WRT 2015 Juarez Open - Preview

The World Racquetball Tour (WRT) is back in action this weekend with the Juarez Open in Juarez, Mexico, where 45 players are in the draw. That’s a great turnout, although they had 54 players last year for this event.

The Juarez Open is benefiting from the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto next month, as several players who will be in Toronto are in this weekend as a tune up for Pan Ams. That includes Mexican team members Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno, who have ridiculous seedings based their WRT rankings, which is not high for Moreno, who has played some WRT events, and zero for Beltran, who hasn’t played a WRT event previously.

Beltran and Moreno are playing singles and doubles. Beltran’s seeded 38th in singles with Moreno 12th and together they are seeded 12th in doubles, although we’d put them as the favourites to win the doubles event.

Also in Juarez, are US Pan Am Games Team member Jake Bredenbeck, who’s just playing singles and is the 2nd seed, as well as Costa Ricans Felipe Camacho and Teobaldo Fumero and Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera, who are the reigning World Champions in doubles.

The singles Round of 64 will be on Thursday with the Rounds of 32 and 16 will be played Friday with the quarterfinals and semi-finals on Saturday and the final on Sunday. The doubles Round of 16 will be Thursday (there is one play in match that will also be on Thursday) with the quarterfinals on Friday, semi-finals Saturday and final on Sunday.

2014 WRT Juarez Open Cup
Juarez, Mexico

Men’s Singles - Round of 64

1) Polo Gutierrez - BYE
32) Alejandro Guevara v. 33) Ernesto Ochoa

17) Javier Mar - BYE
16) Erick Sandoval - BYE

9) Cristian Longoria - BYE
24) Daniel Neri v. 41) Teobaldo Fumero

25) Miguel Mendez v. 40) Marco Hidalgo
8) Sebastian Franco - BYE

5) Alejandro Landa - BYE
28) Carlos Keller v. 37) Nicolai Miramontes

21) Alan Natera v. 44) Jose Martinez
12) Javier Moreno - BYE

13) Gerardo Guevara - BYE
20) Luis Felipe Muñoz v. 45) Jose Ubilla

29) Set Cubillos v. 36) Rodrigo Montoya
4) David Horn - BYE

3) Alejandro Cardona - BYE
30) Alan Marquez v. 35) David Ortega

19) Roland Keller - BYE
14) Alex Almada - BYE

11) Jose Daniel Ugalde - BYE
22) Jordy Alonso v. 43) Mario Zamora

27) Juan Loreto v. 38) Alvaro Beltran
6) Anthony Herrera - BYE

7) Andree Parrilla - BYE
26) Alan Alonso v. 39) Alejandro Herrera

23) Cesar Castillo v. 42) Erick Garcia
10) Francisco Troncoso - BYE

15) Gerardo Franco - BYE
18) Felipe Camacho - BYE

31) Julio Delgado v. 34) Daniel Rodriguez
2) Jack Bredenbeck - BYE

Men’s Doubles - Round of 32

1) Anthony Herrera & David Horn - BYE
16) Juan Loreto & Daniel Rodriguez v. 17) Ruben Estrada & David Ortega

9) Alan Alonso & Set Cubillos - BYE
8) Carlos Keller & Roland Keller - BYE

5) Jordy Alonso & Andree Parrilla - BYE
12) Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno - BYE

13) Gerardo Guevara & Nicolai Miramontes - BYE
4) Gerardo Franco & Jose Daniel Ugalde - BYE

3) Alejandro Cardona & Erick Sandoval - BYE
14) Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero - BYE

6) Cesar Castillo & Luis Felipe Muñoz - BYE
11) Sebastian Franco & Alejandro Herrera - BYE

7) Javier Mar & Alan Natera - BYE
10) Alan Marquez & Ernesto Ochoa - BYE

15) Erick Garcia & Rodrigo Montoya - BYE
2) Alejandro Landa & Cristian Longoria - BYE

Follow the bouncing ball….