2018 Pan American Championships - Day 1

Competition begins Saturday at the XXXI Pan American Championships in Temuco, Chile. There will be three days of group play to set up the elimination round that will begin on Wednesday. Seeding for the group stage is based on the performances of the countries over the past three Pan American Championships, so the seedings aren’t like you’d see on the pro tours.

Case in point. In Women’s Singles, both Paola Longoria (Mexico) and Maria José Vargas (Argentina) are in the same group as are their team-mates Samantha Salas (Mexico) and Natalia Mendez (Argentina).

XXXI Pan American Racquetball Championships
Temuco, Chile - March 24-31, 2018

Women's Singles

Group A

Paola Longoria (Mexico) v. Valeria Centallas (Bolivia)
Maria José Vargas (Argentina) - BYE

Group B

Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) v. Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala)
Jen Saunders (Canada) - BYE

Group C

Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. Jasmine Sabja (Bolivia)
Natalia Mendez (Argentina) - BYE

Group D

Maria José Muñoz (Ecuador) v. Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala)
Alexis Iwaasa (Canada) v. Yurisleidis Araujo (Cuba)

Group E

Rhonda Rajsich (USA) v. Maria Paz Riquelme (Colombia)
Carla Muñoz (Chile) v. Maria Viera Gonzales (Cuba)

Group F

Cristina Amaya (Colombia) v. Janel Tisinger (USA)
Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) v. Josefa Parada (Chile)

Women's Doubles

Group A

Alexandra Herrera & Paola Longoria (Mexico) v. Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala)
Michèle Morissette & Christine Richardson (Canada) - BYE

Group B

Rhonda Rajsich & Janel Tisinger (USA) v. Stefanny Barrios & Jenny Daza (Bolivia)
Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros (Colombia) - BYE

Group C

Maria Paz Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador) v. Natalia Mendez & Maria José Vargas (Argentina)
Carla Muñoz & Josefa Parada (Chile) v. Yurisleidis Araujo & Maria Viera Gonzales (Cuba)

Men's Singles

Group A

Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) v. Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica)
Andres Gomez (Colombia) v. Marco Sarmiento (Honduras)

Group B

David Horn (USA) v. Christian Chavez (Ecuador)
Edwin Galicia (Guatemala) v. Enier Chacon Gomez (Cuba)

Group C

Andree Parrilla (Mexico) v. Andres Acuña (Costa Rica)
Set Cubillos (Colombia) v. Carlos Medrano (Honduras)

Group D

Thomas Carter (USA) v. Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador)
Juan Jose Salvatierra (Guatemala) v. Maikel Mollet (Cuba)

Group E

Carlos Keller (Bolivia) v. Trevor Webb (Canada)
Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) v. Rodrigo Salgado (Chile)

Group F

Pedro Castro (Canada) v. Kadim Carrasco (Bolivia)
Francisco Troncoso (Chile) v. Shai Manzuri (Argentina)

Men’s Doubles

Group A

Alvaro Beltran & Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) v. Fernando Kurzbard & Daniel Maggi (Argentina)
Roland Keller & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. Enier Chacon Gomez & Maikel Mollet (Cuba)

Group B

Thomas Carter & David Horn (USA) v. Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador)
Andres Gomez & Set Cubillos (Colombia) v. Carlos Medrano & Marco Sarmiento (Honduras)

Group C

Felipe Camacho & Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica) v. Nicolas Bousquet & Samuel Murray (Canada)
Edwin Galicia & Christian Wer (Guatemala) v. Johan Igor & Francisco Troncoso (Chile)

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