2019 IRT Shamrock Shootout - Qualifying Round 1 & 2

Two rounds of qualifying are done at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) 34th Annual Shamrock Shootout in Lombard, Illinois, and there really haven’t been any surprises, and only three tie-breakers out of 19 matches. Two of the three happened as veteran players got off to Japanese veteran Hiroshi Shimizu, who may have been dealing with a bit of jet lag, as he narrowly lost game one to Alok Mehta before coming back to win in three games, 14-15, 15-6, 11-3. Also, recent top 10 player Jansen Allen was beaten by Juan Salvatierra in game one of their match, but rebounded to win in in a tie-breaker, 6-15, 15-3, 11-7.

What we thought were potentially the most interesting matches in qualifying will happen on Friday morning, when Jake Bredenbeck plays Eduardo Portillo, and Rodrigo Montoya goes against Gerardo Franco, and Thomas Carter takes on Felipe Camacho.

Look for all the action via the usual IRT media outlets: The IRT Network, the IRT YouTube channel or the IRT Facebook page. The final round of Qualifying goes Friday morning at 10 and 11 AM with the Round of 16 from 5 PM Friday afternoon. The quarterfinals will be 10 and 11 AM Saturday morning. The semi-finals will be at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM Saturday with the final at noon Sunday. All times central.

2019 IRT Shamrock Shootout, March 14-17, 2019
Lombard, Illinois

Qualifying Round 1 - Thursday

John Wolfe d. Kalyan Kosetty, 15-4, 15-8
Javier Martinez d. Jeovany Mendoza, 10-15, 15-10, 11-5
Eduardo Garay d. Hanzel Martinez, 15-2, 15-10

Qualifying Round 2 - Thursday

Jose Diaz d. Javier Martinez, 15-2, 15-4
Hiroshi Shimizu d. Alok Mehta, 14-15, 15-6, 11-3

Thomas Carter d. Geoff Goldblatt, 15-4, 15-2
Felipe Camacho d. Kyle Ulliman, 15-10, 15-10

Jake Bredenbeck d. Juan Martinez, 15-10, 15-4
Eduardo Portillo d. Edwin Galicia, 15-7, 15-10

Adam Manilla d. Jordy Alonso, 15-12, 15-10
Robert Collins d. Christian Wer, 15-3, 15-6

Rodrigo Montoya d. Justus Benson, 15-7, 15-11
Gerardo Franco d. Nadeem Sharifuddin, 15-6, 15-6

Jansen Allen d. Juan Salvatierra, 6-15, 15-3, 11-7
Troy Warigon d. Ferd Samson, 15-11, 15-13

Mario Mercado d. John Wolfe, 15-6, 15-4
Mauricio Zelada d. Maurice Miller, 15-11, 15-10

David Horn d. Eduardo Garay, 15-10, 15-11
Scott McClellan d. Michael Arterburn, 15-0, 15-2

Qualifying Round 3 - Friday morning

Q8 - Thomas Carter v. Felipe Camacho - 10 AM
Q1 - Jose Diaz v. Hiroshi Shimizu - 10 AM

Q4 - Jansen Allen v. Troy Warigon - 10 AM
Q5 - Jake Bredenbeck v. Eduardo Portillo - 10 AM

Q6 - Rodrigo Montoya v. Gerardo Franco - 11 AM
Q3 - Mario Mercado v. Mauricio Zelada - 11 AM

Q2 - David Horn v. Scott McClellan - 11 AM
Q7 - Adam Manilla v. Robert Collins - 11 AM

Round of 16 - Friday

Kane Waselenchuk v. Q8 - 5 PM
Sebastian Franco v. Q1 - 5 PM

Andree Parrilla v. Q4 - 5 PM
Alejandro Landa v. Q5 - 5 PM

Daniel De La Rosa v. Q6 - 6 PM
Alvaro Beltran v.. Q3 - 6 PM

Samuel Murray v. Q2 - 6 PM
Rocky Carson v. Q7 - 6 PM

IRT Doubles - Round of 16 - Friday

1) Alvaro Beltran & Daniel De La Rosa v. 16) Javier Martinez & Jeovany Mendoza - 3 PM
8) Felipe Camacho & Eduardo Garay v. 9) Robert Collins & David Horn - 3 PM

5) Rodrigo Montoya & Andree Parrilla v. 12) Rom Dresbach & Juan Martinez - 2 PM
4) Jake Bredenbeck & Jose Diaz v. 13) Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer - 3 PM

3) Sebastian Franco & Mario Mercado v. 14) Hanzel Martinez & Juan Salvatierra - 2 PM
6) Ben Croft & Kane Waselenchuk v. 11) Maurice Miller & Troy Warigon - 2 PM

7) Rocky Carson & Adam Manilla v. 10) Thomas Carter & Kyle Ulliman - 3 PM
2) Alejandro Landa & Samuel Murray v. 15) Timothy Holder & Thomas Moretz - 2 PM

Follow the bouncing ball….