IRT Shamrock Shootout Preliminary Round Results

The preliminary rounds of the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Shamrock Shootout in Lombard, Illinois are over, and there were no big upsets, but some close matches.

In the 16/17 seed match, 17th seed Andres Ramierez defeated 16th seed Thomas Carter, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, and he’ll play top seed Rocky Carson in the Round of 16 on Friday.

IRT #2 Kane Waselenchuk will play Felipe Camacho in the 16s for the second tournament in a row. He defeated Camacho in three straight games yielding only seven points. Thus, Camacho is a big underdog in that match.

Alejandro Herrera, 2014 World Doubles Champion, defeated 2014 Boy’s U18 World Champion Mario Mercado, 11-7, 11-1, 10-12, 11-6, to set up another rematch in the 16s, as he’ll face Alvaro Beltran for the second consecutive tournament. Beltran was a straight game winner over Herrera in Sarasota last month.

Canadian Coby Iwaasa won his qualifying match veteran Keith Minor, 11-2, 11-2, 11-5, and will play Daniel De La Rosa on Friday.

The Round of 16 begins at 11 AM CDT Friday, so check out the IRT Network for the live action all day Friday with the 16s followed by the quarterfinals beginning at 5 PM.

2015 Shamrock Shootout
Lombard, Illinois

Preliminary Round 1

Thomas Carter d. Juan Martinez III, 6-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
Andres Ramierez d. Juan Torres, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6
Brian Simpson d. Jorge Ortiz, 12-10, 11-8, 11-2

Richard Berich d. John Scott, 11-6, 5-11, 9-11, 11-1, 11-2
Keith Minor d. Set Cubillos, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6

Mario Mercado d. Zach Archer, 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-0
Clint Hickman d. Brian Pineda, 11-9, 11-4, 11-4

Filip Vesely d. Eugene Coyle, 11-4, 12-10, 11-1
Juan Herrera d. Kyle Ulliman, 11-2, 11-5, 11-8

Preliminary Round 2

Q8: Andres Ramierez d. Thomas Carter, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7
Q1: Charlie Pratt d. Brian Simpson, 11-9, 13-11, 11-8

Q4: Tim Landeryou d. Richard Berich, 11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 11-0
Q5: Coby Iwaasa d. Keith Minor, 11-2, 11-2, 11-5

Q6: Alejandro Herrera d. Mario Mercado, 11-7, 11-1, 10-12, 11-6
Q3: Danny Lavely d. Clint Hickman, 11-1, 11-2, 11-1

Q2: Robert Collins d. Filip Vesely, 11-3, 11-5, 5-11, 11-3
Q7: Felipe Camacho d. Juan Herrera, 1-11, 11-4, 1-11, 12-10, 11-3

Main Draw of 16 (with seeding)

1 Rocky Carson v. Andres Ramierez - Noon
8 Ben Croft v. Charlie Pratt - Noon

5 Jose Rojas v. Tim Landeryou - 2 PM
4 Daniel De La Rosa v. Coby Iwaasa - 2 PM

3 Alvaro Beltran v. Alejandro Herrera - 1 PM
6 Jansen Allen v. Danny Lavely - 1 PM

7 Marco Rojas v. Robert Collins - 11 AM
2 Kane Waselenchuk v. Felipe Camacho - 11 AM

Follow the bouncing ball….