Doubles semi-final results at XXX Pan American Championships

Mexico and Ecuador were winners in the Women’s Doubles semi-finals at the XXX Pan American Racquetball Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday. Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samatha Salas, the defending champions, beat the USA’s Sheryl Lotts and Rhonda Rajsich in one semi-final, 15-8, 15-4, while Ecuador’s Maria Paz Muñoz and Veronica Sotomayor needed a tie-breaker to move past Andrea Martinez and Gabriella Martinez of Guatemala, 10-15, 15-5, 11-4.

In Men’s Doubles semi-finals, 2nd seeds Jake Bredenbeck and David Horn of the USA won a close first game and then a not so close second to defeat Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrado Moscoso, 15-12, 15-7, in the semi-finals. Bredenbeck and Horn will play either top seeds Polo Gutierrez and Alejandro Landa of Mexico or Dominicans Luis Perez and Ramon De Leon in the final on Saturday.

The finals are early Saturday afternoon with the women’s final to precede the men’s.

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

Women's Doubles - Semi-finals Friday

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 4) Sheryl Lotts & Rhonda Rajsich (USA), 15-8, 15-4
3) Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) d. 7) Andrea Martinez & Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala), 10-15, 15-5, 11-4

Women's Doubles - Final Saturday

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. 3) Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) - 1 PM

Men's Doubles - Semi-finals Friday

1) Polo Gutierrez & Alejandro Landa (Mexico) d. 5) Luis Perez & Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 15-3, 15-3
2) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn (USA) d. 6) Roland Keller & Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia), 15-12, 15-7

Men's Doubles - Final Saturday

1) Polo Gutierrez & Alejandro Landa (Mexico) v. 2) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn (USA) - 2:30 PM

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