It was number 1 versus number 2 at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) St Louis Winter Rollout tournament in St Louis, Missouri Saturday, and as usual Kane Waselenchuk, IRT #1, defeated Rocky Carson, IRT #2, 11-6, 11-4, 11-1, to win his 102nd IRT tournament.
In the semi-finals, Waselenchuk beat Jose Rojas, 11-2, 11-6, 12-10, and Carson defeated Alvaro Beltran, 2-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-9.
Some of the IRT pros played doubles in St. Louis, and Felipe Camacho and Samuel Murray came out on top via a pair of tie-breaker wins. In the final, Camacho and Murray beat Sebastian Franco and Mario Mercado, 15-10, 6-15, 11-6, while in the semis, they defeated Charlie Pratt and Dylan Reid, 15-8, 11-15, 11-10. Franco and Mercado beat Matthew Davenport & Joe Koch, 15-13, 15-1, in other semi.
The IRT is now off until January, when they'll play three Tier 1 tournaments in as many weeks starting with the Coast to Coast California Open in Oakridge, California January 5-8.
2016 St Louis Winter Rollout - November 17-19, 2016
St Louis, Missouri
Final
1) Kane Waselenchuk d. 2) Rocky Carson, 11-6, 11-4, 11-1
Semi-finals
1) Kane Waselenchuk d. 4) Jose Rojas, 11-2, 11-6, 12-10
2) Rocky Carson d. 6) Alvaro Beltran, 2-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-9
Doubles Final
Felipe Camacho & Samuel Murray d. Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado, 15-10, 6-15, 11-6
Doubles Semi-finals
Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado d. Matthew Davenport & Joe Koch, 15-13, 15-1
Felipe Camacho & Samuel Murray d. Charlie Pratt & Dylan Reid, 15-8, 11-15, 11-10
Follow the bouncing ball….
Sunday, November 20, 2016
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