Doubles Quarterfinals at 2019 Pan American Championships

The current World Champions will play the three time former World Champions in the semi-finals of Women’s Doubles Friday at the 2019 Pan American Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia, where the top seeds Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas of Mexico - three time International Racquetball Federation (IRF) Women’s Doubles World Champions - will faceoff with the current IRF World Champions from Bolivia: Valeria Centellas and Yazmine Sabja. In the quarterfinals, Longoria and Salas defeated 8th seeds Natalia Mendez and Maria Jose Vargas of Argentina, 15-7, 15-6, while Centellas and Sabja beat the USA’s Kelani Bailey Lawrence and Sheryl Lotts, 15-2, 15-5.

On the other side of the draw, 2nd seeds Cristina Amaya and Adriana Riveros of Colombia were comfortable winners over the Cuban team of Yurisleidis Alluie and Maria Regla Viera, 15-3, 15-4, which ensures a medal for the host country. But the 3rd seeds Maria Paz Muñoz and Ana Lucia Sarmiento of Ecuador were upset by the 11th seeded Canadian team of Danielle Drury and Jennifer Saunders, who came back to win in a tie-breaker, 8-15, 15-9, 11-8.

The 1st and 4th seeds will also faceoff in the Men’s Doubles semi-finals, Mexicans Javier Mar and Rodrigo Montoya, the 1st seeds, will play 4th seeds Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia. The Mexican team beat 8th seeds Juan Francisco Cueva and Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador, 15-2, 15-6 in the quarterfinals, while the Bolivians defeated 5th seeds Andres Gomez and Mario Mercado (Colombia), 15-3, 15-5.

One upset in the quarters of Men’s Doubles, as the 7th seeded Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray defeated the 2nd seeded USA team of Jake Bredenbeck and Mauro Rojas in a tie-breaker, 13-15, 15-1, 11-7. In the semi-finals, the Canadians will play 3rd seeds Andres Acuña and Felipe Camacho of Costa Rica, who also needed three games to get past the veteran team of Fernando Kurzbard and Shai Manzuri from Argentina, 15-5, 12-15, 11-1.

The IRF will be live streaming matches from Barranquilla, look for the action via the IRF Website or the IRF Facebook page or the IRF YouTube channel.

XXXII Pan American Racquetball Championships
Barranquilla, Colombia - April 12-20, 2019

Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 8) Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina), 15-7, 15-6
4) Valeria Centellas & Yazmine Sabja (Bolivia) d. 12) Kelani Bailey Lawrence & Sheryl Lotts (USA), 15-2, 15-5

11) Danielle Drury & Jennifer Saunders (Canada) d. 3) Maria Paz Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador), 8-15, 15-9, 11-8
2) Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros (Colombia) d. 7) Yurisleidis Alluie & Maria Regla Viera (Cuba), 15-3, 15-4

Women's Doubles - Semi-finals - Friday

1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. 4) Valeria Centellas & Yazmine Sabja (Bolivia) - 2 PM
2) Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros (Colombia) v. 11) Danielle Drury & Jennifer Saunders (Canada) - 4 PM

Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) d. 8) Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 15-2, 15-6
4) Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. 5) Andres Gomez & Mario Mercado (Colombia), 15-3, 15-5

3) Andres Acuña & Felipe Camacho (Costa Rica) d. 11) Fernando Kurzbard & Shai Manzuri (Argentina), 15-5, 12-15, 11-1
7) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada) d. 2) Jake Bredenbeck & Mauro Rojas (USA), 13-15, 15-1, 11-7

Men's Doubles - Semi-finals - Friday

1) Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) v. 4) Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) - 3 PM
3) Andres Acuña & Felipe Camacho (Costa Rica) v. 7) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada) - 5 PM

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