2012 Kansas City Pro-Am Preliminary Results

Eight men were seeded into the second round of qualifying in the The Ghost of Georgetown - Kansas City Pro-Am International Racquetball Tour (IRT) draw, but only three of them will be playing in the Round of 16 on Friday. Those will be IRT #9 Tony Carson, #10 Charlie Pratt, and #22 Jose Diaz.

Carson saw off Marco Rojas in three straight games, 11-2, 12-10, 11-2, while Pratt was also a straight game winner against Francisco Troncoso, 11-7, 11-3, 11-2.

But Diaz was involved in one of the four matches that went tie-breaker, as he lost the first two games against Alejandro Herrera before coming back to win it in five, 8-11, 3-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-5.

The legend Ruben Gonzalez almost did the same thing against James Slamko, but it was it was Slamko who won game five after Gonzalez came back from 0-2 down only to lose 11-7, 11-7, 1-11, 5-11, 11-1.

The other two five game winners were Juan Martinez, who beat Arthur Schmeiser, 7-11, 1-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, and David Horn, a victor over Felipe Camacho, 11-7, 3-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-7.

Brad Schopieray also fell in the prelims, as he lost to Alex Ackermann, 11-2, 11-5, 11-5. The final upset in the prelims was Nick Montalbano straight game victory over Anthony Herrera, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5.

You can watch the action from Kansas City via the internet on the IRT Network. The Round of 16 starts at 10 AM Friday morning.

2012 Kansas City Pro-Am - The Ghost of Georgetown

Preliminary Round 1
(current IRT ranking)

(23) Alejandro Herrera d. (NR) Ben Ryder, 11-1, 11-0, 11-1
(334) David Horn d. (24) Jansen Allen, 12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9
(27) Juan Martinez d. (204) Luis Reveron, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4
(28) James Slamko d. (167) Bradly Rogers, 11-1, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 [sic]

(31) Alex Ackermann d. (91) Travis Woodbury, 11-8, 11-6, 11-2
(33) Nick Montalbano d. (79) Derek Izzi, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9
(76) Francisco Troncoso d. (37) Tyler Otto, 11-1, 12-10, 6-11, 11-5
(47) Marco Rojas d. (45) Cesar Castillo, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6

Preliminary Round 2

Q8 (22) Jose Diaz d. (23) Alejandro Herrera, 8-11, 3-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-5
Q1 (9) Tony Carson d. (47) Marco Rojas, 11-2, 12-10, 11-2

Q4 (31) Alex Ackermann d. (14) Brad Schopieray, 11-2, 11-5, 11-5
Q5 (28) James Slamko d. (16) Ruben Gonzalez, 11-7, 11-7, 1-11, 5-11, 11-1

Q6 (27) Juan Martinez d. (18) Arthur Schmeiser, 7-11, 1-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
Q3 (33) Nick Montalbano d. (12) Anthony Herrera, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5

Q2 (10) Charlie Pratt d. (76) Francisco Troncoso, 11-7, 11-3, 11-2
Q7 (334) David Horn d. (21) Felipe Camacho, 11-7, 3-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-7

Main Draw of 16

(1) Kane Waselenchuk v. Jose Diaz
(8) Andy Hawthorne v. Tony Carson

(5) Alvaro Beltran v. Alex Ackermann
(4) Ben Croft v. James Slamko

(3) Jose Rojas v. Juan Martinez
(6) Chris Crowther v. Nick Montalbano

(7) Shane Vanderson v. Charlie Pratt
(2) Rocky Carson v. David Horn

Follow the bouncing ball….