IRT Florida Spring Break Round of 16

Two big upsets in the Round of 16 at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Florida Spring Break tournament in Tampa, Florida, as the 6th and 8th seeds were defeated.

Marco Rojas defeated 8th seed Chris Crowther in 11-13, 11-1, 2-11, 11-2, 11-2, and Charlie Pratt got the better of 6th seed Ben Croft, 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6. Pratt and Croft played last weekend in the final of the Carl Myers Memorial in Garden City, Kansas with Croft coming out on top, but Pratt might have learned something from that encounter that he was able to use today.

Also, more props to Nolsen Jimenez Garcia, who's a player from Cuba - perhaps the only player from Cuba, as he got a game off of IRT #3 Alvaro Beltran before losing the next three, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4. Garcia is no slouch - lightning fast and a winner against Canadian Lee Connell at a tournament in Canada last month.

The IRT Network will have the quarter final action live over the web beginning on Friday 3 PM EST.

2014 Florida Spring Break Pro-Am
Tampa, Florida

Round of 16 (with seeding)

1 Kane Waselenchuk d. Alejandro Herrera, 11-4, 11-4, 11-1
Marco Rojas d. 8 Chris Crowther, 11-13, 11-1, 2-11, 11-2, 11-2

5 Tony Carson v. Alex Ackermann
4 Jose Rojas d. Hiroshi Shimizu, 11-0, 11-3, 11-7

3 Alvaro Beltran d. Nolsen Jimenez Garcia, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4
Charlie Pratt d. 6 Ben Croft, 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6

7 Daniel De La Rosa d. Jansen Allen, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-7
2 Rocky Carson d. Sebastian Franco, 11-4, 11-1, 11-1

Quarter finals

1 Kane Waselenchuk v. Marco Rojas
4 Jose Rojas v. 5 Tony Carson or Alex Ackermann

3 Alvaro Beltran v. Charlie Pratt
2 Rocky Carson v. 7 Daniel De La Rosa

Follow the bouncing ball….