2019 IRT Bolivia American Iris Open - First round

In the first round of play at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) 2019 Bolivia American Iris Open in Cochabamba, Bolivia, there were few surprises, although some upsets did occur. In general, it was Guatemala players who came out on the short end, as three of them suffered first round losses.

Twentieth seed Hanzel Martinez lost to Jairo Perez, 15-6, 6-15, 11-3. Edwin Galicia, 21st seed, lost to Franco Gutierrez and Christian Wer, the 22nd seed, lost to Sebastian Oãa, 15-6, 15-14. However, their Guatemalan compatriot - 18th seed Juan Salvatierra won his match over Hans Mendez, 15-12, 15-14, and will play Diego Garcia in the next round.

The second round of matches begins at 5 PM Wendesday.

To see the action from Bolivia, go to the IRT Facebook page or the IRT YouTube channel. The preliminary rounds in singles are Wednesday with the Round of 16 on Thursday morning beginning at 10 AM with the quarterfinals Friday afternoon from 1 PM on. The semi-finals will be Saturday at noon and 2 PM with the singles final at 1 PM Sunday. For doubles, the semi-finals will be Friday night at 7 and 8 PM with the final Saturday at 7 PM. The time in Cochabamba is the same as Eastern time in North America.

2019 Open Bolivia American Iris, March 27-31, 2019
Cochabamba, Bolivia

Qualifying Round 1 - Wednesday

Kadim Carrasco d. Sergio Victor Delgadillo Galván, 15-4, 15-10
Mauricio Zelada d. Erick Ramiro Echalar Orihuela, 15-5, 15-7

Thomas Carter d. Gustavo Medrano Michel, 15-4, 15-11
Carlos Keller d. Gerson Miranda Martinez, 15-9, 15-0

Franco Gutierrez d. Edwin Galicia, 15-11, 15-5
Robert Collins d. Diego Gatica, 15-1, 15-4

Eduardo Portillo d. Johan Igor, 15-0, 15-5
Jairo Perez d. Hanzel Martinez, 15-6, 6-15, 11-3

Eduardo Garay d. Esteban Reque, 15-0, 15-1
Fabian Gutierrez d. Set Cubillos, 15-6, 15-7

Gerardo Franco d. Miguel Angel Arteage Guzman, 15-4, 15-6
Sebastian Oãta d. Christian Wer, 15-6, 15-14

Conrrado Moscoso d. Fernando Ruiz, 15-6, 15-2
Felipe Camacho d. Roger Subieta, 15-2, 15-4

Diego Garcia d. Francisco Cherroni, 15-0, 15-3
Juan Salvatierra d. Hans Mendez, 15-12, 15-14

Qualifying Round 2 - Wednesday

Q8) Kadim Carrasco v. Mauricio Zelada - 5 PM
Q1) Thomas Carter v. Carlos Keller - 5 PM

Q4) Edwin Galicia v. Robert Collins - 6 PM
Q5) Eduardo Portillo v. Jairo Perez - 6 PM

Q6) Eduardo Garay v. Fabian Gutierrez - 6 PM
Q3) Gerardo Franco v. Sebastian Oãta - 5 PM

Q2) Conrrado Moscoso v. Felipe Camacho - 5 PM
Q7) Diego Garcia v. Juan Salvatierra - 6 PM

Round of 16 - Thursday

1) Rocky Carson v. Q8 - 11 AM
8) Jake Bredenbeck v. Q1 - 11 AM

5) Mario Mercado v. Q4 - Noon
4) Andree Parrilla v. Q5 - Noon

3) Alvaro Beltran v. Q6 - 1 PM
6) Rodrigo Montoya v. Q3 - 1 PM

7) David Horn v. Q2 - 10 AM
2) Alejandro Landa v. Q7 - 10 AM

IRT Doubles - Round of 16 - Thursday

1) Alvaro Beltran & Alejandro Landa - BYE
Q8) Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller v. 9) Robert Collins & Mauricio Zelada - 5 PM

5) Felipe Camacho & Rocky Carson v. 12) Fernando Ruiz & Hans Mendez - 5 PM
4) Eduardo Garay & Mario Mercado v. 13) Rafael Gatica & Johan Igor - 6 PM

3) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn v. 14) Jose Subieta & Roger Subieta - 6 PM
6) Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso v. 11) Hanzel Martinez & Juan Salvatierra - 6 PM

7) Gerardo Franco & Eduardo Portillo v. 10) Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer - 5 PM
2) Rodrigo Montoya & Andree Parrilla - BYE

Follow the bouncing ball….