IRT - Seattle Open Qualifying Rounds

The International Racquetball Tour's (IRT's) Seattle Open qualifying draw is now available, and it's below. Andy Hawthorne could be in tough as he will potentially face Gil De Los Rios for a spot in the main draw. Other potential tasty qualifying match ups are an all Herrera battle between Andreas and Anthony in Round 3, Alejandro Landa versus Hiroshi Shimizu in Round 3, and Josh Tucker and Michael Burgess in Round 2.

First round qualifying starts at 3 PM Pacific time Thursday, with the second round two hours after that and the third round three hours after the second.

2009 Seattle Open
Men's Singles Pro Qualifier

Round 1

Sebastien Boissonneault v. Michael Ackerman
Rich Carver v. Sean Barclay

Tanner Mattson v. Neale Jentsch
Bill Napier v. Josh Tucker

Alex Purcell v. Craig Allen
Doug Jones v. David Rocchi Jr.

Jamie Slamko v. Eric Hagelin
Kyle Purdy v. Taylor Knoth

Round 2

Q1 Charles Pratt v. winner of Sebastien Boissonneault & Michael Ackerman
Q2 Gil De Los Rios v. winner of Kyle Purdy & Taylor Knoth

Q3 Tim Landeryou v. winner of Alex Purcell & Craig Allen
Q4 Michael Burgess v. winner of Bill Napier & Josh Tucker

Q5 Alejandro Landa v. winner of Tanner Mattson & Neale Jentsch
Q6 Rafael Filippini v. winner of Doug Jones & David Rocchi Jr.

Q7 Lee Connell v. winner of Jamie Slamko & Eric Hagelin
Q8 Anthony Herrera v. winner of Rich Carver & Sean Barclay

Round 3

Chris Crowther v. Q1
Andy Hawthorne v. Q2
Juan Herrera v. Q3
Alejandro Herrera v. Q4

Hiroshi Shimizu v. Q5
Travis Woodbury v. Q6
Kris Odegard v. Q7
Andres Herrera v. Q8

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