WRT 2017 Midwest Championships - Preview

The 4th event of the World Racquetball Tour (WRT) season goes this weekend, as the Midwest Championships happen in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The draw isn’t as large as usual, as the Mexican National Team Selection Event is also running this weekend, but there are 21 players in the draw led by #1 seed Alejandro Cardona, #2 David Horn, #3 Jaime Martell and #4 Christian Longoria. Also of note in the draw are Mario Mercado, Felipe Camacho and Jake Bredenbeck.

You can watch matches live from Minneapolis via the WRT website beginning with the quarterfinals on Saturday morning at 10 AM Pacific time. The semi-finals are scheduled to start at 5 and 6 PM Saturday with the final on Sunday at noon.

2017 WRT Midwest Championships
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Round of 32

1) Alejandro Cardona - BYE
16) Lee Meinerz v. 17) Darrin Prince

9) Felipe Camacho - BYE
8) Mauro Rojas - BYE

5) Gerardo Franco - BYE
12) Justus Benson v. 21) Mario Mercado

13) John Goth v. 20) Jeff Jackson
4) Christian Longoria - BYE

3) Jaime Martell - BYE
14) Shai Manzuri v. 19) Joel Cassens

11) Mauricio Zelada - BYE
6) Francisco Troncoso - BYE

7) Jake Bredenbeck - BYE
10) Alexi David Cocco Hayes - BYE

15) Fernando Kurzbard v. 18) Jordan Barth
2) David Horn - BYE

Doubles - Quarterfinals

1) Alejandro Cardona & Gerardo Franco - BYE
4) Fernando Kurzbard & Shai Manzuri v. 5) Jaime Martell & Mario Mercado

3) Felipe Camacho & Christian Longoria v. 6) Jordan Barth & Justus Benson
2) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn v. 7) Victor Acosta & mark Pelletier

Follow the bouncing ball….