2019 IRT Bolivia American Iris Open - Round of 16

There were wins by the home country players in the Round of 16 at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) 2019 Bolivia American Iris Open in Cochabamba, Bolivia, as Conrrado Moscoso and Carlos Keller knocked off the 7th and 8th seeds, respectively. Moscoso got the better of 7th seed David Horn, 15-5, 15-6, and Keller defeated 8th seed Jake Bredenbeck, 15-14, 15-6. Thomas Carter went the distance with Keller coming out on top, 15-5, 12-15, 11-7.

Those wins put the Bolivians into the quarterfinals against the top two seeds. Keller will play top seed Rocky Carson, who defeated Kadim Carrasco, 15-2, 15-4, in the 16s. Moscoso will face 2nd seed Alejandro Landa, who defeated Diego Garcia, 15-13, 15-2.

But the biggest upset came from Gerardo Franco, who defeated 6th seed Rodrigo Montoya, 13-15, 15-5, 11-10. Franco and Montoya, who is also the current International Racquetball Federation (IRF) Men’s Singles World Champion, were close in the tie-breaker, and they tied at 6-6. From there it was Montoya who went out to a 9-6 lead. However, Franco tied the score again at 9-9, and then got to 10 first, leading 10-9. But Montoya fought off match point, and then got one of his own. However, he couldn’t convert it, and that gave Franco another chance, which he took advantage of.

Also in one of our matches to watch, 4th seed Andree Parrilla pulled out a close match against Eduardo Portillo, 15-14, 15-9. Portillo, the current International Racquetball Federation (IRF) Boy’s U18 World Junior Champion, was up 14-7 in game one, but Parrilla, who not much older than Portillo, managed to prevent Portillo from getting that last as he came all the way back to win game one. In game two, they were neck and neck until 9-9, when Parrilla put together a run of six points to win the match in two straight games.

They have been having some issues with getting the live streaming to work in Cochabamba, but look for the action via the usual IRT sources: the IRT Facebook page or the IRT YouTube channel. The Round of 16 continues Thursday 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 Round of 16 will be Thursday at 5 and 6 PM with the quarterfinals Friday morning at 10 and 11 AM. The doubles 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

Round of 16 - Thursday

1) Rocky Carson d. Kadim Carrasco, 15-2, 15-4
Carlos Keller d. 8) Jake Bredenbeck, 15-14, 15-6

5) Mario Mercado d. Robert Collins, 15-10, 15-11
4) Andree Parrilla d. Eduardo Portillo, 15-14, 15-9

3) Alvaro Beltran d. Eduardo Garay, 15-10, 15-13
Gerardo Franco d. 6) Rodrigo Montoya, 13-15, 15-5, 11-10

Conrrado Moscoso d. 7) David Horn, 15-5, 15-6
2) Alejandro Landa d. Diego Garcia, 15-13, 15-2

Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Rocky Carson v. Carlos Keller - 1 PM
4) Andree Parrilla v. 5) Mario Mercado - 2 PM

3) Alvaro Beltran v. Gerardo Franco - 3 PM
2) Alejandro Landa v. Conrrado Moscoso - 4 PM

IRT Doubles - Round of 16 - Thursday

1) Alvaro Beltran & Alejandro Landa - BYE
8) Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller d. 9) Robert Collins & Mauricio Zelada, 15-14, 15-11

5) Felipe Camacho & Rocky Carson d. 12) Fernando Ruiz & Hans Mendez, 15-10, 15-11
4) Eduardo Garay & Mario Mercado d. 13) Rafael Gatica & Johan Igor, 15-5, 15-5

3) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn d. 14) Jose Subieta & Roger Subieta, 15-5, 15-4
6) Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso d. 11) Hanzel Martinez & Juan Salvatierra, 15-8, 15-4

7) Gerardo Franco & Eduardo Portillo d. 10) Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer, 15-10, 15-4
2) Rodrigo Montoya & Andree Parrilla - BYE

IRT Doubles - Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Alvaro Beltran & Alejandro Landa v. 8) Kadim Carrasco & Carlos Keller - 10 AM
5) Felipe Camacho & Rocky Carson v. 4) Eduardo Garay & Mario Mercado - 10 AM

3) Jake Bredenbeck & David Horn v. 6) Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso - 11 AM
2) Rodrigo Montoya & Andree Parrilla v. 7) Gerardo Franco & Eduardo Portillo - 11 AM

Follow the bouncing ball….