No upsets in Round of 16 at 2017 IRT St. Louis Pro Racquetball Winter Rollout

Everything went according to form in the Round of 16 at the 2017 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) St. Louis Pro Racquetball Winter Rollout in St. Louis, Missouri, as the higher seeds have won all eight matches with only two going more than three games. IRT #1 Kane Waselenchuk only needed three games to get past Adam Manilla, winning 11-1, 11-0, 11-0.

Waselenchuk will play 8th seed Samuel Murray in the quarterfinals, as Murray beat Felipe Camacho, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4, in one of the two Round of 16 matches to go four games. In the other, IRT #4 Daniel De La Rosa dropped the first game against Justus Benson, but came back to win in four games, 10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 13-11. Benson was looking good, especially with his drive serve to the left side.

Finally, in a match that we would have thought would go more than three games, David Horn defeated Jake Bredenbeck in three straight games, 11-5, 11-9, 11-4. Horn will play De La Rosa in the quarters later today.

The quarterfinals will be Friday afternoon and evening from 4 PM on, and can be viewed live via the IRT Network. They’ll play both the semi-finals and final on Saturday, so the semis are at 10 and 11 AM with the final at 7 PM. All times Central.

2017 St. Louis IRT Pro Racquetball Winter Rollout - November 16–18, 2017
St. Louis, Missouri

Round of 16 - Friday

1) Kane Waselenchuk d. Adam Manilla, 11-1, 11-0, 11-0
8) Samuel Murray d. Felipe Camacho, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4

5) David Horn d. Jake Bredenbeck, 11-5, 11-9, 11-4
4) Daniel De La Rosa d. Justus Benson, 10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 13-11

3) Alvaro Beltran d. Thomas Carter, 11-6, 11-7, 13-11
6) Jansen Allen d. Fabrizio Mora, 11-3, 11-1, 11-0

7) Sebastian Franco d. Robert Collins, 11-4, 11-3, 11-7
2) Rocky Carson d. Nicholas Riffel, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3

Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Kane Waselenchuk v. 8) Samuel Murray - 6 PM
4) Daniel De La Rosa v. 5) David Horn - 5 PM

3) Alvaro Beltran v. 6) Jansen Allen - 7 PM
2) Rocky Carson v. 7) Sebastian Franco - 4 PM

IRT Doubles - Quarterfinals - Saturday

1) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn - BYE
4) Robert Collins & Justus Benson v. 5) Tony Carson & John Scott - 9 AM

3) Adam Manilla & Nicholas Riffel - BYE
2) Felipe Camacho & Samuel Murray - BYE

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