The semi-finals were played Friday at the 35th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala, and some of the better known players lost.
For example, in Boys U21 Singles, Mexican Erick Trujillo, who has played on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT), lost in five games, as Bolivian Joel Alexis Acha Portugal came back from two games down to win, 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7. Acha will play another Mexican Sebastian Hernández in the final, as Hernández defeated Bolivian Hector Barrios, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9, in the other semi-final.
Then in Girls U18 Singles, American Naomi Ros, who represented the USA at the Pan American Championships earlier this year, lost to Mexican Yanna Salazar, 7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8. Salazar will play her team-mate Cynthia Gutierrez for gold on Saturday, as Gutierrez beat Guatemala’s Paula Aguilar, 11-2, 13-11, 11-5, in the other semi.
Also, American Annie Sanchez (née Roberts) lost to Mexican Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, in the semi-finals of Girls U21 Singles. Ortega will play Bolivian Camila Rivero in the final, as Rivero beat Mexican Ivanna Balderrama, 11-7, 11-7, 11-0, in the other semi.
Costa Rican Alvaro Guillen, in Boys U16 Singles, had one of the big upsets in the quarterfinals Thursday, and looked like he was going to get to the final, as he was up two games on Sebastian Ruelas. However, Ruelas eked out game three, and then won the next two games to book his place in the final, winning 7-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-3.
Ruelas will play Bolivia’s Sebastian Terrazas Tapia in the final Saturday. Terrazas also needed five games to reach the final, as he held off Mexican Nicolas Galindo (Mexico), 12-10, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8.
The top seed lost in Boys U18 Singles, as Bolivian Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera knocked off the #1 seed Jorge Gutierrez of Mexico, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11-9, and will play his team-mate Jhonatan Flores in the final, as Flores also needed five games to defeat Mexican Eder Renteria, 7-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3.
Who will play for gold?
Mexican players are in 12 of the 15 World Cup finals (i.e., Boys and Girls U21, U18, U16, Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles), and two are all Mexico finals: Girls U18 Singles and Girls U16 Singles. The finals without a Mexican are the Boys U18 Singles final, which is between two Bolivian players, the U18 Mixed Doubles final between Bolivia and the USA, and the Girls U21 Doubles between Bolivia and Ecuador. Bolivians are in 10 of the finals with the USA in 3 finals, and Costa Rica and Ecuador in one final each.
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
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 4) Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), 11-7, 11-7, 11-0
3) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) d. 2) Annie Sanchez (USA), 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
Final - Saturday
1) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 3) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico)
Girls U21 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Camila Rivero & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. 4) Ella Boaz & Annika Fiedler (USA), 11-5, 11-1, 11-3
3) Fabiana Landy & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) d. 2) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9
Final - Saturday
1) Camila Rivero & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) 3) Fabiana Landy & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador)
Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia) d. 4) Erick Trujillo (Mexico), 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. 3) Hector Barrios (Bolivia), 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9
Final - Saturday
1) Joel Alexis Acha Portugal (Bolivia) v. 2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico)
Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 5) Oscar Montejo & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica), 11-0, 11-4, 11-6
2) Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia) d. 6) Diego Gatica & Jaime Mansilla (Chile), 11-6, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8
Final - Saturday
1) Sebastian Hernández & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) v. 2) Luis Aguilar & Adrian Jaldin Lobo (Bolivia)
Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 4) Iain Dunn & Annie Sanchez (USA), 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7
2) Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico) d. 6) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-5, 12-10, 11-6
Final - Saturday
1) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 2) Ivanna Balderrama & Erick Trujillo (Mexico)
Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
8) Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico) d. 5) Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), 11-2, 13-11, 11-5
2) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 3) Naomi Ros (USA), 7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8
Final - Saturday
2) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 8) Cynthia Gutierrez (Mexico)
Girls U18 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
4) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. 1) Ava Kaiser & Naomi Ros (USA), 13-11, 11-7, 11-7
2) Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 3) Andrea Reyes & Paula Aguilar (Guatemala), 11-8, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8
Final - Saturday
2) Cynthia Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 4) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia)
Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
4) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) d. 1) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico), 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11-9
2) Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia) d. 3) Eder Renteria (Mexico), 7-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3
Final - Saturday
2) Jhonatan Flores (Bolivia) v. 4) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia)
Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico) d. 4) Miguel Anduari Segundo Ramos & Matias Arnez (Bolivia), 10-12, 12-14, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
6) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 2) Christian Aldana & Jose Caceras (Guatemala), 11-13, 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 13-11
Final - Saturday
1) Jorge Gutierrez & Eder Renteria (Mexico) v. 6) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA)
Mixed Doubles U18 - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia) d. 5) Jose Caceres & Andreas Reyes (Guatemala), 4-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
3) Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 2) Jorge Gutierrez & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 13-11, 5-11, 11-6, 13-11
Final - Saturday
1) Nicolás Iglesias & Florencia Villain Chalco (Bolivia) v. 3) Naomi Ros & Cole Sendrey (USA)
Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
4) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 1) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 11-5, 3-11, 11-9, 11-6
2) Miranda Barraza (Mexico) d. 6) Jamileth Sipac (Guatemala), 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9
Final - Saturday
2) Miranda Barraza (Mexico) v. 4) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)
Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA) d. 5) Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 11-8, 14-12, 11-8
2) Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 3) Jamileth Sipac & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10, 12-10
Final - Saturday
1) Victoria Rodriguez & Montserrat Torres (USA) 2) Miranda Barraza & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)
Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
4) Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 9) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 7-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-3
3) Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 2) Nicolas Galindo (Mexico), 12-10, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8
Final - Saturday
3) Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) v. 4) Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico)
Boys U16 Doubles - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) d. 4) Eshan Ali & Nathan Rykhus (USA), 6-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4
3) Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica), 11-3, 11-3, 11-3
Final - Saturday
1) Bismarck Pereira & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia) v. 3) Nicolas Galindo & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico)
Mixed Doubles U16 - Medal Round
Semi-finals - Friday
1) Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) d. 4) Eshan Ali & Victoria Rodriguez (USA), 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 3) Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde & Sebastian Terrazas Tapia (Bolivia), 11-9, 11-8, 11-9
Final - Saturday
1) Andrea Perez Picon & Sebastian Ruelas (Mexico) 2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica)
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