First rounds at 2017 WRT Alamo City Open

Seven of the top eight seeds are through to the quarterfinals in singles at the 2017 World Racquetball Tour (WRT) Alamo City Open in San Antonio, Texas, and all four of the top seeds in doubles have made the semi-finals. In singles the exception is 11th seed Ernesto Ochoa who narrowly defeated 6th seed Gerardo Franco, 15-13, 15-14. He’ll play 3rd seed Andree Parrilla in the quarters Saturday.

Top seed Rodrigo Montoya and 2nd seed David Horn remain on track in their bids to finish the year as the #1 WRT player.

The quarterfinals begin Saturday morning at 10:30 AM with the semi-finals Saturday evening at 5 PM and 6:05 PM. The final is set for Sunday at 12:30 PM. You can watch the action live on Saturday and Sunday via the WRT website or the WRT Facebook page.

2017 WRT Alamo City Open
December 1-3 - San Antonio, Texas

Singles - Round of 32

1) Rodrigo Montoya d. 32) Glenn Martineau, 15-5, 15-11
16) Eddie Sada d. 17) Ross Smith Jr, 10-15, 15-10, 11-7

9) Francisco Troncoso d. 24) Miguel Escobedo, 15-3, 15-6
8) Christian Longoria d. 25) Micah Farmer, 15-3, 15-6

5) Jake Bredenbeck d. 28) Alan Márquez, 15-1, 15-4
12) Alan Natera d. 21) Brennan Jennings, 15-14, 15-8

13) Hiroshi Shimizu d. 20) Sam Hojat, 15-3, 15-0
4) Alejandro Cardona d. 29) Lorenzo Valdez, 15-2, 15-1

3) Andree Parrilla d. 30) Cayden Akins, 15-9, 15-9
19) A. J. Fernandez d. 14) Erick Fernandez, 15-9, 15-14

11) Ernesto Ochoa d. 22) Elias Nieto, 15-3, 15-5
6) Gerardo Franco d. 27) Raul Valdez, 15-9, 15-7

7) Jaime Martell d. 26) Ruben Martinez, 15-0, 15-10
10) Shai Manzuri d. 23) Craig Clement Jr., 15-7, 15-6

15) Juan Loreto d. 18) Erik Mendoza, 15-10, 15-6
2) David Horn d. 31) Nicholas Pavloski, 15-1, 15-3

Singles - Round of 16

1) Rodrigo Montoya d. 16) Eddie Sada, 15-3, 15-1
8) Christian Longoria d. 9) Francisco Troncoso, 15-12, 15-14

5) Jake Bredenbeck d. 12) Alan Natera, 15-6, 15-9
4) Alejandro Cardona d. 13) Hiroshi Shimizu, 15-5, 15-2

3) Andree Parrilla d. 19) A. J. Fernandez, 15-1, 15-10
11) Ernesto Ochoa d. 6) Gerardo Franco, 15-13, 15-14

7) Jaime Martell d. 10) Shai Manzuri, 15-13, 15-11
2) David Horn d. 15) Juan Loreto, 15-7, 15-7

Singles - Quarterfinals Saturday

1) Rodrigo Montoya v. 8) Christian Longoria - 1:45 PM
4) Alejandro Cardona v. 5) Jake Bredenbeck - 12:40 PM

3) Andree Parrilla v. 11) Ernesto Ochoa - 10:30 AM
2) David Horn v. 7) Jaime Martell - 11:35 AM

Doubles - Round of 16

1) Rodrigo Montoya & Andree Parrilla - BYE
9) Marty Ahumada & Tyler Panozzo d. 8) Tyrone Gilmore & Glenn Martineau, 15-12, 15-14

5) Sam Hojat & Brennan Jennings - BYE
4) Jaime Martell & Ross Smith Jr - BYE

3) Alan Natera & Ernesto Ochoa - BYE
6) A. J. Fernandez & Raul Valdez d. 11) Ramon Florez & Able Perez, 15-6, 15-5

10) Craig Clement Jr. & Nicholas Pavloski d. 7) James Aguirre & Erik Mendoza, 15-13, 15-14
2) Alejandro Cardona & Gerardo Franco - BYE

Doubles - Quarterfinals

1) Rodrigo Montoya & Andree Parrilla d. 9) Marty Ahumada & Tyler Panozzo, 15-14, 15-9
4) Jaime Martell & Ross Smith Jr d. 5) Sam Hojat & Brennan Jennings, 12-15, 15-11, 11-6

3) Alan Natera & Ernesto Ochoa d. 6) A. J. Fernandez & Raul Valdez, 15-7, 15-3
2) Alejandro Cardona & Gerardo Franco d. 10) Craig Clement Jr. & Nicholas Pavloski, 15-5, 15-6

Doubles - Semi-finals

1) Rodrigo Montoya & Andree Parrilla v. 4) Jaime Martell & Ross Smith Jr
2) Alejandro Cardona & Gerardo Franco v. 3) Alan Natera & Ernesto Ochoa

Follow the bouncing ball….