Thursday is quarterfinal day in most divisions at the 35th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and there’s been the first big upset in play. In the Boys U16 quarterfinals, Costa Rican Alvaro Guillen, the 9th seed, came back from a game down twice to oust top seed Bismark Pereira of Bolivia, 4-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-3, 14-12. That’s a crazy score line. Three lopsided games and then a tie-breaker that needed extra points to decide it.
Guillen will play 4th seed Sebastian Ruelas of Mexico in the semi-finals, as Ruelas defeated American Nathan Rykhus, the 5th seed, 13-11, 11-6, 11-5.
The other semi-final will feature 2nd seed Nicolas Galindo (Mexico), a winner over Canadian Asher, 11-13, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7, against 3rd seed Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia), who beat Ecuador’s Tomas Quezada, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.
The top seed in Girls U18 also lost Thursday. Eighth seed Cynthia Gutierrez of Mexico upset #1 seed Natalia Mendez Veizaga of Bolivia in three straight games, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6. Gutierrez will play Guatemalan Paula Aguilar in the semi-finals on Friday, as Aguilar won an all Guatemala battle against team-mate Andrea Reyes, 9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-9. In the pool play, Reyes defeated Gutierrez, so Aguilar should have a good chance to reach the final and play for gold in her home country, which will be exciting for the home fans.
On the other side of the draw, it’ll be USA v Mexico in the semi, as Naomi Ros beat fellow American Ava Kaiser, 11-9, 11-6, 11-3, and Mexican Yanna Salazar defeated Bolivian Florencia Villazon Chalco, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5.
Play continues Thursday, and we’ll update the results later.
They are live streaming some matches from Guatemala, so check out the IRF YouTube channel or the IRF Facebook page for the action.
XXXV IRF World Junior Championships
December 7-14 - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Girls U21 Singles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 8) Annika Fiedler (USA), 11-4, 11-0, 11-2
4) Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) d. 5) Fabiana Landy (Ecuador), 11-6, 11-5, 11-9
3) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) d. 6) Jazmin Elizabeth Aguilar Salvatierra (GUA), 11-9, 11-4, 11-9
2) Annie Sanchez (USA) d. 7) Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 4) Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) - Noon
2) Annie Sanchez (USA) v. 3) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) - Noon
Girls U21 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Camila Rivero & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) v. 4) Ella Boaz & Annika Fiedler (USA) - 3 PM
2) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) v. 3) Fabiana Landy & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) - 3 PM
Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia) d. 8) Alexander Sierra (Guatemala), 11-3, 13-15, 11-2, 11-7
4) Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 5) Jaime Mansilla (Chile), 11-6, 11-2, 11-7
3) Hector Barrios (Bolivia) d. 6) Josue Bermeo (Ecuador), 11-5, 12-10, 11-13, 11-8
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. 7) Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica), 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia) v.4) Erick Trujillo (Mexico) - 11:15 AM
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) v. 3) Hector Barrios (Bolivia) - 11:15 AM
Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 8) Naman Gauri & Christian Pocsai (Canada), 11-4, 11-9, 11-2
5) Oscar Montejo & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica) d. 4) Iain Dunn & Paul Saraceno (USA), 15-13, 11-13, 11-7, 11-3
6) Diego Gatica & Jaime Mansilla (Chile) d. 3) Josue Bermeo & Josue Garrido (Ecuador), 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7
2) Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia) d. 7) Esleiker Gomez & Alexander Mateo (Dominican Republic), 11-6, 11-3, 11-1
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) v. 5) Oscar Montejo & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica) - 3:45 PM
2) Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia) v. 6) Diego Gatica & Jaime Mansilla (Chile) - 3:45 PM
Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) - BYE
4) Iain Dunn & Annie Sanchez (USA) v. 5) Jazmin Elizabeth Aguilar Salvatierra & Alexander Sierra (Guatemala), 11-5, 11-8, 12-10
6) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile) d. 3) Chloe Jauvin & Christian Pocsai (Canada), 13-11, 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9
2) Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) v. 4) Josue Garrido & Fabriana Landy (Ecuador), 11-2, 11-6, 11-9
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 4) Iain Dunn & Annie Sanchez (USA) - 6 PM
2) Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 6) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 6 PM
Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
8) Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico) d. 1) Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), 11-8, 11-8, 11-6
5) Paula Aguilar (Guatemala) d. 4) Andrea Reyes (Guatemala), 9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-9
3) Naomi Ros (USA) d. 6) Ava Kaiser (USA), 11-9, 11-6, 11-3
2) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 7) Florencia Villazon Chalco (Bolivia), 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5
Semi-finals - Friday
5) Paula Aguilar (Guatemala) v. 8) Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico) - 9 AM
2) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 3) Naomi Ros (USA) - 9 AM
Girls U18 Doubles - Group Stage
Round 1 - Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala) d. Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8
Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA) d. Chloe Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 11-3, 11-9, 11-8
Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) - BYE
Round 2 - Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. Chloe Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 11-4, 11-8, 11-4
Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA) d. Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7
Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala) - BYE
Round 3 - Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) v. Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), 6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3
Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Chloe Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA) - BYE
Round 4 - Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA) d. Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4
Chloe Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada) - BYE
Round 5 - Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA) d. Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 11-6, 11-3, 16-18, 11-7
Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala) d. Chloe Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) - BYE
Place: 1) Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA), 4-0
2) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 3-1
3) Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 2-2
4) Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), 2-2
5) Chloe Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 0-4
Girls U18 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA) v. 4) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) - 1:30 PM
2) Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 3) Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala)
Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) d. 9) Jose Caceres (Guatemala), 12-10, 12-10, 11-3
4) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) d. 5) Cole Sendrey (USA), 11-7, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6
3) Eder Renteria (Mexico) d. 6) Oscar Montejo (Costa Rica), 11-13, 11-5, 14-12, 11-13, 11-4
2) Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia) d. 10) Martin Carchi (Ecuador), 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) v. 4) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) - 9 AM
2) Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia) v. 3) Eder Renteria (Mexico) - 9 AM
Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico) d. 8) Leyton Gouldie & Chase Holowachuk (Canada), 11-3, 11-4, 11-2
4) Miguel Anduari Segundo Ramos & Matias Arnez (Bolivia) d. 5) Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador), 11-9, 11-5, 11-9
6) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 3) Sebastian Gomez & Oscar Montejo (Costa Rica), 9-11, 11-5, 11-0, 11-9
2) Christian Aldana & Jose Caceras (Guatemala) d. 7) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ruben Igor (Chile), forfeit
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico) v. 4) Miguel Anduari Segundo Ramos & Matias Arnez (Bolivia) - 3 PM
2) Christian Aldana & Jose Caceras (Guatemala) v. 6) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) - 1:30
Mixed Doubles U18 - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia) - BYE
5) Jose Caceres & Andreas Reyes (Guatemala) d. 4) Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador), 11-5, 6-11, 11-7, 14-16, 11-9
3) Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 6) Leyton Gouldie & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 11-7, 11-4, 11-5
2) Jorge Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 7) Sebastian Gomez & Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica), 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia) v. 5) Jose Caceres & Andreas Reyes (Guatemala) - 5:15 PM
2) Jorge Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 3) Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA) - 5:15 PM
Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. 9) Giuliana Faeth (Costa Rica), 11-9, 12-10, 11-5
4) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 5) Ana Paula Jaramillo Gonzalez (Ecuador), 11-5, 11-2, 11-2
6) Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala) d. 3) Aanshi Thakur (USA), 11-5, 11-8, 11-7
2) Miranda Barraza (Mexico) d. 7) Kaitlyn Couckuyt (Canada), 11-4, 11-2, 11-1
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) v. 4) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) - 9:45 AM
2) Miranda Barraza (Mexico) v. 6) Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala) - 9:45 AM
Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA) - BYE
5) Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile) d. 4) Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Lahni Buller (Canada), 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5
3) Jamileth Sipac & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) d. 6) Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica), forfeit
2) Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 7) Agustina Carrion & Ana Paula Jaramillo Gonzalez (Ecuador), 11-2, 11-0, 11-2
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA) v. 5) Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile) - 2:15 PM
2) Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) v. 3) Jamileth Sipac & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - 3 PM
Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
9) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 1) Bismark Pereira (Bolivia), 4-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-3, 14-12
4) Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 5) Nathan Rykhus (USA), 13-11, 11-6, 11-5
3) Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 11) Tomas Quezada (Ecuador), 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
2) Nicolas Galindo (Mexico) d. 7) Asher Pocsai (Canada), 11-13, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
Semi-finals - Friday
4) Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) v. 9) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) - 10:30 AM
2) Nicolas Galindo (Mexico) v. 3) Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) - 10:30 AM
Boys U16 Doubles - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 8) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8
4) Eshan Ali & Nathan Rykhus (USA) d. 5) Raphaël Guillemette & Asher Pocsai (Canada), 4-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
3) Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 6) Mario Andrés Huyke & Santiago Huyke (Colombia), 11-4, 11-4, 11-4
2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) d. 7) Julian Garcia Piedra & Joaquin Villacreses (Ecuador), 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) v. 4) Eshan Ali & Nathan Rykhus (USA) - 3 PM
2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) v. 3) Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) - 3 PM
Mixed Doubles U16 - Medal Round
Quarterfinals - Thursday
1) Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 8) Catalina Guzman & Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 11-3, 11-6, 11-2
4) Eshan Ali & Victoria Rodriguez (USA) d. 5) Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Raphaël Guillemette (Canada), 11-1, 11-5, 11-6
3) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 6) Yordi Navarijo & Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala), 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10
2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 7) Leonardo Haro Perez & Ana Paula Jaramillo Gonzalez (Ecuador), 11-6, 11-4, 11-2
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) v. 4) Eshan Ali & Victoria Rodriguez (USA) - 4:30 PM
2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) v. 3) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) - 4:30 PM
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