WPRO - Great Balls of Fire - Round of 32 Results

Some early upsets down in Miami at The Great Balls of Fire tournament, a Tier 1 event on the Women's Professional Racquetball Organization (WPRO). Three of four Canadians won their Round of 32 matches with Jen Saunders defeating Paula Truman in three games and Frédérique T. Lambert also winning in three over Vivian Gomez. Josée Grand'Maître also won, but needed a fifth game tie-breaker after losing the first two games against T. J. Baumbaugh. Only Catherine Nichols-Dickinson wasn't successful as she lost to Diane Moore in three games.

Saunders continued the success, as she upset sixth seed Kristen Bellows in the Round of 16, winning 12-10, 11-6, 11-7. In the quarter finals, she'll face third seed Paola Longoria, who defeated Keely Franks, 11-2, 11-3, 11-2.

Another big upset happened in the Round of 32 when Maiko Sato beat 10th seed Jo Shattuck, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7. But Sato then lost to Adrienne Fisher in the Round of 16, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9.

Fisher will face second seed Cheryl Gudinas Holmes in the quarter finals, as Gudinas Holmes defeated Lambert in the Round of 16, 11-3, 11-5, 11-6.

The other Round of 16 matches will be completed later on Friday.

Also, some matches are being streamed live over the internet at Racquetballonline.tv.

2009 WPRO Great Ball of Fire
Miami, Florida

Round of 32

(1) Rhonda Rajsich v. BYE
(17) Krystal Csuk d. (16) Cristina Amaya, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7

(9) Veronica Sotomayor d. (24) Sarah Warhaftig, 11-0, 11-2, 11-1
(8) Doreen Fowler v. BYE

(5) Angela Grisar v. BYE
(12) Diane Moore d. (21) Catherine Nichols-Dickinson, 11-0, 11-8, 11-6

(20) Josée Grand'Maître d. (13) T.J. Baumbaugh, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-6
(4) Kerri Wachtel v. BYE

(3) Paola Longoria v. BYE
(14) Keely Franks d. (19) Da'Monique Davis, 11-8, 4-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-5

(11) Jen Saunders d. (22) Paula Truman, 11-1, 11-0, 11-9
(6) Kristen Bellows v. BYE

(7) Adrienne Fisher v. BYE
(23) Maiko Sato d. (10) Jo Shattuck, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7

(18) Frédérique T. Lambert d. (15) Vivian Gomez, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8
(2) Cheryl Gudinas Holmes v. BYE

Round of 16

(1) Rhonda Rajsich v. (17) Krystal Csuk
(8) Doreen Fowler v. (9) Veronica Sotomayor

(5) Angela Grisar v. (12) Diane Moore
(4) Kerri Wachtel v. (20) Josée Grand'Maître

(3) Paola Longoria v. (14) Keely Franks
(11) Jen Saunders d. (6) Kristen Bellows, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7

(7) Adrienne Fisher d. (23) Maiko Sato
(2) Cheryl Gudinas Holmes d. (18) Frédérique T. Lambert, 11-3, 11-5, 11-6

Follow the bouncing ball....