Thursday results from the 2019 Arizona IRT Pro-Am

There were a couple of surprises on Thursday at The International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Arizona IRT Pro-Am in Tempe, Arizona. Anthony Martin beat Nicholas Riffel, 15-9, 15-8, and Thomas Gerhardt d. Justus Benson, 15-9, 15-8, while Ruben Baez narrowly defeated Chilean international Francisco Troncoso, 14-15, 15-5, 11-9.

Martin will play Jake Bredenbeck in the Round of 32 Friday, while Gerhardt’s win sets up an All-Thomas match with Thomas Carter. Baez will play David Horn.

The highest ranked players in action Thursday advanced comfortably, as Andres Acuña beat Ben Baron, 15-5, 15-1, and will play Adam Manilla Friday, and Acuña’s Costa Rican countryman Felipe Camacho defeated Matthew Barcellos, 15-1, 15-8, to set up a match with Carlos Keller.

Look for all the action via the usual IRT media outlets: The IRT YouTube channel or the IRT Facebook page. There will be two rounds of qualifying Thursday starting at noon. The Round of 32 begins Friday morning at 9 AM with the Round of 16 Friday starting at 4 PM. The quarterfinals begin at 9 AM Saturday with the semi-finals at 5 & 6 PM Saturday, and the final at noon Sunday. All times Mountain.

2019 Arizona IRT Pro-Am, October 24-27, 2019
Tempe, Arizona

Qualifying Round 1 - Thursday

Andres Acuña - BYE
Ben Baron d. Francisco Rivas, 15-3, 15-4

Ruben Baez - BYE
Francisco Troncoso - BYE

Set Cubillos - BYE
Preston Tribble d. Jim Douglas, 15-3, 15-4

Enrique Gonzalez Jr. d. Danny Sardina, 11-15, 15-2, 11-4
Scott McClellan - BYE

Justus Benson - BYE
Thomas Gerhardt d. Coy Rogers, 15-1, 15-7

Anthony Martin - BYE
Nicholas Riffel - BYE

Sam Bredenbeck - BYE
Daniel Neri - BYE

Matthew Barcellos d. Luis Rivero, 6-15, 15-5, 11-5
Felipe Camacho - BYE

Qualifying Round 2 - Thursday

Q1 - Andres Acuña d. Ben Baron, 15-5, 15-1
Q8 - Ruben Baez d. Francisco Troncoso, 14-15, 15-5, 11-9

Q5 - Set Cubillos d. Preston Tribble, 11-15, 15-7, 11-4
Q4 - Scott McClellan v. Enrique Gonzalez Jr., 15-6, 15-8

Q3 - Thomas Gerhardt d. Justus Benson, 15-9, 15-8
Q6 - Anthony Martin d. Nicholas Riffel, 15-9, 15-8

Q7 - Sam Bredenbeck v. Daniel Neri, 15-7, 15-4
Q2 - Felipe Camacho d. Matthew Barcellos, 15-1, 15-8

Round of 32 - Friday

1) Kane Waselenchuk - BYE
16) Adam Manilla v. Andres Acuña - Noon

9) David Horn v. Ruben Baez - Noon
8) Samuel Murray - BYE

5) Conrrado Moscoso - BYE
12) Sebastian Fernandez v. Set Cubillos - 11 AM

13) Robert Collins v. Scott McClellan - 11 AM
4) Alvaro Beltran - BYE

3) Alejandro Landa - BYE
14) Thomas Carter v. Thomas Gerhardt - 10 AM

11) Jake Bredenbeck v. Anthony Martin - 10 AM
6) Andree Parrilla - BYE

7) Daniel De La Rosa - BYE
10) Eduardo Portillo v. Sam Bredenbeck - 9 AM

15) Carlos Keller v. Felipe Camacho - 9 AM
2) Rocky Carson - BYE

Follow the bouncing ball….