IRT - 2012 San Diego Open QFs

Two of the players who made it through the qualifying rounds of the International Racquetball Tour's (IRT's) 2012 San Diego Open have made it to the semi-finals. For one of those players, Tony Carson, it's his first career semi-final, while for the other, Alvaro Beltran, it's his second consecutive semi-final, as he also got to the semis earlier this month in Salt Lake City.

Carson reached the semis with wins over Charlie Pratt, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, in the Round of 16 and Alex Landa, 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10, in the quarter finals, while Beltran defeated Andy Hawthorne in the 16s, 10-12, 11-5, 11-0, 5-11, 11-9, before ending Ben Croft's winning streak at 5 matches, with a four game victory in the quarter finals, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8.

Tony Carson will face 4th seed Jose Rojas, who had a relatively easy path to the semis with two straight game victories over Juan Herrera in the 16s, 11-9, 11-2, 11-1, and Javier Moreno in the quarters, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.

Beltran is up against IRT #2 Rocky Carson (no relation to Tony Carson), who advanced to the semis with wins over Colin Mohr, 11-0, 11-4, 11-2, in the Round of 16 and Shane Vanderson in the quarter finals, 11-5, 11-2, fft.

The IRT Network will be web-cast the San Diego Open semi-finals on Saturday beginning at 4:00 PM PST.

2012 San Diego Open - San Diego, California

Quarter finals

Tony Carson d. Alex Landa, 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10

Jose Rojas d. Javier Moreno, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4

Alvaro Beltran d. Ben Croft, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8

Rocky Carson d. Shane Vanderson, 11-5, 11-2, fft

Semi-finals

Jose Rojas v. v. Tony Carson - 5:00 PM PST

Rocky Carson v. Alvaro Beltran - 4:00 PM PST

Round of 16

Alex Landa d. Kane Waselenchuk, fft

Tony Carson d. Charlie Pratt, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8

Javier Moreno d. Chris Crowther, 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-4

Jose Rojas d. Juan Herrera, 11-9, 11-2, 11-1

Ben Croft d. Daniel De La Rosa, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3

Alvaro Beltran d. Andy Hawthorne, 10-12, 11-5, 11-0, 5-11, 11-9

Shane Vanderson d. Jose Diaz, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-2

Rocky Carson d. Colin Mohr, 11-0, 11-4, 11-2

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