LPRT - Puget Sound Challenge - Fisher makes 1st career final

Adrirenne Fisher has reached the final of a women's pro racquetball event for the first time in her career, as she'll be in the final of the Ladies Pro Racquetball Tour (LPRT) Puget Sound Challenge in Seattle. It was generally a day of upsets in Seattle on Saturday. The lower seeded player won four of the six matches in the quarter finals and semi-finals.

LPRT #1 Paola Longoria was the only higher ranked player to win her matches against lower seeded competition, as she defeated 8th seed Cristina Amaya in the quarter finals and then Grace Hughes in the semi-finals, 11-2, 11-2, 11-2.

Hughes, the 12th seed, was an upset winner against 4th seed Kerri Wachtel, winning 8-11, 12-10, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9, in the quarter finals.

On the other side of the draw, Adrienne Fisher's road to the final Saturday began with a win over 3rd seed Krystal Csuk, 11-1, 11-1, 5-11, 11-1, in the quarter finals, and then she defeated Cheryl Gudinas in the semi-finals, 12-10, 5-11, 1-11, 11-8, 11-1.

Gudinas defeated 2nd seed Rhonda Rajsich in the quarter finals, 11-7, 14-12, 4-11, 11-6.

The final is at noon Pacific time on Sunday, and it should be viewable live via the LPRT Network.

LPRT 2012 Puget Sound Challenge
Seattle, Washington

Quarter finals

1 Paola Longoria d. 8 Cristina Amaya
12 Grace Hughes d. 4 Kerri Wachtel, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9

6 Adrienne Fisher d. 3 Krystal Csuk, 11-1, 11-1, 5-11, 11-1
7 Cheryl Gudinas d. 2 Rhonda Rajsich, 11-7, 14-12, 4-11, 11-6

Semi-finals

1 Paola Longoria d. 12 Grace Hughes, 11-2, 11-2, 11-2
6 Adrienne Fisher d. 7 Cheryl Gudinas, 12-10, 5-11, 1-11, 11-8, 11-1

Final

1 Paola Longoria v. 6 Adrienne Fisher

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