Denver Round of 16

The International Racquetball Tour's (IRT's) Motorola World Racquetball Championships Round of 16 was completed Thursday, and all the seeded players won. No qualifier wins this tourny, although Charles Pratt came close to beating Andy Hawthorne, as he was up 2 games to 1. But the veteran Hawthorne was able to come back and win games 4 and 5, pulling out the match by the slimmest of margins, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5, 12-10.

According to the IRT website there will be "online streaming" of all the quarter final matches via www.irtnetwork.com. The times of the quarter finals are 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 4:30 PM, 5:30 PM (Mountain Daylight Time; GMT -6), according to the IRT Network site.

2009 Motorola World Racquetball Championships, Denver
Round of 16

Kane Waselenchuk d. Polo Gutierrez, 11-3, 11-1, 11-4
Andy Hawthorne d. Charles Pratt, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5, 12-10

Shane Vanderson d. Kris Odegard, 11-3, 8-11, 11-4, 11-3
Jason Mannino d. Mike Green, 11-1, 12-10, 11-6

Jack Huczek d. Javier Moreno, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-7
Mitch Williams d. Andres Herrera, 11-3, 11-5, 11-9

Chris Crowther d. Gil De Los Rios, 11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-3
Rocky Carson d. Woody Clouse, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6

Quarter finals
Kane Waselenchuk vs. Andy Hawthorne - 5:30 PM MDT
Jason Mannino vs. Shane Vanderson - 11:30 AM MDT

Jack Huczek vs. Mitch Williams - 12:30 PM MDT
Rocky Carson vs. Chris Crowther - 4:30 PM MDT

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