time a US Open has not featured at least one American in the quarters of the Men’s draw. In 2007, 7 of the 8 quarter finalists were from the USA … now its nearly reversed to have 6 of the 8 be from Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But not only is this the first time an American has not made at least the quarters of the US Open … this is the first time in the history of the IRT that an American has not made a pro quarter … ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quarters start today at 10am CDT. All four should be streamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Racquetball Tour<\/a>
UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships<\/a>
USA Racquetball<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Raquetbol<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Boliviana de Racquetball<\/a>
Racquetball Canada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Man, the matches come fast at US Open on Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s a review of the 2nd half of Thursday’s matches, the round of 16. There were some big time results. – #1 Kane Waselenchuk dominated #16 Gerardo Franco Gonzalez to move into the quarters. I feel like Kane’s path this year has been more straight-forward than last … <\/p>\n

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