11-10 breakers on Day 2 at the 2019 Pan American Games

Day 2 of racquetball at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru brought the first two 11-10 tie-breakers. In Men’s Doubles, the Dominican Republic’s Ramón De León and Luis Perez came within a point of knocking off Mexicans Javier Mar and Rodrigo Montoya, as they won game one and were up 10-8 in the tie-breaker. But the Mexicans fought off four matches points to pull out the win, 8-15, 15-10, 11-10.

De León was also involved in the other 11-10 match, as he held off Cuban Maykel Moyet, 15-10, 8-15, 11-10. The result puts both players at 1-1 after two days of group stage play, but De León has the advantage with the win, as he’ll play Erik Mendoza of Peru on Sunday, while Moyet faces Mexican Rodrigo Montoya. On Saturday, Montoya beat Mendoza, 15-1, 15-0.

There were three other tie-breakers in Men’s Singles on Saturday. Costa Rica won two matches over Ecuadro, as Andres Acuña came back to defeat José Ugalde, 5-15, 15-9, 11-6, and Felipe Camacho beat Fernando Rios, 15-9, 11-15, 11-7. Also, Canadian Coby Iwaasa outlasted veteran Argentina player Shai Manzuri, 15-14, 10-15, 11-2.

There was only one tie-breaker in Women’s Singles Saturday. Merynanyelly Delgado of the Dominican Republic came back from a game down to defeat Maria Rodriguez of Guatemala, 6-15, 15-8, 11-5. However, Maria Paz Muñoz of Ecuador and Maricruz Ortiz of Costa Rica were about a close as possible over two games, as Muñoz won 15-13, 15-14.

The Dominican Republic’s Delgado also won a tie-breaker in Women’s Doubles, as she and Alejandra Jiménez came back to defeat Canadians Frédérique Lambert and Jennifer Saunders, 6-15, 15-12, 11-4. The Dominican Republic will play Bolivia Sunday, and Bolivians Angelica Barrios and Jenny Daza lost Saturday in a tie-breaker to Guatemalans Gabriela Martinez and Maria Rodriguez, 15-6, 3-15, 11-8.

Along with the Mexico-Dominican match there were couple other tie-breakers in Men’s Doubles. The USA’s Rocky Carson and Charles Pratt needed three games to defeat the veteran Argentina team of Fernando Kurzbard and Shai Manzuri, 15-11, 8-15, 11-4. Also, Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray went three games to beat Edwin Galicia and Juan Salavtierra of Guatemala, 15-10, 9-15, 11-0.

Group play continues Saturday in Lima. The medal round will begin Monday with the finals on Wednesday. Then on Thursday a team competition will begin with each country fielding two singles players and a doubles team in a best of three matches against each other. The finals of the team competition will be Saturday.

2019 Pan American Games, Lima, Peru

Group Stage Matches - Day 2

Men’s Singles

Pool A

Andres ACUÑA (Costa Rica) d. José UGALDE (Ecuador), 5-15, 15-9, 11-6
Conrrado MOSCOSO (Bolivia) - BYE

Pool B

Felipe CAMACHO (Costa Rica) d. Fernando RÍOS (Ecuador), 15-9, 11-15, 11-7
Alvaro BELTRAN (Mexico) - BYE

Pool C

Mario MERCADO (Colombia) d. Juan SALVATIERRA (Guatemala), 15-6, 15-7
Carlos KELLER (Bolivia) - BYE

Pool D

Rodrigo MONTOYA (Mexico) d. Erik MENDOZA (Peru), 15-1, 15-0
Ramón DE LEÓN (Dominican Republic) d. Maykel MOYET (Cuba), 15-10, 8-15, 11-10

Pool E

Jake BREDENBECK (USA) d. Jonathan LUQUE (Peru), 15-6, 15-1
Sebastian FRANCO (Colombia) d. Edwin GALICIA (Guatemala), 15-5, 15-11

Pool F

Samuel MURRAY (Canada) d. Fernando KURZBARD (Argentina), 15-7, 15-10
Luis PÉREZ (Dominican Republic) d. Enier CHACÓN (Cuba), 15-6, 15-5

Pool G

Coby IWAASA (Canada) d. Shai MANZURI (Argentina), 15-14, 10-15, 11-2
Charles PRATT (USA) d. Francisco TRONCOSO (Chile), 15-7, 15-2

Women’s Singles

Pool A

Gabriela MARTINEZ (Guatemala) d. Alejandra JIMÉNEZ (Dominican Republic), 15-3, 15-9
Maria José VARGAS (Argentina) - BYE

Pool B

Merynanyelly DELGADO (Dominican Republic) d. Maria RODRIGUEZ (Guatemala), 6-15, 15-8, 11-5
Paola LONGORIA (Mexico) - BYE

Pool C

Adriana RIVEROS (Colombia) d. Lilian ZEA (Venezuela), 15-1, 15-2
Natalia MENDEZ (Argentina) - BYE

Pool D

Rhonda RAJSICH (USA) d. Frédérique LAMBERT (Canada), 15-10, 15-5
Montserrat MEJIA (Mexico) - BYE

Pool E

Valeria CENTELLAS (Bolivia) d. Josefa PARADA (Chile), 15-1, 15-6
Cristina AMAYA (Colombia) d. María Regla VIERA (Cuba), 15-2, 15-9

Pool F

Maria Paz MUÑOZ (Ecuador) d. Maricruz ORTIZ (Costa Rica), 15-13, 15-14
Kelani LAWRENCE (USA) d. Jennifer SAUNDERS (Canada), 15-7, 15-5

Pool G

Angelica BARRIOS (Bolivia) d. Carla MUÑOZ (Chile), 15-10, 15-9
Maria José MUÑOZ (Ecuador) d. Loraine FELIPE (Cuba), 15-2, 15-4

Men’s Doubles

Pool A

Fernando RÍOS & José UGALDE (Ecuador) d. Sebastian FRANCO & Mario MERCADO (Colombia), 15-10, 15-9
Roland KELLER & Conrrado MOSCOSO (Bolivia) d. Jonathan LUQUE & Sebastian MENDIGURI (Peru), 15-0, 15-0

Pool B

Rocky CARSON & Charles PRATT (USA) d. Fernando KURZBARD & Shai MANZURI (Argentina), 15-11, 8-15, 11-4
Coby IWAASA & Samuel MURRAY (Canada) d. Edwin GALICIA & Juan SALVATIERRA (Guatemala), 15-10, 9-15, 11-0

Pool C

Javier MAR & Rodrigo MONTOYA (Mexico) d. Ramón DE LEÓN & Luis PEREZ (Dominican Republic), 8-15, 15-10, 11-10
Andres ACUÑA & Felipe CAMACHO (Costa Rica) d. Enier CHACÓN & Maykel MOYET (Cuba), 15-3, 15-1

Women’s Doubles

Pool A

Kelani LAWRENCE & Rhonda RAJSICH (USA) d. Maria José MUÑOZ & Maria Paz MUÑOZ (Ecuador), 15-10, 15-1
Paola LONGORIA & Samantha SALAS (Mexico) - BYE

Pool B

Natalia MENDEZ & Maria José VARGAS (Argentina) d. Loraine FELIPE & María Regla VIERA (Cuba), 15-2, 15-5
Cristina AMAYA & Adriana RIVEROS (Colombia) d. Carla MUÑOZ & Josefa PARADA (Chile), 15-5, 15-9

Pool C

Gabriela MARTINEZ & Maria RODRIGUEZ (Guatemala) d. Angelica BARRIOS & Jenny DAZA (Bolivia), 15-6, 3-15, 11-8
Merynanyelly DELGADO & Alejandra JIMÉNEZ (Dominican Republic) d. Frédérique LAMBERT & Jennifer SAUNDERS (Canada), 6-15, 15-12, 11-4

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