2014 PASO Sports Festival - Doubles Elimination Draws

The elimination draws for doubles at the Pan American Sport Organization (PASO) Sports Festival racquetball in Guadalajara, Mexico are out, and we've got them for you below.

In Women's Doubles, Maria Jose Vargas and Véronique Guillemette of Argentina are the top seeds, and they will probably need to defeat either the American team of Rhonda Rajsich and Devon Pimentelli or the Colombian team of Cristina Amaya and Carolina Gomez in the semi-finals to reach the final.

On the bottom of the draw, the other semi-final will probably between Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz of Ecuador and Jenny Daza and Adriana Riveros of Bolivia, although the young Mexican team of Alexandra Herrara & Ximena Gonzalez could surprise the Bolivians in the quarters.

Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno, former World Champions, look good to win in Men's Doubles. They'll need to defeat the Panama team of Ricardo Delgado & Yasser Aguilar in the 16s and then either Tim Landeryou and Pedro Castro of Canada or Conrado Moscoso and Mario Mercado of Bolivia in the quarters.

Their semi-final opponent is uncertain, as the other matches on the top side of the draw could go either way. Joaquin Solera and Andrés Aviles Solera of Costa Rica are playing Edwin Galicia and Manolo Sandoval of Guatemala - previous bronze medalists at the World Championships and Argentines Fernando Kurzbard and Pablo Kurzbard are playing an athletic Cuban team of Noslen Jimenez and Maikel Mollet Suarez.

There's uncertainty on the bottom of the draw, but the podium spots will likely go to either the Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz, Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera, who are the World Champions, or the Ecuador team of Fernando Rios and Jose Daniel Ugalde.

2014 PASO Sports Festival
Guadalajara, Mexico

Women's Doubles - Round of 16

Maria Jose Vargas & Véronique Guillemette (Argentina) - BYE
Melania Sauma Masis & Sofia Soley (Costa Rica) v. Maria Renee Rodriguez & Ana Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala)

Rhonda Rajsich & Devon Pimentelli (USA) v. Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo (Dominican Rep.)
Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez (Colombia) v. Maria Paula Posada & Andrea Garcia (Nicaragua)

Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) - BYE
Danielle Drury & Valerie Fallu (Canada) v. Paula Padilla & Lissel Padilla (Honduras)

Alexandra Herrara & Ximena Gonzalez (Mexico) v. Maria Regia Viera & Yurisleidis Allue Araujo (Cuba)
Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros (Bolivia) - BYE

Men's Doubles - Round of 16

Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno (Mexico) v. Ricardo Delgado & Yasser Aguilar (Panama)
Tim Landeryou & Pedro Castro (Canada) v. Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado (Bolivia)

Joaquin Solera & Andrés Aviles Solera (Costa Rica) v. Edwin Galicia & Manolo Sandoval (Guatemala)
Fernando Kurzbard & Pablo Kurzbard (Argentina) v. Noslen Jimenez & Maikel Mollet Suarez (Cuba)

Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz (USA) v. Michael Barrett & Vaughn Myers (Puerto Rico)
Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera (Colombia) v. Francisco Troncoso & Rodrigo Salgado (Chile)

Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Rep.) v. Selvin Cruz & Moises Romero (Honduras)
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) v. Luciano Garcia & Sebastian Barrios (Nicaragua)

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