{"id":829,"date":"2019-10-07T16:26:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2021-11-08T21:47:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:47:30","slug":"us-open-lprt-pro-singles-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/us-open-lprt-pro-singles-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open LPRT Pro Singles Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Longoria wins her 10th US Open and 100th Pro title. Photo via US Open Facebook\/Kevin Savory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Congrats to Paola Longoria on her win at the 2019 US Open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this win, Paola reaches two pretty incredible milestones:
– her 10th US Open title
– more importantly, her 100th LPRT win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally speaking:
– she improves to 65-7 at the US Open
– she increases her lead at the top of the LPRT rankings to more than 800 points (which is 4 tier one victories).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll have a separate post about the 100 tourney wins later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRS Match Report: http:\/\/rball.pro\/A34644<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lets review the Q\/SF after the last post ran through the qualifiers, 32s and 16s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Quarters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #1 Paola Longoria<\/a> battled close with #9 Masiel Rivera Oporto<\/a> for good chunks of the first game and then kept her at bay in the second for a two game win and one step closer to her 100th title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #12 Montse Mejia<\/a> looked like she’d blow away #4 seed and doubles partner Alexandra Herrera<\/a> after a 15-3 first game win, but Alexandra dominated the second in similar fashion to force the breaker. There, Mejia cruised to the 3-game win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #3 Maria Jose Vargas<\/a> continued her dominance over her doubles partner and country-woman #6 Natalia Mendez Erlwein<\/a>, winning 13,2. This is now the 6th time they’ve met in the quarters of a major event since March, and Vargas is 6-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #2 Samantha Salas Solis<\/a> advanced in two games over country-mate #7 Nancy Enriquez<\/a> 9,9. This has also proven to be a frequent quarterfinals match-up; this is their 5th pro quarters meeting this calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Semis:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #1 Longoria was focused and on fire, downing her young Mexican rival #12 Mejia 5,6. Many observers think Mejia may be the heir apparent … but on this day, Longoria reminded everyone why she’s the GOAT. Mejia will move into the tour’s top 10 with this win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– #3 Vargas topped #2 Salas for the second time in as many meetings this season, splitting the first two games before dominating the tiebreaker 11-1 to move into the finals. Vargas is on the cusp of taking over #2 on tour now from Salas, who made the finals in every event she played last season, but now has failed to make a final in any of the events so far this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Finals: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone thinking there would be a repeat of the Chesapeake final (a Vargas upset) was quickly corrected; Longoria put on a serving clinic and improved to 24-1 career on the LPRT over her Argentina rival Vargas, winning the title dominantly 5,7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LPRT<\/a>
UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships<\/a>
US OPEN Racquetball<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Raquetbol<\/a>
Asociaci\u00f3n Argentina de Racquetball<\/a>
Federaci\u00f3n Boliviana De Raquetbol – Febora<\/a>
USA Racquetball<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congrats to Paola Longoria on her win at the 2019 US Open. With this win, Paola reaches two pretty incredible milestones:– her 10th US Open title– more importantly, her 100th LPRT win. Generally speaking:– she improves to 65-7 at the US Open– she increases her lead at the top of the LPRT rankings to more … <\/p>\n

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