Bolivia and Argentina won the Men’s and Women’s Team competitions, respectively, at the 2022 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Saturday, and they both did it in two straight matches, and in both cases Mexico was the runner up. This is the first time a team competition has been held at the Pan American Championships. The team competition was a best of three matches: two singles and one doubles with each game played to 11 points.
In the Men’s Team final, Bolivia’s Conrrado Moscoso - who won the Men’s Singles Pan American title this week - got things rolling by defeating Mexican Rodrigo Montoya, 11-3, 11-2, 11-8. Then Carlos Keller - the two time former Men’s Singles Pan Am Champion - won the competition for Bolivia by defeating Elias Nieto, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6.
Maria Jose Vargas of Argentina won the first match of the Women’s Team final, beating Mexican Alexandra Herrera, 11-9 11-6, 11-5. Natalia Mendez won the second match against Samantha Salas, but that went to a tie-breaker, before Mendez pulled it out, winning 2-11, 11-10, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7.
After a dominant first game, Salas was up 10-8 in the second game, but skipped three shots in a row to give the game to Mendez, and level the match at a game apiece. If Salas makes one of the those shots, then she’s up 2-0 in the match, and it seems like that they would have to play a doubles match to decide the team competition. But that’s not what happened.
If you missed any of Saturday's action, or matches from earlier in the week, you can see them at the International Racquetball Federation's (IRF's), Facebook page or the IRF YouTube channel. There were many good matches at the 2022 Pan Am Championships, so we encourage to check some of them out.
XXXIII Pan American Racquetball Championships
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia - April 9-16, 2022
Women's Team - Final - Saturday
2) ARGENTINA d. 4) MEXICO
Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. Alexandra Herrera (Mexico), 11-9 11-6, 11-5
Natalia Mendez (Argentina) d. Samantha Salas (Mexico), 2-11, 11-10, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7
Men's Team - Final - Saturday
1) BOLIVIA d. 3) MEXICO
Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico), 11-3, 11-2, 11-8
Carlos Keller (Bolivia) d. Elias Nieto (Mexico), 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
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