IRT - California Open: Qualifying Results

David Horn was the most surprising survivor after the qualifying rounds were over for the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) California Open in Canoga Park, California. Horn, who's unranked on the IRT, won three matches including victories over Rafael Filippini and Travis Woodbury to make the main draw, where he'll face Alvaro Beltran.

Three of the four Herreras made the main draw with only Anthony missing out after losing to Gil Mejia, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8.

The two closest matches in qualifying were Chris Crowther outlasting Josh Tucker in five games, 11-7, 1-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, and Andres Herrera coming back from two games down to defeat former IRT #1 Cliff Swain, 8-11, 7-11, 11- 11-9, 11-7.

Full results are below along with the main draw.

IRT 2009 California Open, Canoga Park, Calif.
First qualifying round

Jason Conway d. Matthew Barserian, 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4
Akio Shimizu d. Johnnie Molinari, 11-0, 11-6, 11-4

David Horn d. Majeed Shahin, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5
Tom Durham d. Darrell Baricuatro, 11-4, 11-2, 11-6

Second qualifying round (IRT rank)

Josh Tucker d. Tony Jammal, 11-1, 11-2, 11-0
Gil Mejia d. Jason Conway, 11-7, 11-4, 11-1

Jose Rojas d. Akio Shimizu, 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-0
Mike Orr d. Bryce Milakovich, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6

Dawoud Ghafarshad d. Felipe Munoz, 11-5, 0-11, 11-3, 13-15, 11-7
David Horn d. Rafael Filippini, 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8

Cliff Swain d. Tom Durham, 11-3, 11-0, 11-7
Jason Geis d. Terry Durham, 11-6, 11-8, 11-0

Third qualifying round

Q1 - Chris Crowther d. Josh Tucker, 11-7, 1-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4
Q8 - Gil Mejia d. Anthony Herrera, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8

Q5 - Jose Rojas d. Hiroshi Shimizu, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3
Q4 - Alejandro Herrera d. Mike Orr, 11-7, 11-1, 3-11, 11-4

Q3 - Andy Hawthorne d. Dawoud Ghafarshad, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6
Q6 - David Horn d. Travis Woodbury, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-6

Q7 - Andres Herrera d. Cliff Swain, 8-11, 7-11, 11- 11-9, 11-7
Q2 - Juan Herrera d. Jason Geis, 15-13, 12-10, 11-5

Main Draw - Round of 16

(1) Rocky Carson v. Gil Mejia
(5) Ben Croft v. Chris Crowther

(6) Shane Vanderson v. Alejandro Herrera
(4) Jason Mannino v. Jose Rojas

(3) Alvaro Beltran v. David Horn
(7) Mitch Williams v. Andy Hawthorne

(8) Kane Waselenchuk v. Juan Herrera
(2) Jack Huczek v. Andres Herrera

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