2013 US Open - Men's preliminary results - Round 1

Round one of qualifying for the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) division at the 2013 United Healthcare US Open is now complete, and there have been few surprises. Perhaps one is that Dennis Myers upset veteran Mike Orr, 11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-1. Myers will play a young Canadian Samuel Murray for a spot in the Round of 32 Wednesday night.

An early bid for most points in a three games match this season was put in by Mike Harmon and Shai Manzuri, as Harmon won each game by the minimum two points with two games going into extra points. The final was 11-9, 14-12, 13-11, for Harmon.

Harmon will play Mike Green late Wednesday night for a spot in the 32s, as Green had a much easier time of it in Round 1, beating Set Cubillos, 11-1, 11-3, 11-0.

As expected, Polo Gutierrez, Charlie Pratt, Cliff Swain, Fernando Rios and Vincent Gagnon all comfortably advanced to the second round and will likely qualify for the Round of 32 on Thursday.

US Open matches will be available via the IRT Network. Check out their website for the schedule.

2013 IRT US Open, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Qualifying Round 1

Brad Schopieray - BYE
Andrés Gómez d. Erik Mendoza, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7

Mike Green d. Set Cubillos, 11-1, 11-3, 11-0
Mike Harmon d. Shai Manzuri, 11-9, 14-12, 13-11

Robert Collins d. Michael Desocio, 11-1, 11-6
Bill Harper d. Juan Martinez III, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6

Allen Hernandez d. Andres Acuna, fft
Hiroshi Shimizu d. Yasutaka Mizuno, 11-1, 11-3, 11-2

Polo Gutierrez v. Alejandro Romo Garcia
Jose Daniel Ugalde d. Tyler Freeman, 11-0, 11-0, 11-0

Samuel Murray d. Armando Bermudez, 11-4, 11-3, 11-1
Dennis Myers d. Mike Orr, 11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-1

Francisco Troncoso d. Shawn Royster, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-2, 11-7
Alejandro Herrera d. John Scott, 11-2, 11-2, 11-2

Joshua Hungerford d. Coby Arff, 3-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4
Mauricio Zelada d. Marcelo Vargas, 13-11, 12-10 6-11, 11-5

Charlie Pratt d. Ezequiel Paez, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8
Jose Daniel Alvarez d. Joe Workman, 11-2, 11-1, 12-10

Andree Parrilla d. Takahiro Yajima, 11-4, 11-1, 12-10
Roberto Santander d. Juan Rivas, 11-5, 11-9, 12-10

Felipe Camacho d. Eduardo Guillen, 11-2, 11-2, 11-0
John Goth d. Maurice Miller, 11-1, 11-2, 11-5

Coby Iwaasa d. Francisco Gomez Reyes, 11-13, 11-1, 15-13, 11-4
Seung Jun Jeon d. Sebastian Franco, fft

Cliff Swain d. Hirose Takaaki, 11-2, 11-3, 11-1
Tyler Thielen d. James Scott, 2-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9, 13-11

Jake Bredenbeck d. Daeyong Kwon, 9-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-5
Fernando Rios d. Benjamin Odom, 11-2, 11-1, 11-4

Vincent Gagnon d. Edgardo Perez, 11-0, 11-3, 11-5
Cesar Castillo d. Jamis Palmer, 11-4, 11-5, 11-3

Aaron Granberg d. Tanner Gross, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3
David Horn - BYE

Qualifying Round 2

Q1: Brad Schopieray v. Andrés Gómez
Q16: Mike Green v. Mike Harmon

Q9: Robert Collins v. Bill Harper
Q8: Allen Hernandez v. Hiroshi Shimizu

Q5: Polo Gutierrez v. Jose Daniel Ugalde
Q12: Samuel Murray v. Dennis Myers

Q13: Francisco Troncoso v. Alejandro Herrera
Q4: Joshua Hungerford v. Mauricio Zelada

Q3: Charlie Pratt d. Jose Daniel Alvarez, 11-4, 11-7, 11-0
Q14: Andree Parrilla d. Roberto Santander, 11-7, 14-12, 11-3

Q11: Felipe Camacho d. John Goth, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8 11-9
Q6: Coby Iwaasa d. Seung Jun Jeon, 11-3, 7-11, 11-0, 11-0

Q7: Cliff Swain v. Tyler Thielen
Q10: Jake Bredenbeck v. Fernando Rios

Q15: Vincent Gagnon v. Cesar Castillo
Q2: David Horn v. Aaron Granberg

Round of 32 - Thursday

1 Kane Waselenchuk v. Q16
16 Anthony Herrera v. Q1

9 Javier Moreno v. Q9
8 Daniel De La Rosa v. Q8

5 Ben Croft v. Q12
12 Andy Hawthorne v. Q5

13 Jose Diaz v. Q4
4 Jose Rojas v. Q13

3 Alvaro Beltran v. Andree Parrilla
14 Jansen Allen v. Charlie Pratt

11 Alex Ackermann v. Coby Iwaasa
6 Chris Crowther v. Felipe Camacho

7 Tony Carson v. Q10
10 Marco Rojas v. Q7

15 Alejandro Landa v. Q2
2 Rocky Carson v. Q15

Follow the bouncing ball….