2013 US Open - LPRT Qualifying Results

If the first match of the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) competition at the 2013 United Healthcare US Open in Minneapolis is any indication it's going to be a great LPRT event, as Montse Perez and Luisa Santillan went tie-breaker with Perez coming out on top after losing the first two games, winning 4-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10.

Unfortunately for her, Perez lost her next match against Alexandra Herrera, 11-5, 13-11, 11-5, so did not succeed in making Thursday's Round of 32. Herrera will play 8th seed Veronica Sotomayor in the 32s.

Nawoo Kim and Kelly Gremley also went breaker and again the player who won the first games lost in the end, as Kim came back to beat Gremley, 4-11, 0-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5. Kim will play LPRT #2 Rhonda Rajsich in the 32s on Thursday.

Qualifying continues Wednesday with the Thursday's Round of 32. Eight of the seventeen players in qualifying will be seeded into the 32s.

2013 US Open Championships, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Preliminary Round 1 - Wednesday

Montse Perez d. Luisa Santillan, 4-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10

Preliminary Round 2 - Wednesday

Q1: Alexandra Herrera d. Montse Perez, 11-5, 13-11, 11-5
Q8: Michelle Key d. Maiko Sato, 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-5

Q5: Naomi Wakimoto d. Claudia Andrade, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
Q4: Maria Renee Rodriguez d. Cecilia Orozco, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2

Q3: Mariana Tobon Gordon d. Marie Malhee Kwon, 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
Q6: Veronique Guillemette d. Youngock Lee, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5

Q7: Nawoo Kim d. Kelly Gremley, 4-11, 0-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
Q2: Carolina Luque d. Hiroko Kato, 11-2, 11-5, 4-11, 12-10

LPRT Round of 32 - Thursday (with seeding)

1 Paola Longoria v. Michelle Key
16 Hailey Miller v. 17 Frederique Lambert

9 Da'monique Davis v. 24 Diana Aguilar
8 Veronica Sotomayor v. Alexandra Herrera

5 Cristina Amaya v. Maria Renee Rodriguez
12 T. J. Baumbaugh v. 21 Jessica Parrilla

13 Maria Paz Munoz v. 20 Sofia Rascon
4 Samantha Salas Solis v. Naomi Wakimoto

3 Susana Acosta v. Veronique Guillemette
14 Jacqueline Paraiso v. 19 Sheryl Lotts

11 Krystal Csuk v. 23 Janel Tisinger
6 Maria Jose Vargas v. Mariana Tobon Gordon

7 Adrienne Haynes v. Carolina Luque
10 Jennifer Saunders v. 24 Aubrey Kirch

15 Linda Scales v. 18 Carla Munoz
2 Rhonda Rajsich v. Nawoo Kim

Follow the bouncing ball…