2025 World Games Draws

The 2025 World Games racquetball competition begins Wednesday in Chengdu, China, and we have a rundown of the draws for you below. There are three events: Men’s and Women’s Singles as well as Mixed Doubles. The players in the singles draws will team up to play in the mixed doubles event.

In Men’s Singles, Jake Bredenbeck of the USA is the top seed, and probably a good bet to make the final, although he may have to play defending World Games gold medalist Andrés Acuña of Costa Rica in the semi-finals. But Acuña will likely face a trickier match in the quarterfinals in Diego Garcia of Argentina than Bredenbeck will against either Edwin Galicia of Guatemala or Jose Daniel Ugalde of Ecuador.

Eduardo Portillo of Mexico is the 2nd seed, and we like him to reach the semi-finals, but then he’ll probably play 3rd seed Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia, which should be a great match that could go either way. However, to make that happen Moscoso will likely need to defeat Canadian Coby Iwaasa in the quarterfinals, and that won’t be an easy match.

On the women’s side, Mexican Paola Longoria has a chance to win a 4th consecutive World Games gold medal. Given the draw, where she is seeded #1, you’d give her a good chance to get that 4th gold medal, as looks like she’ll make the final.

Longoria might face Canadian Frédérique Lambert in the quarterfinals, and that could be tricky. Also, she’ll probably play Angelica Barrios of Bolivia, which also could be challenging to Longoria.

Nonetheless, you’d fancy her to get to the final, where she’ll likely face either Argentina’s Maria Jose Vargas or Guatemala’s Gabriela Martinez. If it’s Martinez, that will be a repeat of the final from Birmingham, Alabama in 2022.

In Mixed Doubles, there will be some interesting quarterfinal matches. The most intriguing could be Mexicans Longoria and Portillo versus Argentines Vargas and Garcia. Only one of those teams is making the podium, and the winner will likely play Bolivians Barrios and Moscoso in the semi-finals.

On the other side of the draw, Guatemalans Galicia and Martinez will likely face off in the quarters with Canadians Iwaasa and Lambert with the winner to face Americans Bredenbeck and Ros in the semis. However, the Americans will need to defeat either Costa Ricans Acuña and Faeth or Dominicans De Leon and Cespedes in the quarters, and that could be a tricky match.

Where to watch

All in all, there should be great racquetball matches to be seen. But will we be able to see them if we’re not in Chengdu? It seems that matches will be streamed live from China via The World Games Live website with matches to begin at 9 PM CDT (corresponding to 10 AM in Chengdu). So, let’s check that out and see how it goes.

2025 World Games - Chengdu, China - August 13-17, 2025

Men’s Singles - Round of 16 - Wednesday

1) Jake BREDENBECK (USA) v. 16) Han-Yang HUANG (Chinese Taipei) - 10 AM
8) Edwin GALICIA (Guatemala) v. 9) Jose Daniel UGALDE (Ecuador) - 11 AM

5) Andrés ACUÑA (Costa Rica) v. 12) Gunhee LEE (South Korea) - Noon
4) Diego GARCIA (Argentina) v. 13) Jonathan O'KEENEY (Ireland) - 5 PM

3) Conrrado MOSCOSO (Bolivia) v. 14) Marcel LUNSMANN (Germany) - 4 PM
6) Coby IWAASA (Canada) v. 11) Ramon DE LEON (Dominican Republic) - 6 PM

7) Kosetty JYOTHEEKALYAN (India) v. 10) Michimune KONO (Japan) - 1 PM
2) Eduardo PORTILLO (Mexico) v. 15) Carlo PAPINI (Italy) - 7 PM

Women’s Singles - Round of 16 - Wednesday

1) Paola LONGORIA (Mexico) v. 16) Yuan WANG (Chinese Taipei) - 11 AM
8) Frederique LAMBERT (Canada) v. Sumin LEE (South Korea) - 10 AM

5) Angélica BARRIOS (Bolivia) v. 12) Aisling HICKEY (Ireland) - Noon
4) Naomi ROS (USA) v. Maria Angela VILLACRESES (Ecuador) - 1 PM

3) Maria Jose VARGAS (Argentina) v. 14) Shilpa DALVI (India) - 4 PM
6) Maria CESPEDES (Dominican Republic) v. 11) Harumi KAJINO (Japan) - 7 PM

7) Cristina AMAYA (Italy) v. 10) Larissa FAETH (Costa Rica) - 5 PM
2) Ana Gabriela MARTINEZ (Guatemala) v. 15) Angela GRISAR (Germany) - 6 PM

Mixed Doubles - Round of 16 - Thursday

1) Jake BREDENBECK & Naomi ROS (USA) v. 16) Yuan WANG & Han-Yang HUANG (Chinese Taipei) - 10 AM
8) Ramon DE LEON & Maria CESPEDES (Dominican Republic) v. 9) Andrés ACUÑA & Larissa FAETH (Costa Rica) - 10 AM

5) Coby IWAASA & Frederique LAMBERT (Canada) v. 12) Aisling HICKEY & Jonathan O'KEENEY (Ireland) - 11 AM
4) Ana Gabriela MARTINEZ & Edwin GALICIA (Guatemala) v. 13) Carlo PAPINI & Cristina AMAYA (Italy) - 11 AM

3) Conrrado MOSCOSO & Angélica BARRIOS (Bolivia) v. 14) Marcel LUNSMANN & Angela GRISAR (Germany) - Noon
6) Sumin LEE & Gunhee LEE (South Korea) v. 11) Michimune KONO & Harumi KAJINO (Japan) - Noon

7) Maria Jose VARGAS & Diego GARCIA (Argentina) v. 10) Jose Daniel UGALDE & Maria Angela VILLACRESES (Ecuador) - 1 PM
2) Paola LONGORIA & Eduardo PORTILLO (Mexico) v. 15) Kosetty JYOTHEEKALYAN & Shilpa DALVI (India) - 1 PM

Note: All times above are Chengu times. Noon in Chengdu is midnight in New York.

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