WPRO - Wilson Tour of Hope: Longoria wins in Cincinnati

The Women's Professional Racquetball Organization (WPRO) had a satellite event last weekend in Cincinnati, and although it wasn't a Tier 1 event, the Wilson Tour for Hope tournament attracted the top two WPRO players: Paola Longoria (#1) and Rhonda Rajsich (#2), as well as WPRO #3 Kerri Wachtel, who's a Cincinnati resident and was one of the tournament directors.

Longoria, the WPRO #1 player, won the event, but it was Wachtel, not Rajsich that she beat in the final, as Wachtel upset Rajsich in the semi-finals.

Longoria defeated Wachtel, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, in the final. Longoria reached the final by defeating Krystal Csuk in the semi-finals, 11-3, 11-2, 12-10, and Laura Fenton, 11-6, 11-1, 11-3, in the quarter-finals.

On the other side of the draw, Wachtel beat Rajsich, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4, in the semi-finals, and Sharon Jackson in the quarter finals, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9.

In women's doubles, Longoria and Wachtel teamed up to defeat Csuk and Fenton in the final, 15-9, 15-9.

2012 Wilson Tour of Hope, Cincinnati, Ohio

First Round

Laura Fenton d. Mercedes Arias, 11-1, 7-11, 11-1, 11-3

Elaine Albrecht d. Da'monique Davis, 11-9, 11-7, 11-0

Sharon Jackson d. Cheyenne Hayes, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8

Lily Berry d. Sheryl Lotts, 6-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5, 11-3

Quarter finals

Paola Longoria d. Laura Fenton, 11-6, 11-1, 11-3

Krystal Csuk d. Elaine Albrecht, 11-3, 11-1, 11-2

Kerri Wachtel d. Sharon Jackson, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9

Rhonda Rajsich d. Lily Berry, 11-6, 11-0, 11-2

Semi-finals

Paola Longoria d. Krystal Csuk, 11-3, 11-2, 12-10

Kerri Wachtel d. Rhonda Rajsich, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4

Final

Paola Longoria d. Kerri Wachtel, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7

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