Friday, December 8, 2023

Portillo upsets Bredenbeck at 2023 IRT Golden State Open

Another round, another big upset at the 2023 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Golden State Open in Pleasanton, California. This time it was 7th seed Eduardo Portillo defeating IRT #2 Jake Bredenbeck, 15-10, 15-13, in the quarterfinals. Bredenbeck’s loss, combined with IRT #1 Daniel De La Rosa’s quarterfinal win over 8th seed Andrés Acuña, 11-15, 15-9, 11-8, mean that De La Rosa will finish #1 for the 3rd straight year.

In the other quarters, IRT #3 Conrrado Moscoso defeated IRT #6 Adam Manilla, 15-6, 15-11, and IRT #4 Rodrigo Montoya beat veteran Rocky Carson, 15-1, 15-13. Thus, the semi-finals will be De La Rosa versus Montoya and Moscoso versus Portillo.

The singles semi-finals will be Saturday at 2:45 and 3:30 PM with the final at 11:45 AM Sunday. The doubles semi-finals will be at 11 and 11:45 AM Saturday, and the final Saturday at 7:15 PM. You can see some of the IRT action via the usual IRT media outlets: The IRT YouTube channel or the IRT Facebook page. All times Pacific.

2023 IRT Golden State Open presented by JMB
Pleasanton, California - December 7-10, 2023

IRT Singles - Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Daniel De La Rosa d. 8) Andrés Acuña, 11-15, 15-9, 11-8
4) Rodrigo Montoya d. 21) Rocky Carson, 15-1, 15-13

3) Conrrado Moscoso d. 6) Adam Manilla, 15-6, 15-11
7) Eduardo Portillo d. 2) Jake Bredenbeck, 15-10, 15-13

IRT Singles - Semi-finals - Saturday

1) Daniel De La Rosa v. 4) Rodrigo Montoya - 3:30 PM
3) Conrrado Moscoso v. 7) Eduardo Portillo - 2:45 PM

IRT Doubles - Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Javier Mar & Rodrigo Montoya v. 8) Alvaro Beltran & Rocky Carson - 7 PM
4) Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso v. 5) Jake Bredenbeck & Sam Bredenbeck - 7 PM

3) Adam Manilla & Andree Parrilla v. 6) Andrés Acuña & Eduardo Portillo - 8 PM
2) Daniel De La Rosa & Alejandro Landa v. 7) Robert Collins & Erick Trujillo - 8 PM

Follow the bouncing ball….

No comments: