Tuesday, January 5, 2021

2021 IRT Suivant Consulting Pro-Am Preview

When last we saw the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) the pandemic was only beginning, and they didn’t seem too concerned, as they played out the Shamrock Shootout in Lombard, Illinois back in March, while other sporting leagues were shutting down left, right and center. Other leagues have tried to make some accommodations, but the IRT will play its first Tier 1 event in ten months this weekend, when the 2021 Suivant Consulting Pro-Am takes place in Lilburn, Georgia.

Forty eight players are in the field, but two of the top five are missing, although the field does have 13 of the top 17 ranked players. Missing are IRT #1 Kane Waselenchuk, for personal reasons, and #5 Alvaro Beltran, who recently had gall bladder surgery, which we understand went well. We wish him a speedy recovery.

With those absences, the top seed is IRT #2 Alejandro Landa with Rocky Carson as the 2nd seed. Andre Parrilla and Daniel De La Rosa round out the top four, as the 3rd and 4th seeds, respectively.

They are also playing doubles in Georgia with Jake Bredenbeck and Samuel Murray - aka Team Big - as the top seeds. Murray usually plays with Landa, but Landa is partnering with Sudsy Monchik, who he won the USA Championships with back in February. They are the 4th seeds, as Monchik doesn’t have any ranking points. But you know that Monchik, the 5 time IRT Champion, will be ready for all comers.

Rounding out the top four seeds are Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo as the 2nd seeds with Daniel De La Rosa and Donald Williams, 3rd seeds. But of the 14 teams in the draw 12 could do some damage, including 5th seeds Kadim Carrasco and Conrrado Moscoso, although they’ll likely face Landa and Monchik in the quarters. That will be a match to see.

And you can see it and other Suivant Consulting Pro-Am matches via the usual IRT media outlets: The IRT YouTube channel or the IRT Facebook page. The Round of 64 in singles will be Thursday starting at noon with two rounds of doubles in late afternoon and evening. Friday will have two rounds of singles with the Round of 32 beginning Friday morning at 10 and the Round of 16 at 4 and 5 PM. The singles quarterfinals will begin Saturday at 10 AM with the semi-finals at 5 and 6 PM. The singles final will be noon Sunday. The doubles semi-finals will be Friday at 7 and 8 PM with finals Saturday night at 8 PM. All times Eastern.

2021 Suivant Consulting Pro-Am, January 7-10, 2021
Lilburn, Georgia

Round of 64 - Thursday

1) Alejandro Landa - BYE
32) Destry Everhart v. 33) Gabriel Garcia - Noon

17) Alan Natera v. 48) Jordan Deeney - 2 PM
16) Javier Estrada - BYE

9) Sebastian Franco - BYE
24) Erick Cuevas Fernandez v. 41) Roberto Castro - 1 PM

24) Joe Kelley & 40) Kalyan Kosetty - 3 PM
8) Jake Bredenbeck - BYE

5) Samuel Murray - BYE
28) Majeed Shahin & 37) Jimmy Lan - 1 PM

21) Scott McClellan v. 44) Timmy Hansen - 1 PM
12) Javier Mar - BYE

13) Eduardo Garay - BYE
20) Set Cubillos v. 45) Cody Thomas - 1 PM

29) Dylan Pruitt v. 36) Erick Trujillo - 3 PM
4) Daniel De La Rosa - BYE

3) Andree Parrilla - BYE
30) Austin Cunningham v. 35) Sergio Acuña - 1 PM

19) Sam Bredenbeck v. 46) Brennan Jennings - 2 PM
14) Andres Acuña - BYE

11) Thomas Carter - BYE
22) Kadim Carrasco v. 43) Pedro Castro - 3 PM

27) Jim Douglas v. 38) Sebastian Longoria - 2 PM
6) Eduardo Portillo - BYE

7) Conrrado Moscoso - BYE
26) Alejandro Herrera v. 39) Matt Fontana - 2 PM

23) Mauricio Zelada v. 42) Daniel Diaz - 3 PM
10) Mario Mercado - BYE

15) Adam Manilla - BYE
18) Felipe Camacho v. 47) Kevin Bowens Jr. - 2 PM

31) Andrew Gleason v. 34) Miguel Angel Arteaga Guzman - 3 PM
2) Rocky Carson - BYE

IRT Doubles - Round of 16 - Thursday

1) Jake Bredenbeck & Samuel Murray - BYE
8) Andres Acuña & Felipe Camacho v. 9) Sam Bredenbeck & Adam Manilla - 5 PM

5) Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso v. 12) Maurice Miller & Troy Warigon - 5 PM
4) Alejandro Landa & Sudsy Monchik v. 13) Dylan Pruitt & Mauricio Zelada - 5 PM

3) Daniel De La Rosa & Donald Williams v. 14) Austin Cunningham & Zachary Patterson - 4 PM
6) Sebastian Franco & Eduardo Garay v. 11) Javier Estrada & Alan Natera - 4 PM

7) Alejandro Herrera & Mario Mercado v. 10) Thomas Carter & Javier Mar - 4 PM
2) Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo - BYE

Follow the bouncing ball….

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