PARC XXVII Pan Am Championships - Day 3 Singles

The singles competition is complete at the XXVII Pan American Racquetball Championships in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. On the women's side there were a few matches of well known players Monday, but no real surprises in the outcomes, but a couple of upsets on the men's side.

American Rhonda Rajsich defeated Maria Paz Muñoz of Ecuador, 15-13, 15-7, but Rajsich's team-mate Janel Tisinger lost to Muñoz's team-mate Veronica Sotomayor, 15-4, 15-8. (note: seeding in the group stage are by country results in previous events, so it's common for players from two countries to be seeded in the same groups)

Also, Canadian Frédérique Lambert beat Chilean Carla Muñoz, 15-11, 12-15, 11-3.

In men's action, the top three seeds all won. Polo Gutierrez of Mexico, Vincent Gagnon of Canada and Jose Rojas of the USA all won in two straight games.

But American David Horn lost to Colombian Sebastian Franco in a tie-breaker, 12-15, 15-4, 11-9.

And shout out to the two Guatemalans who both won on Monday, although they both needed tie-breakers to do so. Edwin Garcia defeated Selvin Cruz of Honduras, 15-11, 12-15, 11-3, and Pedro Manolo Sandoval beat Miguel Flores of Honduras, 15-6, 12-15, 11-4.

Tuesday will be an off day, and then the elimination round that will begin Wednesday.

There will be live streaming of the elimination round semi-finals and finals on Friday and Saturday - April 18 and 19 - via the IRT Network.

XXVII Pan American Racquetball Championships
Santa Cruz, Bolivia - April 12-19, 2014

Women's Singles

Group A

Samantha Salas Solis (Mexico) d. Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic), 15-1, 15-4
Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) - BYE

Group B

Rhonda Rajsich (USA) d. Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador), 15-13, 15-7
Mariana Tobon (Venezuela) - BYE

Group C

Susana Acosta (Mexico) d. Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic), 15-9, 15-11
Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala) d. Irene Caballero (Panama), 15-0, 15-0, NS

Group D

Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. Janel Tisinger (USA), 15-4, 15-8
Mariana Parades (Venezuela) d. Giulia Barboni (Panama), 15-5, 15-5

Group E

Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. Pamela Padilla (Honduras), 15-0, 15-0
Jenny Daza (Bolivia) d. Carolina Gomez (Colombia), 15-6, 15-9

Group F

Jennifer Saunders (Canada) d. Maria Paz Riquelme (Chile), 15-4, 15-2
Melania Sauma (Costa Rica) d. Letty Maldonado (Puerto Rico), 15-2, 15-5

Group G

Cecilia Ceruetti (Argentina) d. Paula Sierra (Honduras), 15-11, 14-15, 11-5
Cristina Amaya (Colombia) d. Natalia Mendez (Bolivia), 15-11, 15-9, 11-5

Group H

Frédérique Lambert (Canada) d. Carla Muñoz (Chile), 15-11, 12-15, 11-3
Sofia Soley (Costa Rica) d. Mary Diaz (Puerto Rico), 15-4, 15-6

Men's Singles

Group A

Polo Gutierrez (Mexico) d. Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic), 15-3, 15-5
Cesar Castillo (Venezuela) - BYE

Group B

Vincent Gagnon (Canada) d. Andrés Solera (Costa Rica), 15-4, 15-13
Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) - BYE

Group C

Andree Parrilla (Mexico) d. Luis Perez (Dominican Republic), 15-13, 14-15, 11-9
Ezequiel Paez (Venezuela) d. Diego Vognione (Uruguay), 15-0, 15-4

Group D

Coby Iwaasa (Canada) d. Felipe Camacho (Costa Rica), 15-10, 10-15, 11-5
Pablo Kurzbard (Argentina) d. Gustavo Farrel (Uruguay), 15-2, 15-11

Group E

Jose Rojas (USA) d. Alejandro Herrera (Colombia), 15-2, 15-8
Jared Torres (Puerto Rico) d. Rodrigo Salgado (Chile), 15-3, 15-8

Group F

Carlos Keller (Bolivia) d. Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 15-12, 15-3
Edwin Garcia (Guatemala) d. Selvin Cruz (Honduras), 15-11, 12-15, 11-3

Group G

Sebastian Franco (Colombia) d. David Horn (USA), 12-15, 15-4, 11-9
Francisco Troncoso (Chile) d. Fernando Rivera (Puerto Rico), 15-8, 15-11

Group H

Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Fernando Rios (Ecuador), 15-10, 15-4
Pedro Manolo Sandoval (Guatemala) d. Miguel Flores (Honduras), 15-6, 12-15, 11-4

Follow the bouncing ball....