2015 US Open - IRT Qualifying Results

They are through qualifying in the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) division at the 2015 United Healthcare US Open Racquetball Championships in Minneapolis, and we've had our first tie-breaker, which happened on the show court, appropriately. Gerardo Franco came back from two games to one down to defeat Dylan Reid, 12-10, 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7.

Franco will play Nicholas Riffel, who beat Christian Wer, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8, later today for a spot in the Thursday's Round of 32 against 5th seed Jose Rojas.

The second tie-breaker was also a comeback victory, as Jeremy Best overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat Andres Acuña, 6-11, 11-13, 11-9, 11-1, 12-10. Best will face Anthony Herrera in the next round of qualifying for a spot in the 32s versus Robert Collins.

Play will streamed live via the IRT Network from Wednesday at 6 PM CDT.

2015 United Healthcare US Open - IRT Draw
Minneapolis, Minnesota - October 7-11, 2015

Qualifying Round 1

Q1) Cliff Swain - BYE
Q1) Jaime Martell d. Troy Warigon, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6

Q16) Thomas Fuhrmann d. Michael Silvio, 11-2, 11-0, 11-4
Q16) Mario Mercado d. Noslen Jimenez, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-8

Q9) Brad Schopieray d. Tanner Gross, 7-11, 11-1, 11-5, 11-9
Q9) Christian Longoria d. Jeremy McGlothin, 11-1, 11-3, 11-3

Q8) Maurice Miller d. Lee Meinerz, 12-10, 11-9, 11-3
Q8) Jake Bredenbeck d. Donald Gilbert, 11-1, 11-0, 11-2

Q5) Sebastian Franco - BYE
Q5) Luis Avila d. Joel Adler, 11-6, 11-2, 11-5

Q12) Nicholas Riffel d. Christian Wer, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8
Q12) Gerardo Franco d. Dylan Reid, 12-10, 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7

Q13) Teobaldo Fumero d. Yasutaka Mizuno, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7
Q13) Fernando Rios d. Sadao Funatani, 11-2, 11-2, 11-2

Q4) Francisco Troncoso d. Andrew Clarke, 11-2, 11-2, 11-9
Q4) Javier Moreno - BYE

Q3) David Horn - BYE
Q3) Cesar Castillo d. Jose E. Ubilla, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9

Q14) Alejandro Cardona d. Eddie Vann, 11-1, 11-1, 11-1
Q14) Lee Connell d. Yuki Nakano, 11-6, 11-0, 11-8

Q11) Majeed Shahin d. Shawn Royster, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7
Q11) Hiroshi Shimizu d. Aaron Booker, 11-0, 11-5, 11-2

Q6) Jeremy Best d. Andres Acuña, 6-11, 11-13, 11-9, 11-1, 12-10
Q6) Anthony Herrera - BYE

Q7) Thomas Carter - BYE
Q7) Trevor Webb d. Edwin Galicia, 11-2, 11-3, 4-11, 11-4

Q10) Adam Manilla d. Abraham Cardenas, 11-1, 11-1, 11-4
Q10) Daeyong Kwon d. Mike Orr, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-4

Q15) Andree Parrilla d. Noel O'Callaghan, 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
Q15) Jose Daniel Ugalde d. Cruz Acosta, 11-4, 11-1, 11-0

Q2) Gerardo Guevara d. Ryan Maher, 7-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-1
Q2) Scott McClellan - BYE

Qualifying Round 2

Q1) Cliff Swain v. Jaime Martell
Q16) Thomas Fuhrmann v. Mario Mercado

Q9) Brad Schopieray v. Christian Longoria
Q8) Maurice Miller v. Jake Bredenbeck

Q5) Sebastian Franco v. Luis Avila
Q12) Nicholas Riffel v. Gerardo Franco

Q13) Fernando Rios v. Teobaldo Fumero
Q4) Javier Moreno v. Francisco Troncoso

Q3) David Horn v. Cesar Castillo
Q14) Alejandro Cardona v. Lee Connell

Q11) Majeed Shahin v. Hiroshi Shimizu
Q6) Anthony Herrera v. Jeremy Best

Q7) Thomas Carter v. Trevor Webb
Q10) Adam Manilla v. Daeyong Kwon

Q15) Andree Parrilla v. Jose Daniel Ugalde
Q2) Scott McClellan v. Gerardo Guevara

Round of 32

1) Rocky Carson v. Q16
16) Mauricio Zelada v. Q1

9) Charlie Pratt v. Q8
8) Marco Rojas v. Q9

5) Jose Rojas v. Q12
12) Felipe Camacho v. Q5

13) Alejandro Landa v. Q4
4) Daniel De La Rosa v. Q13

3) Alvaro Beltran v. Q14
14) Matthew Majxner v. Q3

11) Robert Collins v. Q6
6) Ben Croft v. Q11

7) Jansen Allen v. Q10
10) Jose Diaz v. Q7

15) Chris Crowther v. Q2
2) Kane Waselenchuk v. Q15

Follow the bouncing ball….