Rounds of 128 & 64 at 2022 IRT New York Open

There were some upsets Thursday at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) New York Open in Wantagh, New York, but we’re not sure there were any big surprises. Jose Daniel Ugalde and Coby Iwaasa were two of the lowest seeds in qualifying, but they are international veterans for their respective countries - Ecuador and Canada, so it’s not a surprise that they were able to qualify for Friday’s Round of 32.

Ugalde beat Set Cubillos, 15-1, 15-5, and then Michael Leduc, 15-4, 15-7, to reach the 32s, where he’ll play Sebastian Fernandez. Iwaasa needed a tie-breaker in his first match to defeat Joe Kelley, 15-14, 8-15, 11-2, and then David Austin, 15-3, 15-10, in his second match. We thought Iwaasa would play Mexican Alejandro Cardona in the second round, but Cardona was a no show unforetunately.

Other surprises were Ezequiel Subieta defeating Juan Salvatierra, 15-8, 15-6, to qualify for the 32s, where he’ll play Eduardo Garay, Hector Barrios beating Christian Wer, 15-8, 15-10, and Guillermo Jesus Ortega Jr overcoming Erick Cuevas Fernandez, 6-15, 15-3, 11-5.

You can see the 2022 New York Open matches via the usual IRT media outlets: The IRT YouTube channel or the IRT Facebook page. Play begins Thursday with two rounds of action. Then they’ll play the Round of 32 Friday morning, and Round of 16 Friday afternoon and evening beginning at 4 PM. The quarterfinals will start at 10 AM Saturday morning with the semi-finals at 7 and 8 Saturday night. The final will be at noon Sunday. All times Eastern.

2022 IRT New York Open, May 12-15, 2022
Wantagh, New York

Round of 128 - Thursday

Mauricio Zelada - BYE
Rodrigo Mendoza d. Abraham Cardenas, 15-7, 15-8

Juan Francisco Cueva d. Miguel Angel Arteaga Guzman, 15-6, 15-5
David Horn d. Maneesh Pujari, 15-6, 15-1

Edwin Galicia d. Tony Puggioni, 15-10, 15-3
Alex Zamudio d. Carlos Jose Galvez, 15-11, 15-10

Michael Leduc d. Samuel Kelley, 11-15, 15-11, 11-9
Jose Daniel Ugalde d. Set Cubillos, 15-1, 15-5

Juan Salvatierra d. Roger Subieta, 15-1, 15-10
Ezequiel Subieta d. Troy Warigon, 15-12, 15-6

David Austin d. Alejandro Cardona, forfeit
Coby Iwaasa d. Joe Kelley, 15-14, 8-15, 11-2

Christian Wer d. Brendan Sullivan, 15-8, 15-2
Hector Barrios d. Garin Meguerditchian, 15-6, 15-2

Guillermo Jesus Ortega Jr d. Andrés Gómez, 15-10, 15-12
Erick Cuevas Fernandez d. John Behm, 15-4, 15-7

Round of 64 - Thursday

Q1 - Mauricio Zelada d. Rodrigo Mendoza, 15-7, 15-12
Q8 - David Horn d. Miguel Angel Arteaga Guzman, 15-13, 15-7

Q5 - Edwin Galicia d. Alex Zamudio, 15-11, 14-15, 11-3
Q4 - Jose Daniel Ugalde d. Michael Leduc, 15-4, 15-7

Q3 - Ezequiel Subieta d. Juan Salvatierra, 15-8, 15-6
Q6 - Coby Iwaasa d. David Austin, 15-3, 15-10

Q7 - Hector Barrios d. Christian Wer, 15-8, 15-10 =
Q2 - Guillermo Jesus Ortega Jr d. Erick Cuevas Fernandez, 6-15, 15-3, 11-5

Round of 32 - Friday

1) Daniel De La Rosa - BYE
16) Jordy Alonso v. Mauricio Zelada - 11 AM

9) Jake Bredenbeck v. David Horn - 11 AM
8) Mario Mercado - BYE

5) Eduardo Portillo - BYE
12) Adam Manilla v. Edwin Galicia - 11 AM

13) Sebastian Fernandez v. Jose Daniel Ugalde - 11 AM
4) Alejandro Landa - BYE

3) Samuel Murray - BYE
14) Eduardo Garay v. Eziquiel Subieta - 10 AM

11) Andres Acuña v. Coby Iwaasa - 10 AM
6) Conrrado Moscoso - BYE

7) Kane Waselenchuk - BYE
10) Sebastian Franco v. Hector Barrios - 10 AM

15) Robert Collins v. Guillermo Jesus Ortega Jr - 10 AM
2) Andree Parrilla - BYE

Follow the bouncing ball….