2012 Kansas City Pro-Am Round of 16

Things went mostly according to the seedings in the Round of 16 at the Ghost of Georgetown - Kansas City Pro-Am International Racquetball Tour (IRT) event. Top seed Kane Waselenchuk made short work of Jose Diaz, winning in straight games, 11-6, 11-1, 11-0. Waselenchuk lob served in game one, and then turned it up with drive serves in games two and three.

Second seed Rocky Carson also won in three against David Horn, 11-1, 12-10, 11-0. He'll face Shane Vanderson in the quarrier finals later, as Vanderson beat Charlie Pratt, 11-3, 11-4, 11-0.

Waselenchuk's next opponent will be Tony Carson (no relation to Rocky), who was an upset winner against 8th seed Andy Hawthorne in five games, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 11-6.

Ben Croft will play Alvaro Beltran in the quarter-finals, as he defeated James Slamko in three games, and Beltran beat Alex Ackermann, 13-11, 11-6, 11-7.

Lastly, in the quarter finals, Jose Rojas will face Chris Crowther. Both were straight game winners in the 16s. Rojas beat Juan Martinez, 11-6, 11-5, 11-1, and Crowther defeated Nick Montalbano, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.

You can watch the action from Kansas City via the internet on the IRT Network. The quarter finals will begin at 4 PM CDT.

2012 Kansas City Pro-Am - The Ghost of Georgetown

Round of 16

(1) Kane Waselenchuk v. Jose Diaz, 11-6, 11-1, 11-0
Tony Carson d. (8) Andy Hawthorne, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 11-6

(5) Alvaro Beltran d. Alex Ackermann, 13-11, 11-6, 11-7
(4) Ben Croft d. James Slamko, 11-, 11-8, 11-6

(3) Jose Rojas d. Juan Martinez, 11-6, 11-5, 11-1
(6) Chris Crowther v. Nick Montalbano, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4

(7) Shane Vanderson d. Charlie Pratt, 11-3, 11-4, 11-0
(2) Rocky Carson d. David Horn, 11-1, 12-10, 11-0

Quarter finals

(1) Kane Waselenchuk v. Tony Carson
(4) Ben Croft v. (5) Alvaro Beltran

(3) Jose Rojas v. (6) Chris Crowther
(2) Rocky Carson v. (7) Shane Vanderson

Follow the bouncing ball….