Saturday, September 17, 2016

2016 WRT Atlanta Open - Round of 16

The top eight seeds have all made it to the quarterfinals at the World Racquetball Tour (WRT) 2016 Atlanta Open, including top seed Alejandro Cardona, who defeated Robert Hemphill, 15-10, 15-11. Cardona will face 8th seed Sebastian Franco in the quarters, as Franco beat 9th seed Francisco Troncoso, 15-10, 15-11.

The only match that went tie-breaker in the Round of 16 was 6th seed Nicolai Miramontes and 11th seed Rafael Filippini, 15-7, 11-15, 11-1. Miramontes plays 3rd seed David Horn in the quarters. Horn defeated Austin Cunningham, 15-8, 15-9.

You can view the action live from Lilburn starting with the quarterfinals at 10 AM Saturday morning via the WRT website.

2016 WRT Atlanta Open - Lilburn, Georgia
September 15-18, 2016

Round of 16

1) Alejandro Cardona d. 16) Robert Hemphill, 15-10, 15-11
8) Sebastian Franco d. 9) Francisco Troncoso, 15-10, 15-11

5) Jaime Martell d. 12) Jeremy Best, 15-8, 15-0
4) Andree Parrilla d. 13) Teobaldo Fumero, 15-7, 15-13

3) David Horn d. 19) Austin Cunningham, 15-8, 15-9
6) Nicolai Miramontes d. 11) Rafael Filippini, 15-7, 11-15, 11-1

7) Polo Gutierrez d. 10) Luis Avila, 15-6, 15-6
2) Jake Bredenbeck d. 15) Maurice Miller, 15-0, 15-4

Quarterfinals

1) Alejandro Cardona v. 8) Sebastian Franco
4) Andree Parrilla v. 5) Jaime Martell

3) David Horn v. 6) Nicolai Miramontes
2) Jake Bredenbeck v. 7) Polo Gutierrez

Doubles - First Round

Shane Karmelin & David Stincer d. Destry Everhart & Robert Hemphill, 15-11, 15-0
Marquis Miller & Maurice Miller d. Dawud Akbar & Danny Smith, forfeit

Quarterfinals

1) Alejandro Cardona & Teobaldo Fumero d. Shane Karmelin & David Stincer, 15-9, 15-14
4) Justus Benson & Jaime Martell d. 5) Luis Avila & Jeremy Best, 15-12, 15-11

3) Nicolai Miramontes & Francisco Troncoso d. 6) Cruz Acosta & Rafael Filippini, 15-7, 11-15, 11-10
2) David Horn & Andree Parrilla d. Marquis Miller & Maurice Miller, 15-5, 9-15, 11-7

Semi-finals

1) Alejandro Cardona & Teobaldo Fumero v. 4) Justus Benson & Jaime Martell
2) David Horn & Andree Parrilla v. 3) Nicolai Miramontes & Francisco Troncoso

Follow the bouncing ball….

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