Doubles groups done at 2019 IRF World Junior Championships

The group stage doubles matches wrapped up Tuesday at the 2019 International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Racquetball Championships in San José, Costa Rica. The results will be used to seed teams for the medal round that begins Wednesday.

In Boy’s U18, Mexicans Emir Martinez and Jose Ramos defeated Chileans Rafael Gatica and Johan Igor, 15-13, 11-15, 11-2, which meant that the three teams in Group A all had 1-1 records, as Guatemalans Jose Pablo Cardona and Nathan Martinez had beaten the Mexicans but lost to the Chileans. Using the tie-breaker rules, Guatemala came out on top (their win was 2-0 while the other teams' wins were 2-1) with Chile 2nd and Mexico 3rd. When has a Mexican team finished last in their group at World Juniors? That probably hasn’t happened recently.

Also in Boy’s U18, the Argentina team of Diego Garcia and Tomas Oyhanart needed a tie-breaker to beat Costa Ricans Pablo Freer and Tomas Sanchez, 8-15, 15-2, 11-8, and win Group C.

In Girl’s U18, Bolivians Angelica Barrios and Valeria Centellas won Group A, sealing it with a win Tuesday over Mexicans Marifer Gutierrez and Anna Rivera, 15-6, 15-6, and the USA team of Nikita Chauhan and Erin Slutzky won Group B by defeating Chileans Paula Mansilla and Josefina Toro, 15-12, 15-3.

31st IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships
San José, Costa Rica - November 9-16, 2019

U18 Boy's Doubles

Group A

Tuesday - Emir Martinez & Jose Ramos (Mexico) d. Rafael Gatica & Johan Igor (Chile), 15-13, 11-15, 11-2

Group B

Tuesday - Julio Guzman & Gerson Miranda (Bolivia) d. Esteban De Janon & Juan Flores (Ecuador), 15-7, 15-10

Group C

Tuesday - Diego Garcia & Tomas Oyhanart (Argentina) d. Pablo Freer & Tomas Sanchez (Costa Rica), 8-15, 15-2, 11-8

U16 Boy's Doubles

Group A

Tuesday - Hector Barrios & Adrian Jaldin (Bolivia) d. Santiago Gamboa & Felipe Guillen (Costa Rica), 15-7, 15-9
Naman Gauri & Nathan Jauvin (Canada) d. Seunghwan & Namwoo Lee (Korea), forfeit

Group B

Tuesday - Sebastian Longoria & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. Diego Gatica & Jaime Mansilla (Chile), 15-7, 15-4
Josue Bermeo & Pablo Vera (Ecuador) d. Andrew Gleason & Timothy Hansen (USA), 15-9, 15-0

U14 Boy's Doubles

Group A

Tuesday - Vedant Chauhan & Joshua Shea (USA) d. Daniel Hanrahan & Keelan O’Gorman (Ireland), 15-9, 15-7

Group B

Tuesday - Jhonatan Flores & Ezequiel Subieta (Bolivia) d. Jose Pablo Caseres & Hector Sierra (Guatemala), 15-2, 15-10

Group C

Tuesday - Luis Renteria & Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) d. Asher Pocsai & Christian Pocsai (Canada), 15-5, 15-11

U18 Girl's Doubles

Group A

Tuesday - Angelica Barrios & Valeria Centellas (Bolivia) d. Marifer Gutierrez & Anna Rivera (Mexico), 15-6, 15-6

Group B

Tuesday - Nikita Chauhan & Erin Slutzky (USA) d. Paula Mansilla & Josefina Toro (Chile), 15-12, 15-3
Fabiana Landy & Ana Sarmiento (Ecuador) v. Aranxa Anguizola & Abigail Solana (Costa Rica), 15-2, 15-6

U16 Girl's Doubles

Group A

Tuesday - Micaela Meneses & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. Alondra Canchola & Annie Roberts (USA), 15-9, 15-5

Group B

Tuesday - Guadalupe Griffin & Ximena Martinez (Mexico) v. Suniaris Rodriguez & Loraine Felipe (Cuba), 14-15, 15-10, 11-7
Kelly-Marie Barrett & Juliette Parent (Canada) d. Adriana Valdez & Angela Villacreses (Ecuador), 15-14, 13-15, 11-7

U14 Girl's Doubles

Group A

Tuesday - Valeria Miranda & Krystin Salinas (Bolivia) d. Ava Kaiser & Kareena Mathew (USA), 15-11, 15-3

Group B

Tuesday - Gisele Nieto & Angela Ortega (Mexico) d. Sarah Ainsworth & Thea Coleman (Ireland), 15-8, 15-8
Anna Aguilar & Andrea Reyes (Guatemala) d. Ofelia Wilscam & Tamara Wilscam (Canada), 15-9, 15-5

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