Mexico Open down to Quarter finals

Rhonda Rajsich and Cheryl Gudinas-Holmes are on track for another final meeting at Women's Professional Racquetball Organization's (WPRO) Mexico Open. However, other seeded players have been so fortunate, and Gudinas-Holmes has not had an easy time of it.

She faced Jackie Paraiso in the Round of 16 on Friday, and found herself down two games to one against the former women's #1 player. But Gudinas-Holmes dug down and managed to eke out the match, winning 12-14, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5.

Paola Longoria, playing in her first tournament of the season, is next up for Gudinas-Holmes in the quarter finals on Saturday. Longoria beat Vivian Gomez, 11-3, 11-5, 11-1 in the 16s.

Compared to the other top seeds, WPRO #1 Rajsich reached the quarter finals with relative ease by defeating Sofia Rascon, 11-5, 11-0, 6-11, 12-10. There she'll face Doreen Fowler, who beat Jo Shattuck, 11-0, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9.

Also following the seeding, Kristen Bellows will play Angela Grisar in the quarter finals. In the Round of 16, Bellows defeated T. J. Baumbaugh, 11-6, 11-3, 11-3, and Grisar defeated Jennifer Saunders, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.

The upsets on Friday both occurred in the same bracket of the draw, so the last quarter final match will be between teen phenom Veronica Sotomayor and Samantha Salas. Sotomayor defeated third seed Kerri Wachtel in the Round of 16, 4-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-5, while Salas beat sixth seed Adrienne Fisher, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-*.

Mexico Open - Quarter Finals
(tournament seeding)

(1) Rhonda Rajsich vs. (8) Doreen Fowler
(4) Angela Grisar vs. (5) Kristen Bellows

(11) Samatha Salas vs. (14) Veronica Sotomayor
(2) Cheryl Gudinas-Holmes vs. (7) Paola Longoria

Round of 16

(1) Rhonda Rajsich d. (16) Sofia Rascon, 11-5, 11-0. 6-11, 12-10
(8) Doreen Fowler d. (9) Jo Shattuck, 11-0, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9

(5) Kristen Bellows d. (12) T. J. Baumbaugh, 11-6, 11-3, 11-3
(4) Angela Grisar d. (13) Jennifer Saunders, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.

(14) Veronica Sotomayor d. (3) Kerri Wachtel, 4-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-5
(11) Samatha Salas d. (6) Adrienne Fisher, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-*.

(2) Cheryl Gudinas-Holmes d. (18) Jackie Paraiso, 12-14, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5.
(7) Paola Longoria d. (10) Vivian Gomez, 11-3, 11-5, 11-1.

(Note: * score incomplete on website, and they have had difficulty posting scores due to that's site software forcing the winning score to be 15 in the first two games)

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