Doubles quarterfinals - XXX Pan American Championships

Mexico and the USA have the potential for two gold medals in doubles at the XXX Pan American Racquetball Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, as both of their men’s and women’s teams are in the semi-finals. However, Mexico and the USA will playoff in the Women’s Doubles semi-final, so they both have a chance to play for gold.

In that Women’s Doubles semi-final, the defending champions Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas of Mexico will play the USA team of Sheryl Lotts and Rhonda Rajsich. In the quarterfinals, Longoria and Salas beat Carla Muñoz and Josefa Parada of Chile, 15-2, 15-4, while Lotts and Rajsich came back from a game down to defeat Bolivians Stefanny Barrios and Jenny Daza, 6-15, 15-5, 11-3.

In the other semi, the Guatemala sister team of Gabriella and Andrea Martinez face Ecuador’s Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz. Martinez and Martinez upset 2nd seeds Véronique Guillemette and Natalia Mendez of Argentina, 15-6, 15-9, while Sotomayor and Muñoz defeated Cubans Yurisledis Araujo and Maria Viera, 15-5, 15-3.

In Men’s Doubles quarterfinals, top seeds Polo Gutierrez and Alejandro Landa of Mexico played Fernando Rios and Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador in what was a rematch of last year’s Pan American Championship final with the same result: a Mexican win; this time by the scores 15-3, 9-15, 11-3. Mexico will play the Dominican Republic in the semis, as the Dominicans Luis Perez and Ramon De Leon defeated Tim Landeryou and Pedro Castro of Canada, 15-6, 15-10.

In the other quarterfinals, 2nd seeds Jake Bredenbeck and David Horn of the USA beat Shai Mazuri and Fernando Kurzbard of Argentina, 15-8, 15-10, and will play Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrado Moscoso in the semi-finals, as they defeated Felipe Camacho and Teobaldo Fumero of Costa Rica, 15-2, 15-7 in the quarters.

The semi-finals will be Friday afternoon with the women playing before the men and then the finals will on Saturday. You can watch the action via the International Racquetball Federation Facebook page.

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

Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals Thursday

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 8) Carla Muñoz & Josefa Parada (Chile), 15-2, 15-4
4) Sheryl Lotts & Rhonda Rajsich (USA) d. 5) Stefanny Barrios & Jenny Daza (Bolivia), 6-15, 15-5, 11-3

3) Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) d. 6) Yurisledis Araujo & Maria Viera (Cuba), 15-5, 15-3
2) Véronique Guillemette & Natalia Mendez (Argentina) d. 7) Andrea Martinez & Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala), 15-6, 15-9

Women's Doubles - Semi-finals Friday

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. 4) Sheryl Lotts & Rhonda Rajsich (USA) - 3 PM
3) Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) v. 7) Andrea Martinez & Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala) - 4 PM

Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals Thursday

1) Polo Gutierrez & Alejandro Landa (Mexico) d. 8) Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 15-3, 9-15, 11-3
5) Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) d. 4) Tim Landeryou & Pedro Castro (Canada), 15-6, 15-10

6) Roland Keller & Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. 3) Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica), 15-2, 15-7
2) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn (USA) d. 7) Shai Mazuri & Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina), 15-8, 15-10

Men's Doubles - Semi-finals Friday

1) Polo Gutierrez & Alejandro Landa (Mexico) v. 5) Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) - 6 PM
2) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn (USA) v. 6) Roland Keller & Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) - 5 PM

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