18th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships - Day 2

Another day of group play at the 18th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in Cali, Colombia, and more 11-10 tie-breakers. The first two have come in Women's Singles, as Bolivian Jenny Daza defeated Maria Rene Rodriguez of Guatemala, 15-8, 4-15, 11-10, and Maria Cespedes of the Dominican Republic narrowly got the better of Jung Eun Ane of South Korea, 10-15, 15-14, 11-10.

There will be live streaming of some elimination round matches beginning on Thursday via the IRF website.

18th IRF World Championships
July 15-23, 2016
Cali, Colombia

Men's Singles

Group A

Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) d. Jose Ubilla (Costa Rica), 15-1, 15-5
Rocky Carson (USA) - BYE

Group B

Andres Acuña (Costa Rica) d. Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-4, 15-4
Alejandro Herrera (Colombia) d. Djoko Boentaran (Indonesia), 15-2, 15-7

Group C

Chris Crowther (USA) d. Timothy Baghurst (England), 15-6, 15-3
Casar Castillo (Venezuela) d. Franco Capandegui (Argentina), 15-5, 15-8

Group D

Set Cubillos (Colombia) d. Sergio Ortega (Honduras), 15-7, 15-8
Fernando Rios (Ecuador) d. Im Ji Soo (South Korea), 15-5, 15-5

Group E

Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. John Maisonet (Puerto Rico), 15-2, 15-4
Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) d. Alejandro Santos (Venezuela), 15-2, 15-12

Group F

Samuel Murray (Canada) d. Raul Banegas (Honduras), 13-15, 15-8, 11-1
Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Daeyong Kwon (South Korea), 11-15, 15-7, 11-4

Group G

Roland Keller (Bolivia) d. Aaron Booker (Puerto Rico), 15-5, 15-1
Hirotake Usami (Japan) d. Sriram Ravindran (India), 15-3, 15-1

Group H

Javier Mar (Mexico) d. Edwin Galicia (Guatemala), 15-9, 15-7
Pedro Castro (Canada) d. Francisco Troncoso (Chile), 15-11, 15-12

Group I

Daniel De La Rosa (Mexico) d. Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala), 15-4, 15-3
Yuki Nakano (Japan) d. Rajiv Varadhrajan (India), 15-5, 15-4

Women's Singles

Group A

Ana Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. Mariana Tobon (Venezuela), 15-2, 15-11
Paola Longoria (Mexico) - BYE

Group B

Jenny Daza (Bolivia) d. Maria Rene Rodriguez (Guatemala), 15-8, 4-15, 11-10
Rhonda Rajsich (USA) - BYE

Group C

Carla Muñoz (Chile) d. Mariana Paredes (Venezuela), 15-5, 15-3
Samantha Salas (Mexico) - BYE

Group D

Adriana Riveros (Bolivia) d. Naomi Sasso Kessler (Costa Rica), 15-1, 15-2
Michelle Key (USA) d. Pamela Sierra (Honduras), 15-2, 15-5

Group E

Michèle Morissette (Canada) d. Majella Haventry (Ireland), 15-7, 15-14
Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. Ivonne Carpio (Ecuador), 15-7, 15-7

Group F

Jin Seok (South Korea) d. Merynaanyelly Delgado Araujo (Dominican Republic), 15-2, 15-3
Cristina Amaya (Colombia) d. Harumi Kajino (Japan), 15-10, 15-7

Group G

Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. Cecilia Cerquetti (Argentina), 15-3, 15-6
Christine Richardson (Canada) d. Donna Ryder (Ireland), 15-5, 15-2

Group H

Maiko Sato (Japan) d. Carolina Gomez (Columbia), 15-3, 11-15, 11-8
Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic) d. Jung Eun Ane (Korea), 10-15, 15-14, 11-10

Men's Doubles

Group A

Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz (USA) d. Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega (Honduras), 15-5, 15-6
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecoador) d. Juan Salvatierra & Hanzel Martinez (Guatemala), 15-5, 15-4

Group B

Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno (Mexico) d. Aaron Booker & John Maisonet (Puerto Rico), 15-3, 15-6
Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica) d. Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina), 15-6, 15-4

Group C

Alejandro Herrera & Sebastian Franco (Colombia) d. Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-3, 15-11
Mike Green & Tim Landeryou (Canada) d. Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan (India), 15-0, 15-2

Group D

Carlos Keller & Kadim Carrasco (Bolivia) d. Hiroshi Shimizu & Michimune Kono (Japan), 15-6, 15-4
Daeyong Kwon & Park Ju Yong (South Korea) d. Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos (Venezuela), 15-9, 8-15, 11-6

Women's Doubles

Group A

Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea (Venezuela) d. Cecilia Cerquetti & Pia Dati (Argentina), 15-10, 13-15, 11-1
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas Solis (Mexico) - BYE

Group B

Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. Jin Seok & Jung Eun Ane (South Korea), 15-7, 15-5
Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger (USA) - BYE

Group C

Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros (Bolivia) d. Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez (Colombia), 15-12, 15-2
Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders (Canada) - BYE

Group D

Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo (Dominican Republic), 15-6, 15-4
Harumi Kajino & Toshiko Sakamoto (Japan) d. Majella Haventry & Donna Ryder (Ireland), 15-13, 8-15, 11-3

Follow the bouncing ball....