US Open - IRT 3rd Round Qualifying Results

The 16 qualifiers for the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Round of 32 at the 16th US Open Racquetball Championships in Minneapolis have been decided, and The Legend Ruben Gonzalez is one of them, as he defeated Costa Rican Andres Acuña in five games, 11-6, 11-9, 5-11, 10-12, 11-1. Gonzalez will play 3rd seed Ben Croft in the 32s on Thursday.

In some other matches, the 2010 Junior World Champion Taylor Knoth beat former Canadian Champion Corey Osborne in four games, 10-12, 11-7, 11-2, 11-4, and will play Juan Herrera in the 32s. Another former Canadian Champion, Kris Odegard, fared better as he beat Ryan Meyer, 11-1, 11-0, 11-6.

US Junior Champion Nick Montalbano bested American veteran Brian Simpson, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4, and Japanese veteran Hiroshi Shimzu defeated American Danny Lavely, 11-1, 11-4, 11-6.

And US Open Tournament Director Doug Ganim made the 32s with a four game victory over Jose Daniel Alvarez, 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.

The IRT's Round of 32 begins at 9:10 AM CDT Thursday. Matches can be viewed via the IRT Network from that time.

2011 US Open Racquetball Championships, Minneapolis, Minnesota
International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Qualifying Rounds

Round 3

Q1: Andres Herrera vs. Ivan Villegas, 11-4, 13-11, 11-4
Q16: Mauricio Zelada d. Jose Diaz, 11-5, 11-3, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7

Q9: Juan Martinez III d. Rafael Filippini, 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
Q8: Polo Gutierrez d. Geoff Goldblatt, 11-1, 11-6, 11-2

Q5: Fernando Rios d. Armando Bermudez, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4
Q12: Hiroshi Shimizu d. Danny Lavely, 11-1, 11-4, 11-6

Q13: Kris Odegard d. Ryan Meyer, 11-1, 11-0, 11-6
Q4: Taylor Knoth d. Corey Osborne, 10-12, 11-7, 11-2, 11-4

Q3: Tim Landeryou d. Coby Iwaasa, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-3
Q14: Ruben Gonzalez d. Andres Acuña, 11-6, 11-9, 5-11, 10-12, 11-1

Q11: Doug Ganim d. Jose Daniel Alvarez, 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
Q6: Tyler Otto d. Jose Daniel Ugalde, 11-6, 11-1, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4

Q7: Gilberto Mejia d. Cliff Swain, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9
Q10: Nick Montalbano d. Brian Simpson, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4

Q15: Jansen Allen d. Teobaldo Fumero A., 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9
Q2: Felipe Camacho d. Andres Ramirez, 8-11, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7

IRT Round of 32

Kane Waselenchuk vs. Mauricio Zelada
Alejandro Landa vs. Andres Herrera

Alvaro Beltran vs. Polo Gutierrez
Charles Pratt vs. Juan Martinez III

Jose Rojas vs. Hiroshi Shimizu
Javier Moreno vs Fernando Rios

Juan Herrera vs. Taylor Knoth
Andy Hawthorne vs. Kris Odegard

Ben Croft vs. Ruben Gonzalez
Alejandro Herrera vs. Tim Landeryou

Tony Carson vs. Tyler Otto
Chris Crowther vs. Doug Ganim

Shane Vanderson vs. Nick Montalbano
Anthony Herrera vs. Gilberto Mejia

Daniel De La Rosa vs. Felipe Camacho
Rocky Carson vs. Jansen Allen

Round 2

Q1: Andres Herrera d. Barret Husulak, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-2
Ivan Villegas d. Cesar Castillo, 11-8, 4-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6

Q16: Mauricio Zelada d. Alejandro Cardona, 11-6, 18-16, 4-11, 11-6
Jose Diaz d. Brent McDade, 11-3, 11-1, 11-1

Q9: Rafael Filippini d. Brad Schopieray, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8
Juan Martinez III d. Brian Watson, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-3

Q8: Geoff Goldblatt d. Rodrigo Garay, fft
Polo Gutierrez d. John Goth, 11-3, 5-11, 11-3, 11-3

Q5: Fernando Rios d. Erik Leetch, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5
Armando Bermudez d. Joel Barshaw, 11-9, 11-5, 1-11, 10-12, 11-6

Q12: Danny Lavely d. Grant Stalley, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7
Hiroshi Shimizu d. Ron Briggs, 11-0, 11-0, 11-0

Q13: Ryan Meyer d. Fabian Mendieta, 11-9, 12-14, 11-6, 11-2
Kris Odegard d. Joshua Hungerford, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8

Q4: Corey Osborne d. Jose Serrano, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5
Taylor Knoth d. Juan Carlos Torres Honoj, 12-10, 4-11, 11-1, 11-0

Q3: Coby Iwaasa d. Arthur Schmeiser, 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
Tim Landeryou d. Francisco Gomez Reyes, 11-4, 11-0, 11-4

Q14: Andres Acuña d. Stacey Young, 11-0, 11-2, 11-2
Ruben Gonzalez d. Bruce Robles, 11-8, 11-2, 9-11, 11-6

Q11: Doug Ganim d. Sebastian Franco, 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7
Jose Daniel Alvarez d. John Scott, 11-6, 11-3, 12-10

Q6: Tyler Otto d. Wesley Miller, 11-4, 11-7, 11-1
Jose Daniel Ugalde d. Luiz Felipe Munoz Torrontegui, fft

Q7: Gilberto Mejia d. James Slamko, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3
Cliff Swain d. Deli Stinnett, 11-1, 11-2, 11-0

Q10: Brian Simpson d. Francisco Troncoso, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4
Nick Montalbano d. Ivan Saenz, 11-2, 11-9, 11-5

Q15: Teobaldo Fumero A. d. Mike Ray, 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-2
Jansen Allen d. Esteban Pastora, 11-3, 11-2, 12-10

Q2: Andres Ramirez d. Brian Pineda, 11-7, 4-11, 11-2, 11-8
Felipe Camacho d. James Landeryou, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9

Round 1

Barret Husulak d. Pedro Castro, 3-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
Rafael Filippini d. Akio Shimizu, 11-3, 11-1, 11-6
John Goth d. Matthew Barserian, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8

Fernando Rios d. Wade Shadlock, 11-2, 11-1, 11-2
Juan Carlos Torres Honoj d. Ernesto Ruíz, 11-8, 11-0, 11-9
Coby Iwaasa d. Juan Rios, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4

Jose Daniel Ugalde d. Zachary Wertz, 3-11, 11-6, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3
Gilberto Mejia d. Kenny Green Jr., 11-3, 11-2, 11-0
Ivan Saenz d. Mike Isbell, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4
Samuel Murray d. James Landeryou, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2

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