Saturday, April 21, 2018

Longoria survives scare to advance to semi-finals at 2018 LPRT Battle at the Alamo

Samantha Salas played a strong match to upset #3 seed Jessica Parrilla, winning 11-1, 11-3, 11-1, in the quarterfinals at the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) Battle at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, and that despite Salas playing less than 12 hours since she’d finished her doubles match Friday night.

In the semi-finals, Salas will play 7th seed Natalia Mendez, who had to come back to beat 31st seed Yasmine Sabja, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-2, in their quarterfinal.

Salas’s doubles partner, LPRT #1 Paola Longoria needed more time to get on track in her quarterfinal against Nancy Enriquez, as Enriquez won the first game, 11-5. But Longoria pulled it together, and won the next four games to defeat Enriquez, 5-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-5.

Longoria will play 12th seed Maria Vargas in the semi-finals, as Vargas beat 13th seed Monserrat Mejia, 11-1, 11-7, 11-9, in the quarters. Despite her seeding, Vargas won’t be an easy match for Longoria, as she defeated Longoria last month during the preliminary round of the Pan American Championships in Temuco, Chile.

Also, Longoria has now played two matches of more than three games back to back for the first time since last June in Chihuahua, Mexico. There she played four games in defeating Mendez in the quarterfinals, and then lost a five game match against Salas in the semi-finals.

Longoria played five games in defeating Gabriela Martinez yesterday, and four games to against Enriquez today, so this could be an advantage for Vargas, although she did have to play one more match than Longoria yesterday, as Longoria got a bye in the Round of 32. But Vargas’s wins were in three games over Lucia Gonzalez, four games over Alexandra Herrera and now three over Mejia.

The semi-finals are Saturday at 4:30 PM and 5:35 PM. The singles final will be Sunday at noon with the doubles final to follow. All times Central. Check out the LPRT Facebook page for the action or the LPRT LiveStream channel.

2018 Battle at the Alamo
San Antonio, Texas - April 20-22, 2018


LPRT Singles - Quarterfinals - Saturday

1 Paola Longoria d. 8 Nancy Enriquez, 5-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-5
12 Maria Vargas d. 13 Monserrat Mejia, 11-1, 11-7, 11-9

6 Samantha Salas d. 3 Jessica Parrilla, 11-1, 11-3, 11-1
7 Natalia Mendez d. 15 Adrianne Haynes, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-2

LPRT Singles - Semi-finals - Saturday

1 Paola Longoria v. 12 Maria Vargas - 5:35 PM
6 Samantha Salas v. 7 Natalia Mendez - 4:30 PM

LPRT Doubles - Semi-finals - Saturday

1 Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas v. 4 Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros - 7:45 PM
2 Alexandra Herrera & Monserrat Mejia v. 3 Ana Laura Flores & Jessica Parrilla - 6:40 PM

Follow the bouncing ball….

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