Round of 32 at 2021 IRT Suivant Consulting Pro-Am

Top seed Alejandro Landa won his first match at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) 2021 Suivant Consulting Pro-Am in Lilburn, Georgia Friday, as he defeated Gabriel Garcia, 15-8, 15-8. He’ll face 16th seed Javier Estrada in the Round of 16 Friday afternoon, after Estrada beat his doubles partner Alan Natera, 15-12, 15-10, in the 32s.

Also winning Friday morning was 2nd seed Rocky Carson, who beat Andrew Gleason, 15-5, 15-4. He’ll play fellow American Adam Manilla in the 16s, as Manilla defeated Felipe Camacho, 15-8, 15-4, earlier.

In fact, there were no upsets in the 32s, but there were a couple of tie-breakers. Sam Bredenbeck, the 19th seed, won the first game versus 14th seed Andres Acuña, but Acuña came back to win, 13-15, 15-10, 11-5. Bredenbeck seemed to have found a serve Acuña didn’t like - a half lob to Acuña’s backhand - late in game one, which helped him win it, yet Bredenbeck didn’t hit that serve much in the rest of the match.

Also, 11th seed Thomas Carter had a battle with 22nd seed Kadim Carrasco, but pulled it out in the end, winning 15-10, 12-15, 11-8. Next up for Carter is Eduardo Portillo, who was a winner over Sebastian Longoria, 15-7, 15-3.

The Suivant Consulting Pro-Am matches can be seen via the usual IRT media outlets: The IRT YouTube channel or the IRT Facebook page. Friday afternoon will have the singles 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 32 - Friday

1) Alejandro Landa d. 33) Gabriel Garcia, 15-8, 15-8
16) Javier Estrada d. 17) Alan Natera, 15-12, 15-10

9) Sebastian Franco d. 24) Erick Cuevas Fernandez, 15-8, 15-14
8) Jake Bredenbeck d. 24) Joe Kelley, 15-7, 15-1

5) Samuel Murray d. 28) Majeed Shahin, 15-3, 15-0
12) Javier Mar d. 44) Timmy Hansen, 15-2, 15-6

13) Eduardo Garay d. 20) Set Cubillos, 15-6, 15-9
4) Daniel De La Rosa d. 36) Erick Trujillo, 15-5, 15-1

3) Andree Parrilla d. 35) Sergio Acuña, 15-4, 15-5
14) Andres Acuña d. 19) Sam Bredenbeck, 13-15, 15-10, 11-5

11) Thomas Carter d. 22) Kadim Carrasco, 15-10, 12-15, 11-8
6) Eduardo Portillo d. 38) Sebastian Longoria, 15-7, 15-3

7) Conrrado Moscoso d. 26) Alejandro Herrera, 15-2, 15-2
10) Mario Mercado d. 23) Mauricio Zelada, 15-6, 15-8

15) Adam Manilla d. 18) Felipe Camacho, 15-8, 15-4
2) Rocky Carson d. 31) Andrew Gleason, 15-5, 15-4

Round of 16 - Friday

1) Alejandro Landa v. 16) Javier Estrada - 5 PM
8) Jake Bredenbeck v. 9) Sebastian Franco - 5 PM

5) Samuel Murray v. 12) Javier Mar - 5 PM
4) Daniel De La Rosa v. 13) Eduardo Garay - 5 PM

3) Andree Parrilla v. 14) Andres Acuña - 4 PM
6) Eduardo Portillo v. 11) Thomas Carter - 4 PM

7) Conrrado Moscoso v. 10) Mario Mercado - 4 PM
2) Rocky Carson v. 15) Adam Manilla - 4 PM

IRT Doubles - Semi-finals - Friday

1) Jake Bredenbeck & Samuel Murray v. 4) Alejandro Landa & Sudsy Monchik - 8 PM
2) Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo v. 6) Sebastian Franco & Eduardo Garay - 7 PM

Follow the bouncing ball….