PARC XXVII Pan Am Championships - Singles Preview

The draws are out for the men's and women's singles elimination rounds 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.

On the women's side, the top half of the draw looks stronger with top seed Samantha Salas Solis of Mexico, Canadian Frédérique Lambert, Maria Jose Vargas of Argentina, and Ecuadorans Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz, while on the bottom half of the draw are Americans Rhonda Rajsich and Janel Tisinger as well as Canadian Jennifer Saunders and Colombian Cristina Amaya.

In the men's draw, defending champion Polo Gutierrez of Mexico and American Jose Rojas - #3 on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) - are both on the top half of the draw, as is the rising Canadian star Coby Iwaasa. On the bottom of the draw are Vincent Gagnon, as the second seed, Carlos Keller of Bolivia, and Andree Parrilla of Mexico, who's the Junior World Boy's U16 champion.

The elimination round begins Wednesday after a rest day on Tuesday.

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 - Round of 32

Samantha Salas Solis (Mexico) - BYE
Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) v. Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala)

Natalia Mendez (Bolivia) v. Maria Paz Riquelme (Chile)
Frédérique Lambert (Canada) v. Pamela Padilla (Honduras)

Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) v. Mary Diaz (Puerto Rico)
Melania Sauma (Costa Rica) v. Cecilia Ceruetti (Argentina)

Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic) v. Mariana Tobon (Venezuela)
Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) v. Irene Caballero (Panama)

Susana Acosta (Mexico) v. Giulia Barboni (Panama)
Janel Tisinger (USA) v. Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic)

Jenny Daza (Bolivia) v. Sofia Soley (Costa Rica)
Jennifer Saunders (Canada) v. Paula Sierra (Honduras)

Cristina Amaya (Colombia) v. Letty Maldonado (Puerto Rico)
Carla Muñoz (Chile) v. Carolina Gomez (Colombia)

Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) v. Mariana Parades (Venezuela)
Rhonda Rajsich (USA) - BYE

Men's Singles - Round of 32

Polo Gutierrez (Mexico) - BYE
Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) v. Ezequiel Paez (Venezuela)

David Horn (USA) v. Edwin Garcia (Guatemala)
Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. Rodrigo Salgado (Chile)

Jose Rojas (USA) v. Miguel Flores (Honduras)
Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) v. Francisco Troncoso (Chile)

Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) v. Andrés Solera (Costa Rica)
Coby Iwaasa (Canada) v. Diego Vognione (Uruguay)

Andree Parrilla (Mexico) v. Gustavo Farrel (Uruguay)
Felipe Camacho (Costa Rica) v. Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic)

Alejandro Herrera (Colombia) v. Pedro Manolo Sandoval (Guatemala)
Carlos Keller (Bolivia) v. Fernando Rivera (Puerto Rico)

Sebastian Franco (Colombia) v. Selvin Cruz (Honduras)
Fernando Rios (Ecuador) v. Jared Torres (Puerto Rico)

Cesar Castillo (Venezuela) v. Pablo Kurzbard (Argentina)
Vincent Gagnon (Canada) - BYE

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