Quarterfinals of Team Event at 2019 Pan American Games

The quarterfinals in the team competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were all over in two straight matches, and often the matches were done in two straight games. Mexico, Bolivia and the USA are in both Men’s and Women’s Team semi-finals. Colombia is the fourth country in the Men’s Team semi-finals, while Argentina is the fourth team in the Women’s semi-final.

There were a couple of matches that went tie-breaker. In the Men’s Team battle between Colombia and Canada, their doubles match went breaker with Canada needing a win after Mario Mercado had beaten Coby Iwaasa, 15-11, 15-9, in the first match. Iwaasa and Samual Murray won the first game of the doubles match, but Mercado and Sebastian Franco came back to win the next two games, 15-12, 11-9, and take the match up in two straight matches.

In the Women’s Team event, Bolivia was up one match on Guatemala, after Angelica Barrios beat Maria Rodriguez (Guatemala), 15-9, 15-10, and their doubles match went to a tie-breaker. Barrios and Jenny Daza defeated Rodriguez and Gabriela Martinez, 11-15, 15-12, 11-10.

The team semi-finals are Friday with the finals on Saturday. Look for some of the matches to be live streamed via the International Racquetball Federation page on Facebook.

2019 Pan American Games - Lima, Peru

TEAM COMPETITION

Men’s Teams - Quarterfinals

MEXICO d. ECUADOR - 2-0

Rodrigo MONTOYA (Mexico) d. José UGALDE (Ecuador), 15-1, 15-3
Javier MAR & Rodrigo MONTOYA (Mexico) d. Fernando RÍOS & José UGALDE (Ecuador), 15-12, 15-5
Alvaro BELTRAN (Mexico) v. Fernando RÍOS (Ecuador) - not played

COLOMBIA d. CANADA - 2-0

Mario MERCADO (Colombia) d. Coby IWAASA (Canada), 15-11, 15-9
Sebastian FRANCO & Mario MERCADO (Colombia) d. Coby IWAASA & Samuel MURRAY (Canada), 12-15, 15-12, 11-9
Sebastian FRANCO (Colombia) v. Samuel MURRAY (Canada) - not played

USA d. COSTA RICA - 2-0

Jake BREDENBECK (USA) d. Felipe CAMACHO (Costa Rica), 15-5, 15-6
Rocky CARSON & Charles PRATT (USA) d. Andres ACUÑA & Felipe CAMACHO (Costa Rica), 15-14, 15-6
Rocky CARSON (USA) v. Andres ACUÑA (Costa Rica) - not played

BOLIVIA d. GUATEMALA - 2-0

Carlos KELLER (Bolivia) d. Edwin GALICIA (Guatemala), 15-4, 15-8
Roland KELLER & Conrrado MOSCOSO (Bolivia) d. Edwin GALICIA & Juan SALVATIERRA (Guatemala), 15-8, 15-6
Juan SALVATIERRA (Guatemala) - not played

Men’s Teams - Semi-finals

MEXICO v. COLOMBIA
BOLIVIA v. USA

Women’s Teams - Quarterfinals

ARGENTINA d. CANADA - 2-0

Natalia MENDEZ (Argentina) d. Jennifer SAUNDERS (Canada), 15-9, 15-5
Natalia MENDEZ & Maria José VARGAS (Argentina) d. Frédérique LAMBERT & Jennifer SAUNDERS (Canada), 15-4, 15-5
Maria José VARGAS (Argentina) v. Frédérique LAMBERT (Canada) - not played

MEXICO d. ECUADOR - 2-0

Montserrat MEJIA (Mexico) d. Maria Jose MUÑOZ (Ecuador), 15-4, 15-9
Paola LONGORIA & Samantha SALAS (Mexico) d. Maria José MUÑOZ & Maria Paz MUÑOZ (Ecuador), 15-4, 15-2
Paola LONGORIA & Samantha SALAS (Mexico) v. Maria Paz MUÑOZ (Ecuador) - not played

USA d. COLOMBIA - 2-0

Rhonda RAJSICH (USA) d. Adriana RIVEROS (Colombia), 15-3, 15-9
Kelani LAWRENCE & Rhonda RAJSICH (USA) d. Cristina AMAYA & Adriana RIVEROS (Colombia), 15-12, 15-11
Kelani LAWRENCE (USA) v. Cristina AMAYA (Colombia) - not played

BOLIVIA d. GUATEMALA - 2-0

Angelica BARRIOS (Bolivia) d. Maria RODRIGUEZ (Guatemala), 15-9, 15-10
Angelica BARRIOS & Jenny DAZA (Bolivia) d. Gabriela MARTINEZ & Maria RODRIGUEZ (Guatemala), 11-15, 15-12, 11-10
Valeria CENTELLAS (Bolivia) v. Gabriela MARTINEZ (Guatemala) - not played

Women’s Teams - Semi-finals

MEXICO v. USA
BOLIVIA v. ARGENTINA

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