IRF - 25th World Juniors - Boy's Doubles Quarter Final Day

The quarter finals for the Boy's U18 and U16 Doubles playoffs begins today at the 25th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Racquetball Championships in Sucre, Bolivia. Mexico and Bolivia are the #1 and #2 seeds in both divisions are likely candidates to meet in the finals.

The Boy's U14 is a six team round robin, and we've got the run down of the first three rounds below. The Mexican team of Cesar Barragan and Cristian Longoria is undefeated at 3-0, including a win over Bolivians Andres Avendaño and Rodrigo Mendoza, so they are looking good to win the title.

Bolivia sits at 2-1 as does the Costa Rican team of Sergio Acuna and Andres Montero. Bolivia and Costa Rica play today in what could determine the silver and bronze medals.

There is some live streaming of matches from Sucre via the IRF website.

25th IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships
Sucre, Bolivia

Boy's U18 Doubles (with seedings)

Quarter finals

1. Rodrigo Garay & Javier Mar (Mexico) v. 8. Michael Leduc & Anthony Schonberger (Canada)
4. Sawyer Lloyd & Adam Manilla (USA) v. 5. Diego Pimentel & Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Rep.)

3. Andres Aviles & Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica) v. 6. Estevan Aldana & Edwin Galicia (Guatemala)
2. Conrado Moscoso & Sebastian Julio Oña (Bolivia) v. 7. Rodrigo Salgado & Diego Silva (Chile)

Boy's U16 Doubles (with seedings)

Round of 16

9. Alexander Pirie & Jose Ubilla (Costa Rica) d. 8. Arturo Acevedo & Felipe Arenas (Colombia), 15-11, 15-14

Quarter finals

1. Erik Garcia & Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) v. 9. Alexander Pirie & Jose Ubilla (Costa Rica)
4. Daniel Arevalo & Eliseo Molina (Venezuela) v. 5. Hansel Martinez & Juan Jose Salvatierra (Guatemala)

3. Jake Birnel & Sam Bredenbeck (USA) v. 6. Nicolas Bousquet & Coby Iwaasa (Canada)
2. Cristhian Mina & Marcelo Vargas (Bolivia) v. 7. Christian Chavez & Mateo Espinoza (Ecuador)

Boy's U14 Singles (with seedings)

Round Robin

Round 1

Set Cubillos & Arturo Gonzalez (Colombia) d. Justus Benson & Evan Wargo (USA), 15-8, 15-6
Andres Avendaño & Rodrigo Mendoza (Bolivia) d. Juan Francisco Cueva & Jorge Ochoa (Ecuador), 15-3, 15-0
Cesar Barragan & Cristian Longoria (Mexico) d. Sergio Acuna & Andres Montero (Costa Rica), 15-4, 15-6

Round 2

Andres Avendaño & Rodrigo Mendoza (Bolivia) d. Justus Benson & Evan Wargo (USA), 15-3, 15-0
Sergio Acuna & Andres Montero (Costa Rica) d. Juan Francisco Cueva & Jorge Ochoa (Ecuador), 11-15, 15-3, 11-8
Cesar Barragan & Cristian Longoria (Mexico) d. Set Cubillos & Arturo Gonzalez (Colombia), 15-5, 15-6

Round 3

Juan Francisco Cueva & Jorge Ochoa (Ecuador) d. Justus Benson & Evan Wargo (USA), 15-9, 15-7
Sergio Acuna & Andres Montero (Costa Rica) d. Set Cubillos & Arturo Gonzalez (Colombia), 15-14, 15-14
Cesar Barragan & Cristian Longoria (Mexico) d. Andres Avendaño & Rodrigo Mendoza (Bolivia), 15-11, 15-13

Standings

1. Cesar Barragan & Cristian Longoria (Mexico) - 3-0
2. Andres Avendaño & Rodrigo Mendoza (Bolivia) - 2-1
2. Sergio Acuna & Andres Montero (Costa Rica) - 2-1
4. Set Cubillos & Arturo Gonzalez (Colombia) - 1-2
4. Juan Francisco Cueva & Jorge Ochoa (Ecuador) - 1-2
6. Justus Benson & Evan Wargo (USA) - 0-3

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