2018 IRT Lewis Drug Pro-Am - Qualifying results

Thursday International Racquetball Tour (IRT) qualifying rounds at the 40th annual Lewis Drug Pro/Am in Sioux Falls, South Dakota are through, and there were a few surprises by the seedings. The biggest upset was Tim Landeryou’s win over 9th seed Felipe Camacho, 15-8, 15-13, but Landeryou is a veteran of Canadian National Team, so not a real surprise. Landeryou will play 8th seed Alejandro Landa in the Round of 16 on Friday.

Robert Collins, the 13th seed, lost in the 1st round of qualifying to Taylor Knoth, 15-12, 15-6. But Knoth failed to reach the 16s, as he lost to Rodrigo Montoya, 15-6, 15-3, in the 2nd round of qualifying. Montoya will play 4th seed Jansen Allen in the Round of 16 Friday.

Two other smaller upsets were caused by Gerardo Franco and Nicholas Riffel. Franco, seeded 19th, defeated 14th seed Justus Benson, 15-6, 15-6, and faces Alvaro Beltran in the 16s. Eighteenth seed Riffel beat 15th seed Thomas Carter, 15-11, 15-9, and plays 2nd seed Daniel De La Rosa on Friday.

The IRT Network will have the action from Sioux Falls starting with the Round of 16 on Friday morning at 9 and 10 AM Central with the semi-finals at 5 and 6 PM. The semi-finals will be at noon and 1 PM Saturday with the final at 10 AM Sunday. The doubles quarterfinals are Friday evening with the semi-finals Saturday afternoon at 3 and 4 PM with the final Sunday at 11 AM.

2018 IRT Lewis Drug Pro-Am, January 18-21 2018
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Qualifying Round 1 - Thursday afternoon

Javier Mar d. James Landeryou, 15-5, 15-7
Scott McClellan d. Tyler Thielen, 15-9, 15-3

Felipe Camacho - BYE
Tim Landeryou d. Dylan Reid, 15-14, 8-15, 11-2

Sebastian Fernandez d. Matthew Majxner, 12-15, 15-5, 11-5
Jose Diaz d. Tommy Murray, 15-9, 15-0

Taylor Knoth d. Robert Collins, 15-12, 15-6
Rodrigo Montoya d. Tanner Prentice, 15-6, 15-8

Gerardo Franco d. Eduardo Portillo, 15-9, 15-9
Justus Benson d. Michael Phillips, 15-3, 15-5

Jake Bredenbeck - BYE
Francisco Troncoso d. Lee Connell, 15-8, 15-2

Alejandro Cardona d. Mauro Rojas, 10-15, 15-8, 11-3
David Horn - BYE

Thomas Carter d. Jeff Zomer, 15-8, 15-5
Nicholas Riffel d. Justin Johnson, 15-6, 15-7

Qualifying Round 2 - Thursday night

Q8) Javier Mar d. Scott McClellan, 15-4, 15-6
Q1) Tim Landeryou d. Felipe Camacho, 15-8, 15-13

Q4) Jose Diaz d. Sebastian Fernandez, 15-9, 15-10
Q5) Rodrigo Montoya d. Taylor Knoth, 15-6, 15-3

Q6) Gerardo Franco d. Justus Benson, 15-6, 15-6
Q3) Jake Bredenbeck d. Francisco Troncoso, 15-2, 15-4

Q2) David Horn d. Alejandro Cardona, 15-11, 8-15, 11-1
Q7) Nicholas Riffel d. Thomas Carter, 15-11, 15-9

Round of 16 - Friday

1) Rocky Carson v. Javier Mar
8) Alejandro Landa v. Tim Landeryou

5) Samuel Murray v. Jose Diaz
4) Jansen Allen v. Rodrigo Montoya

3) Alvaro Beltran v. Gerardo Franco
6) Sebastian Franco v. Jake Bredenbeck

7) Mario Mercado v. David Horn
2) Daniel De La Rosa v. Nicholas Riffel

IRT Doubles Round of 16 - Friday

1) Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa - BYE
8) Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya v. 9) Taylor Knoth & Dylan Reid - Noon

5) Alejandro Landa & Samuel Murray - BYE
4) Jansen Allen & Felipe Camacho - BYE

3) Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado - BYE
6) David Horn & Mauro Rojas v. 11) Michael Phillips & Thyler Thielen - Noon

7) Thomas Carter & Nicholas Riffel v. 10) Alejandro Cardona & Gerardo Franco - 11 AM
2) Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz - BYE

Follow the bouncing ball….