18th IRF World Championships - Day 3

Monday is the final day of group play at the 18th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in Cali, Colombia. After today’s matches, the elimination round draws will be created based on the group play results.

In early play today, former World Champion American Rhonda Rajsich needed a tie-breaker to defeat Maria Rene Rodriguez of Guatemala, 15-14, 13-15, 11-4. Rajsich and Rodriguez have both played tie-breakers in their groups with Rajisch winning both and Rodriguez losing both (Jenny Daza of Bolivia was other player in their group). Rajsich’s wins will put her 2nd in the elimination draw.

A shout out to the #2 Colombian Women’s Singles player, Carolina Gomez, who has played three tie-breakers in Cali, but sadly she’s lost them all. Today, Jung Eun Ane of South Korea got the better of Gomez, 14-15, 15-14, 11-2.

There will be live streaming of some elimination round matches beginning on Thursday via the IRF website. Also, the IRF is posting videos of some of the matches, and interviews with the players on their YouTube channel.

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

Men's Singles

Group A

Rocky Carson (USA) d. Jose Ubilla (Costa Rica), 15-8, 15-4
Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) - BYE

Group B

Andres Acuña (Costa Rica) d. Djoko Boentaran (Indonesia), 15-1, 15-4
Alejandro Herrera (Colombia) d. Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-3, 15-7

Group C

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

Group D

Fernando Rios (Ecuador) d. Set Cubillos (Colombia), 15-6, 15-9
Im Ji Soo (South Korea) d. Sergio Ortega (Honduras), 15-11, 15-9

Group E

Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Alejandro Santos (Venezuela), 15-5, 15-5
Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) d. John Maisonet (Puerto Rico), 15-1, 15-2

Group F

Samuel Murray (Canada) d. Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 15-5, 15-2
Daeyong Kwon (South Korea) d. Raul Banegas (Honduras), 6-15, 15-7, 11-5

Group G

Roland Keller (Bolivia) d. Sriram Ravindran (India), 15-2, 15-0
Hirotake Usami (Japan) d. Aaron Booker (Puerto Rico), 15-7, 15-5

Group H

Javier Mar (Mexico) d. Francisco Troncoso (Chile), 15-10, 15-11
Edwin Galicia (Guatemala) d.Pedro Castro (Canada), 15-13, 15-11

Group I

Daniel De La Rosa (Mexico) d. Rajiv Varadhrajan (India), 15-5, 15-1
Yuki Nakano (Japan) d. d. Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala), 15-10, 15-9

Women's Singles

Group A

Paola Longoria (Mexico) d. Mariana Tobon (Venezuela), 15-3, 15-5
Ana Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) - BYE

Group B

Rhonda Rajsich (USA) d. Maria Rene Rodriguez (Guatemala), 15-14, 13-15, 11-4
Jenny Daza (Bolivia) - BYE

Group C

Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. Mariana Paredes (Venezuela), 15-5, 15-4
Carla Muñoz (Chile) - BYE

Group D

Adriana Riveros (Bolivia) d. Pamela Sierra (Honduras), 15-0, 15-9
Michelle Key (USA) d. Naomi Sasso Kessler (Costa Rica), 15-1, 15-1

Group E

Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. Michèle Morissette (Canada), 15-1, 15-9
Ivonne Carpio (Ecuador) d. d. Majella Haventry (Ireland), 15-1, 15-8

Group F

Merynaanyelly Delgado Araujo (Dominican Republic) d. Harumi Kajino (Japan), 15-13, 15-6
Cristina Amaya (Colombia) d. Jin Seok (South Korea), 14-15, 15-9, 11-7

Group G

Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. Donna Ryder (Ireland), 15-1, 15-3
Christine Richardson (Canada) d. Cecilia Cerquetti (Argentina), 15-10, 15-7

Group H

Jung Eun Ane (Korea) d. Carolina Gomez (Columbia), 14-15, 15-14, 11-2
Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic) d. Maiko Sato (Japan), 15-12, 15-11

Men's Doubles

Group A

Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz (USA) d. Juan Salvatierra & Hanzel Martinez (Guatemala), 15-8, 15-3
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Raul Banegas & Sergio Ortega (Honduras), 15-2, 15-4

Group B

Alvaro Beltran & Javier Moreno (Mexico) d. Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica), 10-15, 15-6, 11-2
Franco Capandegui & Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) d. Aaron Booker & John Maisonet (Puerto Rico), 15-0, 15-5

Group C

Alejandro Herrera & Sebastian Franco (Colombia) d. Alok Mehta & Thirumurugan Thiyagarajan (India), 15-3, 15-5
Mike Green & Tim Landeryou (Canada) d. Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-12, 15-14

Group D

Carlos Keller & Kadim Carrasco (Bolivia) d. Daeyong Kwon & Park Ju Yong (South Korea), 15-3, 15-5
Luis Reveron & Alejandro Santos (Venezuela) d. Hiroshi Shimizu & Michimune Kono (Japan), 8-15, 15-5, 11-6

Women's Doubles

Group A

Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas Solis (Mexico) d. Cecilia Cerquetti & Pia Dati (Argentina), 15-0, 8-4 [sic]
Mariana Tobon & Lilian Zea (Venezuela) - BYE

Group B

Aimee Ruiz & Janel Tisinger (USA) d. Maria Renee Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala), 15-7, 15-9
Jin Seok & Jung Eun Ane (South Korea) - BYE

Group C

Frédérique Lambert & Jennifer Saunders (Canada) d. Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez (Colombia), 15-3, 15-7
Jenny Daza & Adriana Riveros (Bolivia) - BYE

Group D

Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. Majella Haventry & Donna Ryder (Ireland), 15-1, 15-5
Harumi Kajino & Toshiko Sakamoto (Japan) d. Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado Araujo (Dominican Republic), 11-15, 15-14, 11-6

Follow the bouncing ball....