Round of 16 & Quarterfinals at 2017 WRT Grace Warrior Ministries Atlanta Open

Few upsets on the first day of play at the World Racquetball Tour (WRT) 2017 Grace Warrior Ministries Atlanta Open in Lilburn, Georgia. In the Round of 16, only Sebastian Franco had the upset, as he defeated 7th seed Mauricio Zelada, 15-1, 15-13.

Franco almost caused a second upset in the quarterfinals, as he came back from a game down to force a tie-breaker with 2nd seed David Horn. And after Horn got up 10-5 in the breaker, Franco came back to 10-9, but Horn was able to stop the Franco there, and finish off the game and match, winning 15-7, 8-15, 11-9.

Andree Parrilla, the top seed this weekend, is on track to win a third consecutive WRT title in Atlanta after defeating Jose Daniel Ugalde in the quarterfinals, 15-13, 15-7. He’ll play Gerardo Franco in the semi-finals, as Franco beat Francisco Troncoso, 15-4, 15-2.

Jake Bredenbeck will play Horn in the other semi, as he won a close match with Jose Diaz, 15-12, 15-12, in the quarters.

The big upsets came in doubles, as Ugalde and Fernando Rios took out Bredenbeck and Diaz, who were the top seeds, 15-10, 15-6. Gerardo Franco and Troncoso were the second seeds, but they also lost their first match, falling to Jim Minkel and Bryan Titus, 15-14, 15-9, in the quarterfinals. Minkel and Titus, the seventh seeds, fell in turn to third seeds Parrilla and Sebastian Franco, 15-8, 15-9, in the semi-finals. Thus the final will be the third seeds Parrilla and S. Franco versus fourth seeds Rios and Ugalde.

You can watch Saturday’s action live from Lilburn via the WRT website beginning with the singles semi-finals at 11 AM and noon Saturday with the finals at 5 PM for singles and 6 PM for doubles.

2017 WRT Grace Warrior Ministries Atlanta Open - Lilburn, Georgia
September 14-16, 2017

Round of 16

1) Andree Parrilla - BYE
8) Jose Daniel Ugalde d. 9) Hiroshi Shimizu, 15-10, 15-7

5) Francisco Troncoso d. 12) Austin Cunningham, 8-15, 15-4, 11-3
4) Gerardo Franco d. 13) Jim Minkel, 15-11, 15-6

3) Jake Bredenbeck d. 14) Fernando Rios, 15-7, 15-10
6) Jose Diaz d. 11) Jeremy Best, 15-5, 15-5

10) Sebastian Franco d. 7) Mauricio Zelada, 15-1, 15-13
2) David Horn d. 15) Roger Subieta, 15-0, 15-0

Quarterfinals

1) Andree Parrilla v. 8) Jose Daniel Ugalde, 15-13, 15-7
4) Gerardo Franco v. 5) Francisco Troncoso, 15-4, 15-2

3) Jake Bredenbeck d. 6) Jose Diaz, 15-12, 15-12
2) David Horn d. 10) Sebastian Franco, 15-7, 8-15, 11-9

Semi-finals - Saturday

1) Andree Parrilla v. 4) Gerardo Franco - Noon
2) David Horn v. 3) Jake Bredenbeck - 11 AM

Doubles - Quarterfinals

1) Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz - BYE
4) Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde d. 5) Roger Subieta & Mauricio Zelada, 15-1, 15-3

3) Sebastian Franco & Andree Parrilla d. 6) Jeremy Best & David Sable, 15-6, 15-13
7) Jim Minkel & Bryan Titus d. 2) Gerardo Franco & Francisco Troncoso, 15-14, 15-9

Doubles - Semi-finals

4) Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde d. 1) Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz, 15-10, 15-6
3) Sebastian Franco & Andree Parrilla d. 7) Jim Minkel & Bryan Titus, 15-8, 15-9

Doubles - Final - Saturday

3) Sebastian Franco & Andree Parrilla v. 4) Fernando Rios & Jose Daniel Ugalde - 6 PM

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