Weekend Round Up - Horn wins Bay Club Classic

David Horn won the Bay Club Classic - a Tier 4 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) event - on the weekend in Pleasanton, California. Horn defeated Charlie Pratt in the final, 15-13, 15-11. In the semi-finals, Horn beat Adam Manilla, 15-13, 15-11, and Pratt defeated Jose Diaz, 15-12, 15-6.

Couple of close results in the earlier rounds. In the quarterfinals, an all left hander battle between Manilla and Robert Collins needed a tie-breaker to decide it with Manilla coming out on top, 15-3, 14-15, 11-3. Also in the Round of 16, Mauro Rojas squeaked out a win over Sebastian Fernandez, 15-11, 9-15, 11-10, which set up the quarterfinal with Pratt.

2019 Bay Club Classic - IRT Tier 4
Pleasanton, California, October 11-13, 2019

Men’s Final (seeding)

(1) David Horn d. (6) Charlie Pratt, 15-13, 15-11

Semi-finals

(1) David Horn d. (5) Adam Manilla, 15-13, 15-11
(6) Charlie Pratt d. (2) Jose Diaz, 15-12, 15-6

Quarterfinals

(1) David Horn d. (9) Christian Longoria, 15-2, 15-8
(5) Adam Manilla d. (4) Robert Collins, 15-3, 14-15, 11-3

(6) Charlie Pratt d. (14) Mauro Rojas, 15-10, 15-6
(2) Jose Diaz d. (7) Diego Garcia, 15-12, 15-11

Round of 16

(1) David Horn d. (16) Tony Jammal, 15-1, 15-1
(9) Christian Longoria d. (8) Diego Gatica, 15-1, 15-3

(5) Adam Manilla d. (21) Mitch Forrest Jr., 15-5, 15-3
(4) Robert Collins d. (20) Vedant Chauhan, 15-7, 15-12

(14) Mauro Rojas d. (3) Sebastian Fernandez, 15-11, 9-15, 11-10
(6) Charlie Pratt d. (22) Nikhil Prasad, 15-7, 15-10

(7) Diego Garcia d. (10) Francisco Troncoso, 15-7, 15-11
(2) Jose Diaz d. (18) Rafael Gatica, 15-4, 15-4

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