Day 2 at XXX Pan American Championships

On day two of the XXX Pan American Racquetball Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, Cuban women were the big story, as they got wins in both singles and doubles. In Women’s Singles, Maria Viera of Cuba defeated Véronique Guillemette of Argentina, 15-9, 15-10, and then in Women’s Doubles Viera and Yurisledis Araujo knocked off the Canadian team of Danielle Drury and Jennifer Saunders, 15-11, 15-1.

This is the first time Cuba has sent a team to the Pan American Championships since 2015, when they only had one player in Men’s Singles. So, it’s somewhat of a surprise that there are Cubans in Costa Rica and doubly so that they are winning matches.

Monday will conclude the group stage of the competition. The Pan American Championships have two parts. A group stage over three days to determine seeding for an elimination round, similar to the FIFA World Cup. The elimination round will begin Wednesday.

XXX Pan American Racquetball Championships
San Jose, Costa Rica - April 8-15, 2017

Group Play

Women's Singles - Group A

Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala) d. Sharon Jackson (USA), 15-6, 15-10
Paola Longoria (Mexico) - BYE

Women's Singles - Group B

Rhonda Rajsich (USA) d. Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala), 15-9, 15-1
Maria Viera (Cuba) d. Véronique Guillemette (Argentina), 15-9, 15-10

Women's Singles - Group C

Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. Yurisledis Araujo (Cuba), 15-4, 15-4
Carla Muñoz (Chile) d. Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia), 15-10, 15-5

Women's Singles - Group D

Natalia Mendez (Argentina) d. Pamela Sierra (Honduras), 15-7, 15-7
Melania Sauma (Costa Rica) d. Ana Christina Velez (Ecuador), 7-15, 15-11, 11-2

Women's Singles - Group E

Jenny Daza (Bolivia) d. Josefa Parada (Chile), 15-0, 15-2
Jennifer Saunders (Canada) d. Paola Guerra (Venezuela), 15-6, 15-2

Women's Singles - Group F

Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. Naomi Sasso Kessler (Costa Rica), 15-1, 15-4
Cristina Amaya (Colombia) d. Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic), 15-5, 15-5

Women's Singles - Group G

Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic) d. Carolina Gomez (Colombia), 15-7, 13-15, 11-2
Mariana Tobon (Venezuela) d. Michèle Morissette (Canada), 15-4, 15-11

Women's Doubles - Group A

Andrea Martinez & Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala) d. Maricruz Ortiz & Melania Sauma (Costa Rica), 15-6, 15-9
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) - BYE

Women's Doubles - Group B

Carla Muñoz & Josefa Parada (Chile) d. Cristina Amaya & Carolina Gomez (Colombia), 15-14, 15-4
Véronique Guillemette & Natalia Mendez (Argentina) - BYE

Women's Doubles - Group C

Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) d. Stefanny Barrios & Jenny Daza (Bolivia), 12-15, 15-3, 11-6
Maria Cespedes & Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic) - BYE

Women's Doubles - Group D

Sheryl Lotts & Rhonda Rajsich (USA) d. Paola Guerra & Mariana Tobon (Venezuela), 15-12, 15-4
Yurisledis Araujo & Maria Viera (Cuba) d. Danielle Drury & Jennifer Saunders (Canada), 15-11, 15-1

Men's Singles - Group A

Edwin Garcia (Guatemala) d. Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-5, 15-5
Javier Mar (Mexico) - BYE

Men's Singles - Group B

Francisco Gomez (Colombia) d. Francisco Troncoso (Chile), 15-5, 15-8
David Horn (USA) - BYE

Men's Singles - Group C

Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) d. Juan Jose Salvatierra (Guatemala), 15-3, 15-2
Alejandro Landa (Mexico) - BYE

Men's Singles - Group D

Charlie Pratt (USA) d. Fernando Mansell (Nicaragua), 15-5, 15-1
Set Cubillos (Colombia) d. Rodrigo Salgado (Chile), 15-9, 15-12

Men's Singles - Group E

Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Marco Sarmiento (Honduras), 15-1, 15-7
Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) d. Jose Ubilla (Costa Rica), 15-10, 15-0

Men's Singles - Group F

Mike Green (Canada) d. Raul Gutierrez (Cuba), 15-2, 15-4
Christian Chavez (Ecuador) d. Ricardo Gomez (Venezuela), 15-0, 15-3

Men's Singles - Group G

Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica) d. Shai Mazuri (Argentina), 15-4, 15-10
Carlos Keller (Bolivia) d. Carlos Medrano (Honduras), 15-2, 15-7

Men's Singles - Group H

Samuel Murray (Canada) d. Maikel Mollet Suarez (Cuba), 15-3, 15-13
Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Luis Felipe Zea (Venezuela), forfeit

Men's Doubles - Group A

Roland Keller & Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Set Cubillos & Francisco Gomez (Colombia), 15-7, 15-12
Polo Gutierrez & Alejandro Landa (Mexico) - BYE

Men's Doubles - Group B

Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn (USA) d. Ricardo Gomez & Luis Felipe Zea (Venezuela), forfeit
Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) - BYE

Men's Doubles - Group C

Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica) d. Maikel Mollet Suarez & Raul Gutierrez (Cuba), 15-5, 15-7
Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) d. Edwin Garcia & Christian Wer (Guatemala), 15-2, 15-12

Men's Doubles - Group D

Tim Landeryou & Pedro Castro (Canada) d. Francisco Troncoso & Rodrigo Salgado (Chile), 15-5, 15-3
Shai Mazuri & Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) d. Carlos Medrano & Sergio Ortega (Honduras), 15-5, 12-15, 11-1

Follow the bouncing ball....