US Open : Men's 64 and Women's Qualifying Results

All the top men's seeds moved through to the Round of 32 at the US Open in Memphis, but there were a few minor upsets in the Round of 64.

In an all Michael battle, 34th seed Mike Orr defeated 31st seed Michael Burgess, 13-11, 11-7, 11-8. Lee Connell, seeded 19th, was defeated by 47th seed Mauricio Zelada 15-13, 11-4, 12-10. Agustin Tristan (36th seed) beat Keith Minor (29th seed), 11-4, 11-7, 11-6, and Doug Ganim (38th seed) showed that he's not just a tournament director as he went out against Gilberto Mejia (27th seed), and won their match 13-11, 7-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-4.

Also, 39th seed Eric Desrochers won by default over the 26th seed Charlie Pratt, who had flight difficulties, making him unable to get to the court in time for their match.

There are several interesting match-ups in the 32s, including Chris Crowther versus Cliff Swain, and Jason Thoerner versus Mike Green (a match featuring two players who have lost teeth during matches).

Kane Waselenchuk, who won easily on Wednesday by defeating Daniel De La Rosa, 11-1, 11-5, 11-1, will be up against Polo Gutierrez Sortes. The winner of that match will face the winner of Mitch Williams and Doug Ganim.

The men will play two rounds on Thursday with the 32s going in the morning, and the 16s going in the evening.

On the women's side, play begins on Thursday in the Round of 32. One of the interesting matches will be the all teenager battle between 19 year old Paola Longoria, who won the Canadian Racquetball Classic two weeks ago in Edmonton, and 15 year old Frédérique Lambert, the current 14 and under Junior World Champion.

Men's Results Round of 64:
(Matches listed in draw order)

Rocky Carson d. Allan Crockett, 10, 1, 6
Jose Rojas d. Vincent Gagnon, (10), (6), 4, 5, 8

Travis Woodbury d. Danny Lavely, 1, 4, 9
Kris Odegard d. Shannon Kohl, 0, 6, 4

Chris Crowther d. Kadim Carrasco, 5, 4, 2
Cliff Swain d. Shai Manzuri, 3, 5, 6

Mike Green d. Jason Geis, 2, 3, 5
Jason Thoerner d. Jonathan Burns, 3, 9, 8

Shane Vanderson d. Felipe Camacho, 4, 2, 4
Alex Landa d. Tyler Otto, 3, 4, (13), (6), 4

Ruben Gonzalez d. Felipe Munoz, 9,1,6
Juan Herrera d. Bradley Kirch, 0, 2, 6

Hiroshi Shimizu d. Cesar Castillo, 4, 6, 4
Anthony Carson d. Ruben Estrada, WBF - No Show

Agustin Tristan d. Keith Minor, 4,7,6
Jason Mannino d. Takaaki Hirose, 7, 2, 1

Alvaro Beltran d. Sadao Funatani, 9, 3, 4
Tim Landeryou d. Matt Stamborski, 7,3,7

Anthony Herrera d. James Landeryou, 3,(8),11,2
Alejandro Herrera d. Bradley Rogers, 6, (7), 2, (10), 9

Kane Waselenchuk d. Daniel De La Rosa, 1, 5, 1
Polo Gutierrez Sotres d. David Sabalesky, 9, 2, 2

Doug Ganim d. Gilberto Mejia, 11,(7),4,(4),4
Mitch Williams d. Eduardo Avila Ortega, 1, 6, 4

Ben Croft d. Andrew Thompson, 2, 4, 3
Eric Desrochers d. Charles Pratt, WBF - No Show

Rafael Filippini d. Joseph E Linnell, 2, 8, 9
Andy Hawthorne d. Patric Macorro, 7, 6, (5), 3

Javier Moreno d. Brandon Shoemaker, 9, 2, 7
Mauricio Zelada d. Lee Connell, 13, 4, 10

Mike Orr d. Michael Burgess, 11,7,8
Jack Huczek d. Taylor Knoth, 7, 0,

Women's Singles Pro Qualifying Division

Round of 32:

Jessica Parrilla d. Sheryl Lotts, 9,(4),6,4
Maiko Sato d. Lily Berry, (6),4,3,2
Etsuko Noda d. Janel Tisinger, WBF - No Show
Megumi Kozakai d. Alison Schlichemeyer, 8,3,(7),5
Jenny Daza d. Denise Haynes, (7),4,4,5

Round of 16:

Q1: Jenny Daza d. Da'monique Davis, (4),6,1,6
Q2: Krystal Csuk d. Megumi Kozakai, 8,1,8
Q3: Etsuko Noda d. Laura Brandt, (2), 4, 4, 8
Q4: Frederique Lambert d. Maiko Sato, (10), 3, (10), 8, 6
Q5: Jessica Parrilla d. Michelle Poage, 5, (7), 9, 8
Q6: Michelle Key d. Sharon Jackson, 6, 8, (9), 2
Q7: Kara Mazur d. Lisa Hachey, 10, 2, 1
Q8: Luisa Aldrete d. Genevieve Brodeur, 1, (8), (9),4,9

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