Argentina & Canada win team titles at 2026 IRF World Championships

Argentina and Canada won the Women’s and Men’s Team events, respectively, Saturday at the 23rd International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in Temuco, Chile. It’s the first team win for Argentina ever, and the first year since 2010 that Mexico did not win the Women’s Team title. Canada’s win is their first Men’s Team title since 2002, and their sixth men’s title overall.

Both finals were over in two straight matches. In the women’s final, Argentina defeated the USA, 2-0. First, Argentina's Natalia Mendez beat American Lexi York, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, and then Maria Jose Vargas - who had won the Women’s Singles title earlier in the week - defeated Michelle Andersen, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8.

Canada beat Mexico, 2-0 in the men's final. Canadian Coby Iwaasa beat Mexican Andree Parrilla, 14-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, and then Samuel Murray came back from a game down to defeat Eduardo Portillo, 3-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6.

The four team final matches are available on the IRF YouTube channel.

23rd IRF World Championships
October 16-24, 2026 - Temuco, Chile

Men's Team Competition

Final - Saturday

4) Canada d. 2) Mexico, 2-0

Coby Iwaasa d. Andree Parrilla, 14-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6
Samuel Murray d. Eduardo Portillo, 3-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6
Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo v. Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray - Not played

Women's Team Competition

Final - Saturday

1) Argentina d. 3) USA, 2-0

Natalia Mendez d. Lexi York, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7
Maria Jose Vargas d. Michelle Andersen, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8
Valeria Centellas & Maria Jose Vargas v. Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla - Not played

Follow the bouncing ball....

Four countries going for team gold at 2026 IRF World Championships

Four countries will be vying for the team titles at the 23rd International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in Temuco, Chile on Saturday. The Men’s Team final is Mexico versus Canada, while Argentina plays the USA in the Women’s Team final. This is the first year since 2010 that Mexico will not win the Women’s Team title.

In the men’s semi-finals, Mexico needed three matches to get past the USA, 2-1, while Canada beat Bolivia in two straight matches. American Adam Manilla came back from two games down to defeat Mexican Andree Parrilla, 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6. But Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo edged Sam Bredenbeck and DJ Mendoza, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, and then Portillo beat Jake Bredenbeck, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6, to win the match for Mexico.

In the other semi, Canadian Coby Iwaasa defeated Bolivian Mario Mercado in three straight games, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6, and then teamed up with Samuel Murray to beat Kadim Carrasco and Conrrado Moscoso, 11-5, 13-11, 1-11, 11-6.

In the women’s semis, Argentina defeated Ecuador two straight, while the USA needed three matches to get past Mexico. Argentinian Natalia Mendez beat Maria Mendieta, 11-4, 11-3, 11-4, and then Valeria Centellas and Maria Jose Vargas defeated Maria Paz Muñoz and Veronica Sotomayor, 5-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5.

In the other semi, American Lexi York beat Mexican Jessica Parrilla in three straight games, 11-4, 11-7, 12-10. Then Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Samantha Salas defeated Americans Michelle Andersen and Erika Manilla, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7. Thus, it was all down to Andersen versus Herrera, and it was the American who outlasted the Mexican, winning 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, to advance to the final.

The finals will have the two singles matches played first followed by the doubles match, if necessary.

The IRF will live stream all of the team final matches from Temuco via their YouTube channel.

23rd IRF World Championships
October 16-24, 2026 - Temuco, Chile

Note: some of the match results below are incomplete.

Men's Team Competition

Final - Saturday

2) Mexico v. 4) Canada

Andree Parrilla v. Coby Iwaasa - 9 AM
Eduardo Portillo v. Samuel Murray - 10:30 AM
Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo v. Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray - Noon (if necessary)

Semi-finals - Friday

4) Canada d. 1) Bolivia, 2-0

Coby Iwaasa d. Mario Mercado, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6
Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray d. Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso, 11-5, 13-11, 1-11, 11-6

2) Mexico d. 3) USA, 2-1

Adam Manilla d. Andree Parrilla, 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6
Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo d. Sam Bredenbeck & DJ Mendoza, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5
Eduardo Portillo d. Jake Bredenbeck, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6

Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Bolivia d. 8) Chile, 2-0

Mario Mercado d. Francisco Troncoso, 13-11, 11-3, 11-6
Conrrado Moscoso d. Alan Natera, forfeit

4) Canada d. 5) Ecuador, 2-0

Coby Iwaasa d. Pablo Vera, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2, 11-1
Samuel Murray d. Juan David Zea, 11-9, 11-9, 11-5

3) USA d. 6) Guatemala, 2-0

Adam Manilla d. Hector Sierra Mansilla, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6
Jake Bredenbeck d. Juan Salvatierra, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4

2) Mexico d. 7) Costa Rica, 2-0

Andree Parrilla d. Alvaro Guillen, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4
Eduardo Portillo d. Gabriel Garcia

Round of 16 - Thursday

1) Bolivia - BYE

8) Chile d. 9) Dominican Republic, 2-1

5) Ecuador d. 12) India

4) Canada d. 13) Argentina, 2-0

Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray d. Lautaro Cufre & Fernando Kurzbard, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8
Coby Iwaasa d. Fernando Kurzbard, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5

3) USA - BYE

6) Guatemala d. 7) Japan, 2-0

Christian Aldana & Edwin Galicia d. Hiroshi Shimizu & Yasutaka Mizuno, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
Hector Sierra Mansilla d. Yasutaka Mizuno, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2

7) Costa Rica d. 10) Ireland, 2-0

2) Mexico - BYE

Women's Team Competition

Final - Saturday

1) Argentina v. 3) USA

Natalia Mendez v. Lexi York - 9:45 AM
Maria Jose Vargas v. Michelle Andersen - 10:30 AM
Valeria Centellas & Maria Jose Vargas v. Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla - 12:45 PM (if necessary)

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Argentina d. 5) Ecuador, 2-0

Natalia Mendez d. Maria Mendieta, 11-4, 11-3, 11-4
Valeria Centellas & Maria Jose Vargas d. Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor, 5-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5

3) USA d. 2) Mexico, 2-1

Lexi York d. Jessica Parrilla, 11-4, 11-7, 12-10
Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas d. Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
Michelle Andersen d. Alexandra Herrera, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11

Quarterfinals - Friday

1) Argentina d. 8) Canada, 2-0

Natalia Mendez d. Frédérique Lambert, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10
Maria Jose Vargas d. & Juliette Parent, 11-4, 11-7, 11-2

5) Ecuador d. 4) Chile, 2-1

Veronica Sotomayor d. Carla Muñoz, forfeit
Paula Mansilla d. Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta, 14-12, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9
Veronica Sotomayor & Maria Paz Muñoz d. Catalina Guzman & Paula Mansilla

3) USA d. 6) Bolivia, 2-1

Camila Rivero d. Lexi York, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8
Michelle Andersen d. Rebecca Amaya Argaya, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9
Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla d. Rebecca Amaya Argaya & Valeria Miranda Martinez, 12-10, 11-4, 14-12

2) Mexico d. 7) Costa Rica, 2-0
Jessica Parrilla d. Jimena Gomez, 11-9, 11-4, 11-3
Alexandra Herrera d. Larissa Faeth, 12-10, 11-1, 11-4

Round of 16 - Thursday

8) Canada d. 9) Japan, 2-0

Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent (Canada) d. Marko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto (Japan), 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-2
Juliette Parent d. Ayako Hanashi, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7

7) Costa Rica d. 10) Ireland

Jimena Gomez d. Toni Neary, 11-4, 11-8, 11-8

Follow the bouncing ball....

Mexico wins three titles, Argentina & Bolivia once each at 2026 IRF World Championships

Mexicans won three World Championships Thursday at the 23rd International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in Temuco, Chile, taking the three doubles divisions, while the singles titles were split between Argentina and Bolivia.

Argentina’s Maria Jose Vargas won Women’s Singles for the first time by defeating former World Champion Gabriela Martinez of Guatemala, 8-11, 11-1, 11-3, 11-3. Vargas, 33, was in the final of the first time, while Martinez played her fifth final, despite being only 27 years old.

Martinez won the first game of the final, but Vargas was dominant after that, as she kept Martinez moving around the court. After the first game, Martinez seemed to be rushing her shots, which didn’t help her cause.

Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso won his second Men’s Singles World Championship by defeating American Jake Bredenbeck, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10. He’d previously won in 2018. It was Bredenbeck’s second consecutive final, as he’d also reached the finals in 2024, when he lost to team-mate Daniel De La Rosa.

The final was closely fought, and it looked like Bredenbeck would force a tie-breaking fifth game, as he led for much of game four. However, Moscoso was able to come back and close out the match in four games.

The Women’s Doubles final did go to five games, although that looked unlikely early on as Mexicans Alexandra Herrera and Samantha Salas won the first two games against Americans Michelle Andersen (née Key) and Erika Manilla. But Andersen and Manilla stepped it up and took the next two games to force a breaker.

But in the breaker, it was Mexico who took an early lead and held off the Americans, winning 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6. Both Herrera and Salas had won doubles at Worlds before. Herrera won for the second consecutive time (she did so with Montserrat Mejia in 2024), while Salas’s win was her sixth, with the previous five all coming with Paola Longoria. Salas’s first win was back in 2010.

The Men’s Doubles final was also a five game affair with Mexicans Andree Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo eking out a victory over the Canadian defending champions Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-6. It’s the first world championships for both Parrilla and Portillo.

Portillo had a chance to win it in game four, when they led 11-10 after fighting off three Canadian game points, but he skipped a clear forehand set up. If they hadn’t won in the end, that error would likely have kept Portillo up at night.

But in game five, Mexico never trailed, scoring the first two points and after a 2-2 tie, Mexico led the rest of the way. The end of the game and match was sad, as Portillo hit a defensive shot that was going to be a set up off the right wall for an Iwaasa forehand shot until it slid down the wall and was unplayable by the Canadian.

Salas won a second title in Temuco, as she and Rodrigo Montoya won Mixed Doubles for a second time, beating Guatemalans Edwin Galicia and Gabriela Martinez in the final, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6. Salas’s two titles give her eight (8!) for her career, which is second only to her long time doubles partner Paola Longoria’s 11. For his part, Montoya’s no slouch, as the mixed title was his fourth World Championship, and he is only one of two players (Daniel De La Rosa is the other) to have won singles, doubles and mixed doubles at Worlds.

Players will now play men’s and women’s team competitions, which are best of three matches (two singles matches and a doubles match) between countries beginning on Thursday. The defending Men’s Team champions are the USA, while Mexico are the defending Women’s Team champions.

The IRF is live streaming some of the matches from Temuco via their YouTube channel.

23rd IRF World Championships
October 16-24, 2026 - Temuco, Chile

Men's Singles

Final - Thursday

2) Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. 1) Jake Bredenbeck (USA), 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10

Consolation Round

Final - Thursday

7) Francisco Troncoso (Chile) d. 5) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 11-3, 11-1, 11-1

Women's Singles - Medal Round

Final - Thursday

2) Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. 4) Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala), 8-11, 11-1, 11-3, 11-3

Consolation Competition

Final - Thursday

4) Cristina Amaya (Italy) d. 6) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia), 11-7, 11-7, 11-7

Men's Doubles

Final - Thursday

2) Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. 1) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada), 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-6

Consolation Competition

Final - Thursday

4) Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) d. 2) Lautaro Cufre & Leandro Zurita (Argentina), 11-6, 11-6, 11-5

Women's Doubles - Medal Competition

Final - Thursday

1) Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 3) Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla (USA), 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6

Consolation Competition

Final - Wednesday

3) Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent (Canada) d. 1) Catalina Guzman & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-3, 11-8, 11-6

Mixed Doubles

Final - Thursday

2) Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 4) Edwin Galicia & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala), 11-6, 11-9, 11-6

Consolation Competition

Final - Thursday

2) Carla Muñoz & Alan Natera (Chile) d. 1) Yasutaka Mizuno & Maiko Sato (Japan), 11-5, 11-5, 11-6

Follow the bouncing ball....

23rd IRF World Championships underway in Chile

The 23rd International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships have reached the finals in Temuco, Chile. Some finals are as expected, while others are surprising.

Perhaps the least surprising finalist is Guatemala’s Gabriela Martinez, who is in the Women’s Singles final for the fifth time in six championships. Ironically, the time she missed the final was 2021, when Worlds was in her home country.

Martinez won Worlds in 2018, and was runner up to Mexico’s Paola Longoria the other four times. Longoria isn’t in Temuco, so Martinez will face Argentina’s Maria Jose Vargas instead.

In the semi-finals, Martinez defeated Natalia Mendez of Argentina, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9, while Vargas beat Mexican Jessica Parrilla, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9. Earlier in the quarterfinals, Mendez had the main upset of this division, as she defeated top seed Alexandra Herrera of Mexico, 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8.

The top seeds will face off in the Men’s Singles final, with #1 Jake Bredenbeck of the USA taking on #2 Conrrado Moscoso of Bolivia. Bredenbeck reached the final by defeating Mexican Eduardo Portillo, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11, in one semi-final, while Moscoso beat Canadian Trevor Webb, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6, in the other.

Canadians Coby Iwaasa and Samuel Murray will have a chance to defend their Men’s Doubles title, as they defeated Americans Adam Manilla and DJ Mendoza, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, in the semi-finals. Standing in their way of a repeat are Mexicans Andree Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo, who beat Bolivians Kadim Carrasco and Conrrado Moscoso, 13-11, 12-10, 11-3, in the other semi.

In Women’s Doubles, Mexican Alexandra Herrera also has a chance to win a second consecutive title, as she and Samantha Salas defeated Ecuador’s Maria Paz Muñoz and Veronica Sotomayor, 11-2, 13-15, 11-6, 11-9, in the semi-finals. Their opponents will be Americans Michelle Andersen (née Key) and Erika Manilla, who upset 2nd seeds Valeria Centellas and Maria Jose Vargas of Argentina, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8, in the other semi.

Herrera won doubles with Montserrat Mejia two years ago in San Antonio, while Salas has won five doubles titles, all with Paola Longoria. Their first was back in 2010.

Salas will also have a second chance at a world title this year, as she is in the Mixed Doubles final with Rodrigo Montoya. They beat Canadians Samuel Murray and Juliette Parent, 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, in the semi-finals. In a bit of a surprise, Salas and Montoya will face Guatemalans Edwin Galicia and Gabriela Martinez in the final, as Guatemala defeat the USA team of Adam and Erika Manilla, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6. It’s a surprise, because the Manillas are the current Pan American Games champions in Mixed Doubles, but they won’t be World Champions. At least not this year.

Overall, the finalists are from six different countries with Mexico in three finals, Guatemala and the USA in two each, and then one for Argentina, Bolivia and Canada.

Players were seeded into the medal round based on their results in the Group Stage. A team competition will begin later on Thursday after the individual finals have been completed. The defending Men’s Team champions are the USA, while Mexico are the defending Women’s Team champions.

The IRF is live streaming some of the matches from Temuco via their YouTube channel.

23rd IRF World Championships
October 16-24, 2026 - Temuco, Chile

Men's Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Wednesday

1) Jake Bredenbeck (USA) d. 5) Eduardo Portillo (Mexico), 11-5, 11-6, 13-11
2) Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. 3) Trevor Webb (Canada), 11-6, 11-5, 11-6

Final - Thursday

1) Jake Bredenbeck (USA) v. 2) Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) - 10:30 AM

Quarterfinals - Wednesday

1) Jake Bredenbeck (USA) d. 9) Juan David Zea (Ecuador), 11-2, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6
5) Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. 4) Mario Mercado, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6

3) Trevor Webb (Canada) d. 11) Alan Natera (Chile), 6-11, 15-13, 11-8, 11-3
2) Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. 7) Andree Parrilla (Mexico), 14-12, 11-6, 12-10

Round of 16 - Tuesday

1) Jake Bredenbeck (USA) d. 16) Hector Sierra Mansilla, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
9) Juan David Zea (Ecuador) d. 8) Mark Murphy, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8

5) Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. 12) Pablo Vera, 5-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
4) Mario Mercado d. 13) Juan Salvatierra, 11-5, 11-3, 6-11, 9-11, 11-9

3) Trevor Webb (Canada) d. 14) Sam Bredenbeck (USA), 12-10, 11-9, 11-6
11) Alan Natera (Chile) d. 6) Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic), 11-5, 11-4, 11-4

7) Andree Parrilla (Mexico) d. 10) Gabriel Garcia, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-2
2) Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) d. 15) Leyton Gouldie (Canada),

Consolation Round

Semi-finals

5) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 8) Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic), 5-11, 11-3, 11-1, 11-9
7) Francisco Troncoso (Chile) d. 3) Hirotake Usami (Japan), 11-2, 11-9, 11-7

Final - Thursday

5) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) v. 7) Francisco Troncoso (Chile) - 9 AM

Quarterfinals

8) Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic) d. 1) Yasutaka Mizuno (Japan), 11-8, 11-3, 11-9
5) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 4) David Gonzalez (Peru), 11-2, 11-8, 12-10

3) Hirotake Usami (Japan) d. 6) Reece Young (Ireland), 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4
7) Francisco Troncoso (Chile) d. 2) Vineet Singh (India), 11-8, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4

Round of 16

1) Yasutaka Mizuno (Japan) - BYE
8) Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic) d. 9) Leandro Zurita (Argentina), 11-5, 11-7, 11-5

5) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 12) Carlos Eduardo Medrano Casco (Honduras), 11-8, 7-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-5
4) David Gonzalez (Peru) d. 13) Ravi Sohoni (India), 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8

3) Hirotake Usami (Japan) - BYE
6) Reece Young (Ireland) d. 11) Lautaro Cufre (Argentina), 10-12, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4

7) Francisco Troncoso (Chile) d. 10) Joseph Limonciello (Italy), 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4
2) Vineet Singh (India) - BYE

Women's Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Wednesday

4) Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. 9) Natalia Mendez (Argentina), 8-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9
2) Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. 3) Jessica Parrilla (Mexico), 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9

Final - Thursday

2) Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) v. 4) Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) - 9:45 AM

Quarterfinals - Wednesday

9) Natalia Mendez (Argentina) d. 1) Alexandra Herrera (Mexico), 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8
4) Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. 12) Veronica Sotomayor, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8

3) Jessica Parrilla (Mexico) d. 6) Lexi York (USA), 11-7, 11-7, 11-8

2) Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) d. 10) Carla Muñoz (Chile), 11-5, 11-7, 11-5

Round of 16 - Tuesday

1) Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) - BYE
9) Natalia Mendez (Argentina) d. 8) Michelle Andersen (USA), 11-7, 11-8, 11-7

12) Veronica Sotomayor d. 5) Camila Rivero (Bolivia), 11-6, 9-11, 11-1, 11-5
4) Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) - BYE

3) Jessica Parrilla (Mexico) - BYE
6) Lexi York (USA) d. (11) Paula Mansilla (Chile), 14-12, 11-3, 11-5

10) Carla Muñoz (Chile) d. 7) Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica), 11-7, 11-9, 11-5

2) Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) - BYE

Consolation Competition

Semi-finals - Wednesday

4) Cristina Amaya (Italy) d. 8) Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica), 11-6, 11-6, 11-4
6) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. 2) Marjolaine Parent (Canada), 11-3, 11-3, 11-2

Final - Thursday

4) Cristina Amaya (Italy) v. 6) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) - 9 AM

Quarterfinals - Wednesday

8) Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica) d. 1) Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta (Ecuador), 11-5, 7-11, 11-3, 13-11
4) Cristina Amaya (Italy) d. 5) Ayako Hanashi (Japan), 11-3, 11-4, 11-1

6) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. 3) Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
2) Marjolaine Parent (Canada) d. 7) Saki Kokido (Japan), 11-7, 11-3, 11-5

Round of 16

1) Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta (Ecuador) - BYE
8) Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica) d. 9) Toni Neary (Ireland), 11-7, 7-11, 10-12, 13-11, 11-8

5) Ayako Hanashi (Japan) - BYE
4) Cristina Amaya (Italy) - BYE

3) Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - BYE
6) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) - BYE

7) Saki Kokido (Japan) d. 10) Elaine Murphy, 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 2-11, 11-7
2) Marjolaine Parent (Canada) - BYE

Men's Doubles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Tuesday

1) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada) d. 8) Yasutaka Mizuno & Hiroshi Shimizu (Japan), 11-4, 11-4, 11-9
4) Adam Manilla & DJ Mendoza (USA) d. 5) Felipe Camacho & Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica), 10-12, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5

3) Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia) v. 6) Juan Francisco Cueva & Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador), 11-8, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8
2) Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. Christian Aldana & Edwin Galicia (Guatemala), 11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 9-11, 14-12

Semi-finals - Wednesday

1) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada) d. 4) Adam Manilla & DJ Mendoza (USA), 11-8, 11-4, 11-5
2) Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. 3) Kadim Carrasco & Conrrado Moscoso (Bolivia), 13-11, 12-10, 11-3

Final - Thursday

1) Coby Iwaasa & Samuel Murray (Canada) v. 2) Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) - 12:45 PM

Consolation Competition

Quarterfinals - Tuesday

1) Johan Igor & Rodrigo Salgado Jr. (Chile) - BYE
4) Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) v. 4) Sean Lyng & Scott Young (Ireland), 11-8, 11-9, 11-6

3) Alok Mehta & Pratham Vilekar (India) - BYE
2) Lautaro Cufre & Leandro Zurita (Argentina) - BYE

Semi-finals - Wednesday

4) Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) d. 1) Johan Igor & Rodrigo Salgado Jr. (Chile), 9-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
2) Lautaro Cufre & Leandro Zurita (Argentina) d. 3) Alok Mehta & Pratham Vilekar (India), 11-2, 7-11, 11-9, 4-11, 13-11

Final - Thursday

2) Lautaro Cufre & Leandro Zurita (Argentina) v. 4) Ramon De Leon & Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) - 9:45 AM

Women's Doubles - Medal Competition

Semi-finals - Wednesday

1) Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 5) Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador), 11-2, 13-15, 11-6, 11-9
3) Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla (USA) d. 2) Valeria Centellas & Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina), 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8

Final - Thursday

1) Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. 3) Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla (USA) - Noon

Quarterfinals - Tuesday

1) Alexandra Herrera & Samantha Salas (Mexico) - BYE
5) Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) d. 4) Larissa Faeth & Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica), 11-6, 11-2, 11-5

3) Michelle Andersen & Erika Manilla (USA) d. 6) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya & Valeria Miranda Martinez (Bolivia), 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
2) Valeria Centellas & Maria Jose Vargas (Argentina) - BYE

Consolation Competition

Semi-finals - Wednesday

1) Catalina Guzman & Paula Mansilla (Chile) d. 4) Cara Delaney & Niamh Murphy (Ireland)
3) Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent (Canada) d. 2) Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto (Japan), 11-9, 11-5, 11-7

Final - Wednesday

3) Frédérique Lambert & Juliette Parent (Canada) d. 1) Catalina Guzman & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-3, 11-8, 11-6

Mixed Doubles - Medal Competition

Semi-finals - Wednesday

4) Edwin Galicia & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. 1) Adam Manilla & Erika Manilla (USA), 11-9, 11-6, 11-6
2) Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 3) Samuel Murray & Juliette Parent (Canada), 11-8, 12-10, 11-6

Final - Thursday

2) Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas (Mexico) v. 4) Edwin Galicia & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) - 2:15 PM

Quarterfinals - Tuesday

1) Adam Manilla & Erika Manilla (USA) d. 8) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 13-11, 11-9, 11-3
4) Edwin Galicia & Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) v. 5) Fernando Kurzbard & Natalia Mendez (Argentina), 4-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-9

3) Samuel Murray & Juliette Parent (Canada) d. 6) Santiago Borja & Suszel Pairo (Bolivia), 8-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-4
2) Rodrigo Montoya & Samantha Salas (Mexico) d. 7) Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador), 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9

Consolation Competition

Quarterfinals - Tuesday

1) Yasutaka Mizuno & Maiko Sato (Japan) - BYE
4) Cristina Amaya & Joseph Limonciello (Italy) d. 5) Set Cubillos & Valeria Salas (Colombia), default

3) Elaine Murphy & Mark Murphy (Ireland) - BYE
2) Carla Muñoz & Alan Natera (Chile) - BYE

Semi-finals - Wednesday

1) Yasutaka Mizuno & Maiko Sato (Japan) d. 4) Cristina Amaya & Joseph Limonciello (Italy), default
2) Carla Muñoz & Alan Natera (Chile) d. 3) Elaine Murphy & Mark Murphy (Ireland), 11-7, 11-6, 11-4

Final - Thursday

1) Yasutaka Mizuno & Maiko Sato (Japan) v. 2) Carla Muñoz & Alan Natera (Chile) - 10:30 AM

Follow the bouncing ball....

2026 Central American & Caribbean Games - Team Results

The team events concluded the racquetball competition at the 2026 Central American & Caribbean Games (CACGs) on Saturday in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Once again, Mexico won both the Men’s and Women’s Team events, as they have in every CACG since 1990. In the Men’s Team competition, Mexico beat Costa Rica in the final in two straight matches, while the Women’s Team competition required three matches to determine the winner with Mexico defeating Guatemala, two matches to one.

The team competitions are a best of three matches: two singles and a doubles match. The order of the matches varies across a draw, but the final is always the singles matches and then the doubles match, if necessary.

In the women’s final, Mexican Montserrat Mejia beat Guatemalan Maria Renee Rodriguez, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7, first, and then Guatemala’s Gabriela Martinez defeated Mexico’s Alexandra Herrera, 12-10, 11-7, 11-9, which was a rematch of the Women’s Singles final that Herrera won.

The tie-breaking third match was also a rematch, as Mexico won gold over Guatemala in the Women’s Doubles final, and so it was again as Herrera and Mejia beat Martinez and Rodriguez, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.

In men’s play, Mexican Rodrigo Montoya led off against Costa Rican Gabriel Garcia, winning 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, and Montoya’s team-mate Eduardo Portillo needed five games to fend off Andrés Acuña, 11-2, 7-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6, and close out the final.

The semi-final and quarterfinal matches were all won two straight with one exception. In the men’s quarterfinals, Cuba upset the home country of Dominican Republic in three matches. In the first match, Maykel Moyet of Cuba eked out a win against Dominican Ramon De Leon, 10-12, 11-9, 2-11, 11-8, 15-13. Luis Perez of the Dominican won the second match in three straight games, defeating Yandy Espinosa, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7, to force a deciding doubles match.

Espinosa and Moyet won a close four game match against Perez and Junior Rodriguez, 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, to win the quarterfinal for Cuba, and get on the podium by making the semi-finals.

Central American & Caribbean Games History

With three silver medals at this year’s Central American and Caribbean Games, Guatemala’s Gabriela Martinez is now has 13 CACG medals, which is the 2nd most racquetball medals in Central American and Caribbean Games history behind only Dominican Claudine Garcia’s 14. However, she has yet to win gold at the games, which Garcia did once in Women’s Singles in 1993.

Martinez’s 13 medals is just ahead of Mexican greats Paola Longoria, Javier Moreno and Alvaro Beltran, but all of Longoria’s and Moreno’s 12 medals were gold, as were 10 of Beltran’s. Also, Costa Rican Andrés Acuña has tied those Mexicans on 12, after he won four medals at this games, including his first gold CACG medal.

The Central American & Caribbean Games are part of the quadrennial of international games that lead up to the Summer Olympic Games. The next level of games in the Americas is the Pan American Games, which will be played next year in Lima, Peru in July and August, and racquetball will be included in those games.

XXV Central American & Caribbean Games
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - July 25 - August 1, 2026

Women’s Team - Final

Mexico d. Guatemala, 2-1

Match 1: Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) d. Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala), 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
Match 2: Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. Alexandra Herrera (Mexico), 12-10, 11-7, 11-9

Match 3: Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) d. Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala), 11-4, 11-6, 11-9

Women’s Team - Semi-finals

Mexico d. Dominican Republic, 2-0
Guatemala d. Costa Rica, 2-0

Women’s Team - Quarterfinals

Mexico - BYE
Dominican Republic d. Venezuela, 2-0

Costa Rica d. Cuba, 2-0
Guatemala - BYE

Men’s Team - Final

Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) d. Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica), 11-6, 12-10, 11-7
Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica), 11-2, 7-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6

Men’s Team - Semi-finals

Mexico d. Guatemala, 2-0
Costa Rica d. Cuba, 2-0

Men’s Team - Quarterfinals

Mexico - BYE
Guatemala d. Honduras, 2-0

Cuba d. Dominican Republic, 2-1
Costa Rica d. Venezuela, 2-0

Follow the bouncing ball….

2026 Central American & Caribbean Games - Individual Results

The 2026 Central American & Caribbean Games (CACGs) began a week ago in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the racquetball competition started last Saturday. Six countries are competing: Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, as well as the host Dominican Republic. The team competition is still in process, but the five individual competitions - men’s and women’s singles and doubles as well as mixed doubles - have concluded.

Mexico won four of the five individual events with Costa Rica preventing a Mexican sweep by winning Mixed Doubles.

Alexandra Herrera was a double gold medalist, as she won gold in Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles with Montserrat Mejia. Herrera defeated Guatemalan Gabriela Martinez in the singles final, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9. It was Martinez’s 3rd silver medal in singles at the CACGs. In doubles, Herrera and Mejia defeated Martinez and Maria Renee Rodriguez in the final, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6, which was a repeat of the 2023 final. Thus, this is the 2nd consecutive title for Herrera and Mejia, and it’s the 4th consecutive silver medal for Martinez and Rodriguez.

In men’s play, Mexican Rodrigo Montoya beat team-mate Eduardo Portillo in singles, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6, which was a reversal of the 2023 CACGs final, when Portillo defeated Montoya. Portillo and Andree Parrilla won doubles by beating Guatemalans Christian Aldana and Juan Salvatierra in the final, 11-1, 12-10, 11-8. Mexico has won every men’s doubles title at the CACGs going back to 1990.

Montoya had a chance at a second gold medal, as he and Jessica Parrilla were in the Mixed Doubles final, but they lost to Costa Ricans Andrés Acuña and Larissa Faeth, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9. This is just the second time Mixed Doubles has been part of the CACGs, and Mexico were the defending champions.

Other matches of note. Costa Rican teen-ager Larissa Faeth defeated Mexican Montserrat Mejia, 11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7, in the quarterfinals of Women’s Singles, which is probably the largest upset of the tournament. Also, Guatemalans Christian Aldana and Juan Salvatierra coming back from 2-1 down to defeat the Costa Rican brothers Andrés and Sergio Acuña, 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5, in the Men’s Doubles semi-final was another significant upset.

Racquetball was first included in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1990. Since then, Mexico has won gold in singles at all but two games: 1993 and 1998. Fabian Balmori of Venezuela won Men’s Singles in both those years, while the Women’s Singles titles went to Claudine Garcia of the Dominican Republic in 1993 and Anna Maldonado of Puerto Rico in 1998. Mexico has won gold in Men’s and Women’s Doubles at every Central American and Caribbean Games.

XXV Central American & Caribbean Games
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - July 25 - August 1, 2026

Women’s Singles - Final

Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) d. Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala), 11-6, 12-10, 11-9

Semi-finals

Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) d. Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic), 11-9, 11-8, 11-4
Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica), 12-10, 11-7, 11-2

Quarterfinals

Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) d. Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica), 11-4, 11-5, 11-1
Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic) d. Mariana Tobon Gordon (Venezuela), 7-11, 11-7, 11-0, 11-3

Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) d. Montserrat Mejia (Mexico), 11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7
Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala) d. Andrea Reyes Perez (Guatemala), 12-10, 11-7, 11-2

Women’s Doubles - Final

Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) d. Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala), 11-8, 11-4, 11-6

Semi-finals

Alexandra Herrera & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) d. Larissa Faeth & Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica), 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) d. Maria Cespedes & Alejandra Jiménez (Dominican Republic), 11-4, 13-11, 11-2

Men’s Singles - Final

Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) d. Eduardo Portillo (Mexico), 11-4, 11-4, 11-6

Semi-finals

Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. Ramon de Leon (Dominican Republic), 8-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8
Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) d. Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica), 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8

Quarterfinals

Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. Luis Perez (Dominican Republic), 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
Ramon de Leon (Dominican Republic) d. Gabriel Garcia (Costa Rica), 17-15, 11-9, 11-2

Rodrigo Montoya (Mexico) d. Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala), 11-2, 11-8, 11-4
Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica) d. Hector Sierra Mansilla (Guatemala), 11-4, 11-4, 13-11

Men’s Doubles - Final

Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. Christian Aldana & Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala), 11-1, 12-10, 11-8

Semi-finals

Andree Parrilla & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. Luis Perez & Junior Rodriguez (Dominican Republic), 11-4, 11-4, 11-4
Christian Aldana & Juan Salvatierra (Guatemala) d. Andrés Acuña & Sergio Acuña (Costa Rica), 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5

Mixed Doubles - Final

Andrés Acuña & Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) d. Rodrigo Montoya & Jessica Parrilla (Mexico), 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9

Semi-finals

Andrés Acuña & Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) d. Ana Cardentey & Maykel Moyet Suarez (Cuba), 14-12, 12-10, 11-2
Rodrigo Montoya & Jessica Parrilla (Mexico) d. Christian Aldana & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala), 9-11, 14-12, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8

Follow the bouncing ball….

Medal summary for 2025 IRF World Junior Championships

Several players were multiple medalists last week at the 36th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and two players won three gold medals.

In Girls U18, Mexican Yanna Salazar won gold in singles, doubles and mixed doubles, while in Boys U16 Bolivian Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo also won gold all three divisions. No one did so in U21, suggesting that competition increases as players get older, as it should.

Three other players won three medals. Mexican Andrea Perez Picon was the silver medalist in Girls U16 singles, and bronze medalist in both doubles, mixed doubles. Costa Rican Alvaro Guillen was silver medalist in both Boys U16 doubles and mixed doubles and a bronze medalist in singles. Finally, Guatemalan Isabella Wer was a bronze medalist in Girls U16 singles and doubles and bronze medalist in U18 mixed doubles.

Here’s a rundown of all the multiple medalists.

Multiple Medalists - U21

Camila Rivero (Bolivia), Gold singles, Silver mixed doubles
Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia), Gold doubles, Silver singles
Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico), Gold doubles, Bronze singles
Sebastian Hernández (Mexico), Gold doubles, Bronze singles
Naomi Ros (USA), Gold mixed doubles, Bronze doubles
DJ Mendoza (USA), Gold mixed doubles, Bronze doubles
Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico), Silver doubles, Bronze singles

Multiple Medalists - U18

Yanna Salazar (Mexico), Gold singles, Gold doubles, Gold mixed doubles
Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico), Gold doubles, Bronze singles
Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia), Gold singles, Silver mixed doubles
Eder Renteria (Mexico), Gold doubles, Silver singles
Diego Romano (Mexico), Gold doubles, Bronze singles
Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), Silver doubles, Silver mixed doubles
Leyton Gouldie (Canada), Bronze doubles, Bronze mixed doubles
Chloe Jauvin (Canada), Bronze doubles, Bronze mixed doubles

Multiple Medalists - U16

Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) - Gold singles, Gold doubles, Gold mixed doubles
Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) - Gold singles, Silver doubles
Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica), Gold doubles, Silver mixed doubles
Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia), Gold mixed doubles, Silver doubles
Sebastian Terrazas (Bolivia) - Gold doubles, Bronze singles (U18)
Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico), Silver singles, Bronze doubles, Bronze mixed doubles
Santiago Castillo (Mexico), Silver singles, Bronze doubles
Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), Silver doubles, Silver mixed doubles, Bronze singles
Isabella Wer (Guatemala), Bronze singles, Bronze doubles, Bronze mixed doubles (U18)
Axel Sanchez (Mexico), Bronze doubles, Bronze mixed doubles

Here are the overall medal totals by country.

Bolivia - 8 Gold, 7 Silver, 6 Bronze
Mexico - 5 Gold, 4 Silver, 8 Bronze
USA - 1 Gold, 5 Bronze
Costa Rica - 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze
Guatemala - 1 Silver, 4 Bronze
Ecuador - 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Canada - 3 Bronze
Chile - 2 Bronze

While Bolivia went home with more medals than Mexico (21 to 17), Mexico had more multiple medalists than Bolivia: 10 to 8, which suggests that Mexico’s success was concentrated in fewer players than Bolivia’s.

Four other countries had multiple medalists. Canada, Costa Rica and the USA had two each, while Guatemala had one.

Future international competitions

2026 is a IRF World Championship year, and Canada was to be the host. However, issues with the proposed venue have put that into jeopardy. Thus, there isn’t a confirmed host country presently. Nor is there any dates listed for the Worlds on the IRF website.

There also isn’t a venue listed for either the 2026 Pan American Championships or the 2026 IRF World Junior Championships on the IRF website. But there are dates for the Pan Am Championships: March 27 to April 4, as that competition is held during the week before Easter.

The 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games - a quadrennial multi-sport games that includes racquetball - will be July 24 to August 8 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. World Juniors was probably a trial event for those games, although many events have been held in Santo Domingo since they built the facility used for these events for the 2003 Pan American Games.

Those dates will limit when Worlds can be scheduled, because they wouldn’t want to conflict with those games.

Thus, there’s some uncertainty about upcoming IRF events, which isn’t ideal, but this has happened before, and things have worked out, so we trust that they will again. However, it would be better to have things decided sooner than later.

XXXVI IRF World Junior Championships 

December 6-13 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Girls U21 Singles - Medalists

Gold: Camila Rivero (Bolivia)
Silver: Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia)
Bronze: Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala) and Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico)

Girls U21 Doubles - Medalists

Gold: Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia)
Silver: Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico)
Bronze: Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes & Paula Mansilla (Chile) and Ella Boaz & Naomi Ros (USA)

Boys U21 Singles - Medalists

Gold: Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia)
Silver: Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia)
Bronze: Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) and Sebastian Hernández (Mexico)

Boys U21 Doubles - Medalists

Gold: Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico)
Silver: Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala)
Bronze: Luis Aguilar & Ezequiel Subieta (Bolivia) and DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA)

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medalists

Gold: DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA)
Silver: Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia)
Bronze: Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) and Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile)

Girls U18 Singles - Medalists

Gold: Yanna Salazar (Mexico)
Silver: Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia)
Bronze: Mariel Montecinos (Bolivia) and Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico)

Girls U18 Doubles - Medalists

Gold: Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico)
Silver: Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia)
Bronze: Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) and Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA)

Boys U18 Singles - Medalists

Gold: Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia)
Silver: Eder Renteria (Mexico)
Bronze: Diego Romano (Mexico) and Sebastian Terrazas (Bolivia)

Boys U18 Doubles - Medalists

Gold: Eder Renteria & Diego Romano (Mexico)
Silver: Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador)
Bronze: Leyton Gouldie & Raphaël Guillemette (Canada) and Josue Farfan Enriquez & Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia)

Mixed Doubles U18 - Medalists

Gold: Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico)
Silver: Marco Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia)
Bronze: Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) and Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada)

Girls U16 Singles - Medalists

Gold: Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia)
Silver: Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)
Bronze: Isabella Wer (Guatemala) and Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia)

Girls U16 Doubles - Medalists

Gold: Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica)
Silver: Luciana Illanes Quenta & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia)
Bronze: Paula Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) and Lily Farias & Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico)

Boys U16 Singles - Medalists

Gold: Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia)
Silver: Santiago Castillo (Mexico)
Bronze: Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) and Sebastian Ruiz Michel (Bolivia)

Boys U16 Doubles - Medalists

Gold: Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia)
Silver: Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica)
Bronze: Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) and Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA)

Mixed Doubles U16 - Medalists

Gold: Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia)
Silver: Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica)
Bronze: Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA) and Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico)

Follow the bouncing ball....

Gold medal results from 36th IRF World Championships

Bolivians won more than half of the gold medals Saturday at the 36th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, but just barely, as they won 8 of the 15 World Cup divisions. The World Cup divisions are the U21, U18 and U16 age categories.

Bolivian Camila Rivero successfully defended her Girls U21 title, beating team-mate Rebecca Amaya Ardaya in the final, 11-2, 11-5, 11-2. Across 6 matches in Santo Domingo, Rivera won 18 games and lost one. That’s dominance.

She had a chance at a second gold medal, as Rivero and Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal were in the U21 Mixed Doubles final. But Americans DJ Mendoza and Naomi Ros, who was the only player to take a game off Rivero in singles, defeated the Bolivians in that final, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11, 11-8.

The Boys U21 Singles final was also an all-Bolivia match. top seed Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega defeated his teammate Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera, in three straight games, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9. Flores Vega didn’t lose a game across his seven singles matches, although he did need extra points to win three games in the pool play stage. In his four medal round matches, Flores Vega only surrendered 5.6 points per game. That’s even greater dominance.

Three countries split the gold medals in the U21 doubles divisions. Boys U21 Doubles was one of the divisions that didn’t have a Bolivian in the final. In that final, Mexicans Jorge Gutierrez and Sebastian Hernández defeated Guatemalans Hector Sierra Mansilla and Jose Caceres, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9. In Girls U21, Bolivians Valeria Miranda Martinez and Rebecca Amaya Ardaya beat Mexicans Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido and Ivanna Balderrama, 12-10, 11-4, 11-4, and as mentioned above the USA won the U21 Mixed Doubles division.

Aside from that USA win, Costa Rica was the only other country to win gold, as sisters Giuliana Faeth and Larissa Faeth beat Bolivians Luciana Illanes Quenta and Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8, to win the U16 Girl Doubles division.

Gold Medal outcomes

Bolivians won 8 of the 15 gold medals in the World Cup divisions: Boys and Girls U21, U18 & U16, singles, doubles and mixed doubles. They won 8 of the 13 divisions that they had finalists in, including a sweep of boys singles, and two of three girls singles divisions.

But Mexico won more of the doubles divisions, taking four of the five divisions they had finalists in, while Bolivia won three (of seven finalists), and Costa Rica and the USA one each. Costa Rica was in three finals, and the USA in one, so the conversion rate of finalists into gold medalists was the best for the USA (100%; 1 for 1), second best for Mexico (80%), then Bolivia (43%), and Costa Rica (33%). Guatemala and Ecuador each had finalists in one division, and neither won.

They live streamed several matches each day from Santo Domingo, so there are many good matches to check out at the IRF YouTube channel.

XXXVI IRF World Junior Championships 

December 6-13 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Girls U21 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 5) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia), 11-2, 11-5, 11-2

Girls U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. 1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), 12-10, 11-4, 11-4

Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) d. 3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia), 11-7, 11-6, 11-9

Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. 3) Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala), 11-8, 11-9, 11-9

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

4) DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA) d. 2) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia), 11-7, 7-11, 13-11, 11-8

Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

3) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 5) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia), 11-8, 11-9, 12-10

Girls U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. 2) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 3-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5

Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) d. 2) Eder Renteria (Mexico), 11-5, 11-8, 11-3

Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Eder Renteria & Diego Romano (Mexico) d. 3) Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador), 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-3

Mixed Doubles U18 - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 1) Marco Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), 11-4, 12-10, 11-2

Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) d. 5) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico), 11-2, 11-6, 11-5

Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) d. 2) Luciana Illanes Quenta & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia), 11-8, 12-10, 11-8

Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. 1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico), 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4

Boys U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

4) Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. 2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica), 11-6, 12-10, 11-9

Mixed Doubles U16 - Medal Round

Final - Saturday

1) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) d. 2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 7-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9, 12-10

Follow the bouncing ball....

Bolivia set for big gold medal haul at 2025 IRF World Junior Championships

Bolivia will have a chance to take home a lot of gold medals Saturday, as they won many semi-final matches Friday at the 36th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Bolivia is assured of gold in both the Boys and Girls U21 Singles divisions, as they are all Bolivia finals. Camila Rivero has a chance to successfully defend her Girls U21 title, as she beat Guatemalan Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7, in one semi-final. She’ll play team-mate Rebecca Amaya Ardaya in the final, as Amaya Ardaya defeated Mexican Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6, in the other semi.

In Boys U21 Singles, top seed Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega of Bolivia beat Mexico’s Jorge Gutierrez, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, in the semi-finals, while his teammate Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera hung on to defeat 2nd seeded Mexican Sebastian Hernández in the other semi, 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9.

One of the two divisions that won’t have a Bolivan in the final is Boys U18 Doubles, as the Ecuador team of Martin Carchi and Juan David Sea Cueva defeated Bolivians Josue Farfan Enriquez and Marco Mamani Aguilar in the semis, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8. Ecuador will play the Mexican top seeds Eder Renteria and Diego Romano in the final, as the Mexicans beat Canadian 4th seeds Leyton Gouldie and Raphaël Guillemette, 17-15, 16-14, 11-8, in the other semi.

Gold Medal Possibilities

Overall, Bolivia could win gold in 13 of the 15 World Cup divisions. Aside from the two U21 singles finals mentioned above, the other four World Cup singles finals (the boys and girls U18 & U16 divisions) are all Bolivia versus Mexico.

However, Bolivia can only win one of the boys doubles divisions: U16. Mexico could win the other two (U21 & U18), and there are three different countries as the opponents in those divisions.

In girls doubles, it’s Bolivia versus Mexico in both U21 and U18, but Bolivia versus Costa Rica in U16. Thus, Bolivia could sweep gold in girls doubles.

Bolivia could also sweep the three Mixed Doubles divisions, and their opponents will be from three different countries: USA in U21, Mexico in U18, and Costa Rica in U16.

Mexico could win gold in 9 divisions. Costa Rica has the third most finalists, as they are in all three U16 doubles finals: boys, girls and mixed. Guatemala, Ecuador and the USA each have one gold medal chance.

They are live streaming matches from Santo Domingo, so check out the IRF YouTube channel.

Note that the times are local, and Santo Domingo is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time in North America, so Noon in Santo Domingo is 11 AM in New York City.

XXXVI IRF World Junior Championships 

December 6-13 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Girls U21 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

5)Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. 1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico), 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
2) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 6) Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala), 11-5, 11-5, 11-7

Final - Saturday

2) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 5) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) - 11:15 AM

Girls U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) d. 4) Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-1, 11-5, 11-5
2) Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. 3) Ella Boaz & Naomi Ros (USA), 11-2, 11-8, 11-5

Final - Saturday

1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) v. 2) Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) - 12:45 AM

Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) d. 4) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico), 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) d. 2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico), 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9

Final - Saturday

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) v. 3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) - 11:15 AM

Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. 5) Luis Aguilar & Ezequiel Subieta (Bolivia), 11-6, 15-13, 9-11, 8-11, 11-6
3) Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala) d. 2) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA), 17-15, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9

Final - Saturday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) v. 3) Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala) - 1:30 PM

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

4) DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA) d. 8) Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador), 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6
2) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 3) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-7, 11-4, 14-12

Final - Saturday

2) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 4) DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA) - 3 PM

Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

5) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) d. 1) Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico), 7-11, 13-15, 11-5, 11-6, 11-3
3) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 2) Mariel Montecinos (Bolivia), 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6

Final - Saturday

3) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 5) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) - 10:30 AM

Girls U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. 4) Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-1, 11-2, 11-7
2) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. 3) Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-4, 11-0, 11-6

Final - Saturday

1) Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) 2) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) - 1:30 PM

Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) d. 4) Diego Romano (Mexico), 12-10, 11-8, 11-7
2) Eder Renteria (Mexico) d. 3) Sebastian Terrazas (Bolivia), 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6

Final - Saturday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) v. 2) Eder Renteria (Mexico) - 10:30 AM

Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Eder Renteria & Diego Romano (Mexico) d. 4) Leyton Gouldie & Raphaël Guillemette (Canada), 17-15, 16-14, 11-8
3) Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador) d. 2) Josue Farfan Enriquez & Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia), 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8

Final - Saturday

1) Eder Renteria & Diego Romano (Mexico) v. 3) Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador) - 12:45 PM

Mixed Doubles U18 - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. 4) Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-9, 11-8, 11-5
2) Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 3) Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 11-8, 11-4, 11-8

Final - Saturday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) v. 2) Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) - 2:15 PM

Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

5) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 1) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia), 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) d. 6) Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 11-9, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8

Final - Saturday

2) Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) v. 5) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) - 9:45 AM

Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) d. 4) Paula Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 11-9, 11-2, 13-11
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) d. 3) Lily Farias & Andrea Perez Picos (Mexico), 11-3, 11-4, 11-8

Final - Saturday

1) Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) v. 2) Luciana Illanes Quenta & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) - Noon

Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico) d. 4) Sebastian Ruiz Michel (Bolivia), 7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 16-14
2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. 6) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 11-9, 11-5, 11-7

Final - Saturday

1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico) v. 2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) - 9:45 AM

Boys U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

4) Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. 1) Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico), 12-14, 11-6, 11-4, 11-2
2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) d. 3) Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA), 11-3, 11-4, 11-4

Final - Saturday

2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) v. 4) Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) - Noon

Mixed Doubles U16 - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) d. 4) Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA), 11-4, 14-12, 10-12, 11-2
2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 3) Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico), 12-10, 5-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-8

Final - Saturday

1) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) v. 2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) - 2:15 PM

Follow the bouncing ball....

Quarterfinal day at the 36th IRF World Junior Championships

Thursday was quarterfinal day at the 36th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, so some players reached their respective podiums, and some did not.

Bolivian Camila Rivero is on track to defend her title in Girls U21, as she defeated American Naomi Ros, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, in the quarterfinals. Next up for Rivero will be a semi-final match against Guatemalan Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez, who was an upset winner Thursday, as 6th seeded Reyes Perez beat the 3rd seed Ivanna Balderrama of Mexico, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 13-11.

In the other Girls U21 quarterfinals top seed Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido of Mexico came back from a game down to defeat Ecuador’s Maria Angela Villacreses, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 13-11, and 5th seed Rebecca Amaya Ardaya of Bolivia upset 4th seed Paula Mansilla of Chile, 11-7, 12-14, 11-4, 11-7, so Ortega Sabido will play Amaya Ardaya in the other semi-final on Friday.

In Boys U21 Singles, it’ll be Mexico versus Bolivia in both semi-finals. Top seed Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega of Bolivia beat American DJ Mendoza, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6, and will play Mexico’s Jorge Gutierrez, who defeated Jose Caceres of Guatemala, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2, in one semi, and Flores Vega’s teammate Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera, a winner over Chilean Jaime Mansilla, 8-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5, will face 2nd seeded Mexican Sebastian Hernández in the other semi, as Hernández defeated the USA’s Cole Sendrey, 11-4, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6.

If you’re looking a match to watch from today’s action, we suggest the U21 Mixed Doubles match between Chileans Jaime Mansilla and Paula Mansilla and Mexicans Sebastian Hernández and Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido, which - SPOILER ALERT! - Chile won 11-9, 11-9, 12-14, 15-13.

Medal Count

With the semi-finalists determined, we can count how many medals each country will take home from Santo Domingo. The colours of the medals aren’t known yet, but everyone in the semis will be on the podium, as both semi-finalists will be awarded bronze medals.

Here are the totals.

Bolivia - 21
Mexico - 17
USA - 6
Guatemala - 5
Costa Rica - 4
Canada - 3
Chile - 2
Ecuador - 2

As we stated yesterday, Bolivia and Mexico are the racquetball powerhouses at World Juniors, and if you needed proof of that, it’s right there. Those two countries will take home over 63% of the medals this year. They’ll also have all the medals in three singles divisions: Boys U21 and U18 and Girls U18. In the other three singles divisions Bolivians or Mexicans are three of the four medalists.

As for the other countries, Costa Rica’s medals are all in U16 with Alvaro Guillen involved in three of them (singles, doubles and mixed doubles). Canada’s are all in U18 with Leyton Gouldie and Chloe Jauvin involved in two each (doubles and mixed doubles). Chile’s are in U21 with Paula Mansilla involved in both (doubles and mixed doubles). Americans and Guatemalans will take home medals across all three World Cup divisions: U21, U18 and U16.

They are live streaming matches from Santo Domingo, so check out the IRF YouTube channel.

Note that the times are local, and Santo Domingo is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time in North America, so Noon in Santo Domingo is 11 AM in New York City.

XXXVI IRF World Junior Championships 

December 6-13 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Girls U21 Singles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) d. 8) Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador), 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 13-11
5) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. 4) Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-7, 12-14, 11-4, 11-7

6) Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala) d. 3) Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 13-11
2) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 7) Naomi Ros (USA), 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) v. 5) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) - 10:30 AM
2) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 6) Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala) - 10:30 AM

Girls U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) v. 4) Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes & Paula Mansilla (Chile) - 3 PM
2) Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) v. 3) Ella Boaz & Naomi Ros (USA) - 3 PM

Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) d. 8) DJ Mendoza (USA), 11-5, 11-3, 11-6
4) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) d. 5) Jose Caceres (Guatemala), 11-4, 11-3, 11-2

3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) d. 6) Jaime Mansilla (Chile), 8-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. 10) Cole Sendrey (USA), 11-4, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) v. 4) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) - 10:30 AM
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) v. 3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) - 11:15 AM

Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Orellana & Jaime Mansilla (Chile), 11-4, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8
5) Luis Aguilar & Ezequiel Subieta (Bolivia) d. 4) Andres Matamoros & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica), 11-4, 11-2, 11-6

3) Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala) d. 6) Josue Garrido & Joaquin Villacreses (Ecuador), 13-11, 11-8, 11-6
2) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 7) Alexander Branagan & Esleiker Gomez (Dominican Republic), 11-5, 11-7, 11-5

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) v. 5) Luis Aguilar & Ezequiel Subieta (Bolivia) - 2:15 PM
2) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) v. 3) Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala) - 2:15 PM

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

8) Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) d. 1) Jose Caceres & Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala), 11-6, 11-6, 15-13
4) DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA) d. 5) Nathan Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 11-5, 11-5, 11-8

3) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile) d. 6) Sebastian Hernández & Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico), 11-9, 11-9, 12-14, 15-13
2) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) d. 7) Alexander Branagan & Luz Moreta (Dominican Republic), 11-3, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4

Semi-finals - Friday

4) DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA) v. 8) Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) - 6 PM
2) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 3) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile) - 6:45 PM

Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. 8) Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-2, 11-6, 11-1
5) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) d. 4) Catalina Guzman (Chile), 11-3, 11-3, 11-9

3) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. 6) Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-1, 11-3, 11-0
2) Mariel Montecinos (Bolivia) d. 7) Lahni Buller (Canada), 11-7, 11-8, 11-4

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) v. 5) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) - 11:15 AM
2) Mariel Montecinos (Bolivia) v. 3) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) - 11:15 AM

Girls U18 Doubles - Group Stage

Round 1 - Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) d. Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-4, 11-4, 11-9
Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 11-4, 11-3, 11-2
Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) - BYE

Round 2 - Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-1, 11-7, 11-2
Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 11-0, 11-5, 11-9
Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - BYE

Round 3 - Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA) d. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 9-11, 11-3, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5
Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) - BYE

Round 4 - Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) v. Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-2, 11-6, 11-4
Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile) - BYE

Round 5 - Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) d. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 12-10, 11-7, 11-7
Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 12-10, 11-1, 11-9
Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA) - BYE

Place: 1) Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico), 4-0
2) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 3-1
3) Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 2-2
4) Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 1-3
4) Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 0-4

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) v. 4) Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - 2:15 PM
2) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) v. 3) Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA) - 2:15 PM

Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) d. 8) Leyton Gouldie (Canada), 11-9, 10-12, 13-11, 11-2
4) Diego Romano (Mexico) d. 5) Joseph Marshall (USA), 3-11, 15-13, 11-7, 12-10

3) Sebastian Terrazas (Bolivia) d. 6) Christian Aldana (Guatemala), 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9
2) Eder Renteria (Mexico) d. 7) Raphaël Guillemette (Canada), 11-9, 11-3, 11-8

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) v. 4) Diego Romano (Mexico) - 9 AM
2) Eder Renteria (Mexico) v. 3) Sebastian Terrazas (Bolivia) - 9 AM

Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Eder Renteria & Diego Romano (Mexico) - BYE
4) Leyton Gouldie & Raphaël Guillemette (Canada) d. 5) Tomã¡s Hidalgo & Andre Pacheco (Costa Rica), 11-7, 10-12, 11-2, 11-6

3) Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador) d. 6) Juan Herrera II & London Townsend (USA), 11-4, 14-12, 11-9
2) Josue Farfan Enriquez & Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) d. 7) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ruben Igor (Chile), 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Eder Renteria & Diego Romano (Mexico) v. 4) Leyton Gouldie & Raphaël Guillemette (Canada) - 3:45 PM
2) Josue Farfan Enriquez & Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) v. 3) Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador) - 3:45 PM

Mixed Doubles U18 - Group Stage

Group 1

Round 1 - Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) d. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-5, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10
Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 11-3, 11-7, 11-4
March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) - BYE

Round 2 - Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-5, 11-7, 12-14, 11-6
Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - BYE

Round 3 - Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 12-10, 11-1, 11-8
Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) d. March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), 6-11, 13-15, 12-10, 11-9, 11-5
Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA) - BYE

Round 4 - March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 11-9, 12-10, 2-11, 11-7
Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) d. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-6, 11-5, 15-13
Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - BYE

Round 5 - Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) d. Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 11-13, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10
March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-5, 11-1, 11-1
Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) - BYE

Places: 1) March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), 3-1
2) Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 3-1
3) Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 2-2
4) Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 2-2
5) Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 0-4

Semi-finals - Friday

1) March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) v. 4) Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - 6 PM
2) Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 3) Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - 6 PM

Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) d. 8) Aanshi Thakur (USA), 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
5) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 4) Lily Farias (Mexico), 11-5, 11-7, 11-8

6) Isabella Wer (Guatemala) d. 3) Paula Aldana (Guatemala), 11-2, 16-14, 11-9
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) d. 10) Clarita Vivar (Chile), 11-2, 11-2, 11-4

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) v. 5) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) - 9:45 AM
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) v. 6) Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - 9:45 AM

Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) v. 4) Paula Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - Noon
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) v. 3) Lily Farias & Andrea Perez Picos (Mexico) - Noon

Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico) d. 9) Leonardo Haro Perez (Ecuador), 11-8, 11-9, 11-6
4) Sebastian Ruiz Michel (Bolivia) d. 5) Vaishant Mangalampalli (USA), 11-6, 11-8, 11-5

6) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 3) Axel Sanchez (Mexico), 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. 7) Grant Williams (USA), 11-5, 11-8, 11-6

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico) v. 4) Sebastian Ruiz Michel (Bolivia) - 9:45 AM
2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) v. 6) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) - 9:45 AM

Boys U16 Doubles - Group Stage

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) d. 8) Mason McPeek & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 11-2, 11-1, 11-3
4) Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. 5) Leonardo Haro Perez & Juan David Zea Cueva (Ecuador), 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4

3) Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA) d. 6) Matias Aldana & Jenshel Gabriel Morales (Guatemala), 10-12, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) d. 7) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 11-6, 11-9, 11-3

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) v. 4) Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) - 12:45 PM
2) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) v. 3) Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA) - 1:30 PM

Mixed Doubles U16 - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) - BYE
4) Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA) d. 5) Tomas Quezada & Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta (Ecuador), 13-11, 11-6, 11-4

3) Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) d. 6) Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) - BYE

Semi-finals - Friday

1) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) v. 4) Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA) - 4:30 PM
2) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) v. 3) Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) - 4:30 PM

Follow the bouncing ball....

First day of medal rounds at 36th IRF World Junior Championships

The medal rounds have begun at the 36th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, so things are getting serious. There haven’t been any big surprises so far, but they have reached the quarterfinal stage, so Thursday will determine who is going to be on the podium.

Let’s highlight some matches in the U21 divisions.

We said there have been no surprises, but we were surprised that American Naomi Ros lost two of her three matches in the group stage, as she had a successful summer competing for the USA at the World Games in China, where she won gold in Mixed Doubles with Jake Bredenbeck.

One of Ros’s losses was to Bolivian Camila Rivero, who is looking to defend her World Junior title from a year ago. Ros will have a chance to avenge that loss when they meet again in the quarters on Thursday.

Ros’s team-mate Cole Sendrey is in a similar situation in Boys U21, as he’ll be up against Mexican Sebastian Hernández in the quarters Thursday, and looking to avenge a loss against him in the group stage. That was a close match, going four games with one of them needing extra points to decide it. Hernández was runner up in this division last year, so you know he’ll want to go one step further this year.

Mexico and Bolivia are the powerhouses of junior racquetball, so players from those countries often get on the podium, if not in the finals. Thus, it worth noting when they will miss a final, which will be case in Girl’s U16 Doubles.

Costa Ricans Giuliana Faeth and Larissa Faeth won their group - defeating the Mexican team of Lily Farias and Andrea Perez Picos in the process - so they are the top seeds for the medal round. They’ll play Guatemalans Paula Aldana and Isabella Wer in the semi-finals, as Aldana and Wer defeated Canadians Kaitlyn Couckuyt and Ariana Buller, 12-10, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, in the quarterfinals Wednesday. The Mexicans will play the Bolivian team of Luciana Illanes Quenta and Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo in the other semi, so at least this division will not have both Bolivia and Mexico in the final.

They are live streaming matches from Santo Domingo, so check out the IRF YouTube channel or the IRF Facebook page for the action.

Note that the times are local, and Santo Domingo is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time in North America, so Noon in Santo Domingo is 11 AM in New York City.

XXXVI IRF World Junior Championships 

December 6-13 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Girls U21 Singles - Medal Round

Round of 16

1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) - BYE
8) Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) d. Ella Boaz (USA), 11-6, 4-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-5

5) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. 12) Ofelia Wilscam (Canada), 11-9, 11-7, 11-8
4) Paula Mansilla (Chile) - BYE

3) Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) - BYE
11) Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica) d. Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala), 11-8, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9

7) Naomi Rios (USA) d. 10) Luz Moreta (Dominican Republic), 11-2, 11-2, 13-11
2) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) - BYE

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) v. 8) Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) - 1:30 PM
4) Paula Mansilla (Chile) v. 5) Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) - 1:30 PM

3) Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) v. 11) Jimena Gomez (Costa Rica) - 1:30 PM
2) Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 7) Naomi Rios (USA) - 1:30 PM

Girls U21 Doubles - Group Stage

Round 1 - Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) d. Ella Boaz & Naomi Ros (USA), 12-10, 5-11, 11-3, 11-8
Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-1, 11-2, 11-2

Round 2 - Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) d. Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-4, 11-2, 11-9
Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia) d. Ella Boaz & Naomi Ros (USA), 11-8, 11-7, 11-8

Round 3 - Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico) v. Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia), 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8
Ella Boaz & Naomi Ros (USA) d. Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 11-5, 11-9, 11-7

Places: 1) Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido & Ivanna Balderrama (Mexico), 3-0
2) Valeria Miranda Martinez & Rebecca Amaya Ardaya (Bolivia), 2-1
3) Ella Boaz & Naomi Ros (USA), 1-2
4) Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes & Paula Mansilla (Chile), 0-3

Boys U21 Singles - Medal Round

Round of 32

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) - BYE
16) Alexander Branagan (Dominican Republic) d. 17) Esleiker Gomez (Dominican Republic), 15-13, 11-9, 10-12, 11-2

8) DJ Mendoza (USA) - BYE
9) Nathan Jauvin (Canada) - BYE

5) Jose Caceres (Guatemala) - BYE
12) Josue Garrido (Ecuador) - BYE

13) Mataas Moscoso (Ecuador) - BYE
4) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) - BYE

3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) - BYE
14) Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica) - BYE

11) Noah McEwan (Canada) - BYE
6) Jaime Mansilla (Chile) - BYE

7) Hector Sierra Mansilla (Guatemala) - BYE
10) Cole Sendrey (USA) - BYE

15) Adrian Elizondo (Costa Rica) - BYE
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) - BYE

Round of 16

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) d. 16) Alexander Branagan (Dominican Republic), 11-3, 11-3, 11-5
8) DJ Mendoza (USA) d. 9) Nathan Jauvin (Canada), 11-5, 11-6, 11-7

5) Jose Caceres (Guatemala) d. 12) Josue Garrido (Ecuador), 11-3, 11-7, 11-9
4) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) d. 13) Mataas Moscoso (Ecuador), 11-3, 11-5, 11-5

3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) d. 14) Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica), 9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-3
6) Jaime Mansilla (Chile) d. 11) Noah McEwan (Canada), 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
10) Cole Sendrey (USA) d. 7) Hector Sierra Mansilla (Guatemala), 3-11, 12-14, 11-3, 11-6, 11-5
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) d. 15) Adrian Elizondo (Costa Rica), 11-7, 11-2, 15-13

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Jonathan Fernando Flores Vega (Bolivia) v. 8) DJ Mendoza (USA) - 12:45 PM
4) Jorge Gutierrez (Mexico) v. 5) Jose Caceres (Guatemala) - 12:45 PM

3) Nicolas Ramiro Iglesias Rivera (Bolivia) v. 6) Jaime Mansilla (Chile) - 12:45 PM
2) Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) v. 10) Cole Sendrey (USA) - 12:45 PM

Boys U21 Doubles - Medal Round

Round of 16 - Wednesday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) - BYE
9) Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Orellana & Jaime Mansilla (Chile) d. 8) Nathan Jauvin & Noah McEwan (Canada), 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4

5) Luis Aguilar & Ezequiel Subieta (Bolivia) - BYE
4) Andres Matamoros & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica) - BYE

3) Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala) - BYE
6) Josue Garrido & Joaquin Villacreses (Ecuador) - BYE

7) Alexander Branagan & Esleiker Gomez (Dominican Republic) - BYE
2) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) - BYE

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Jorge Gutierrez & Sebastian Hernández (Mexico) v. 9) Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Orellana & Jaime Mansilla (Chile) - 4:30 PM
4) Andres Matamoros & Antonio Sanchez (Costa Rica) v. 5) Luis Aguilar & Ezequiel Subieta (Bolivia) - 4:30 PM

3) Hector Sierra Mansilla & Jose Caceres (Guatemala) v. 6) Josue Garrido & Joaquin Villacreses (Ecuador) - 4:30 PM
2) DJ Mendoza & Cole Sendrey (USA) v. 7) Alexander Branagan & Esleiker Gomez (Dominican Republic) - 4:30 PM

Mixed Doubles U21 - Medal Round

Round of 16 - Wednesday

1) Jose Caceres & Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala) - BYE
8) Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) d. 9) Jimena Gomez & Sebastian Gomez (Costa Rica), 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4

5) Nathan Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada) - BYE
4) DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA) - BYE

3) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile) - BYE
6) Sebastian Hernández & Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) - BYE

7) Alexander Branagan & Luz Moreta (Dominican Republic) - BYE
2) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) - BYE

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Jose Caceres & Andrea Gabriela Reyes Perez (Guatemala) v. 8) Martin Carchi & Maria Angela Villacreses (Ecuador) - 6:45 PM
4) DJ Mendoza & Naomi Ros (USA) v. 5) Nathan Jauvin & Ofelia Wilscam (Canada) - 6:45 PM

3) Jaime Mansilla & Paula Mansilla (Chile) v. 6) Sebastian Hernández & Angela Veronica Ortega Sabido (Mexico) - 6:45 PM
2) Jhoel Alexis Acha Portugal & Camila Rivero (Bolivia) v. 7) Alexander Branagan & Luz Moreta (Dominican Republic) - 6:45 PM

Girls U18 Singles - Medal Round

Round of 16 - Wednesday

1) Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) - BYE
8) Chloe Jauvin (Canada) d. 9) Ellen Williams (USA), 11-5, 11-3, 11-3

5) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) - BYE
4) Catalina Guzman (Chile) - BYE

3) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) - BYE
6) Montserrat Torres (USA) - BYE

7) Lahni Buller (Canada) - BYE
2) Mariel Montecinos (Bolivia) - BYE

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) v. 8) Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - Noon
4) Catalina Guzman (Chile) v. 5) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) - Noon

3) Yanna Salazar (Mexico) v. 6) Montserrat Torres (USA) - Noon
2) Mariel Montecinos (Bolivia) v. 7) Lahni Buller (Canada) - Noon

Girls U18 Doubles - Group Stage

Round 1 - Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) d. Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-4, 11-4, 11-9
Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 11-4, 11-3, 11-2
Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) - BYE

Round 2 - Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-1, 11-7, 11-2
Adriana Noella Blacutt Conde & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 11-0, 11-5, 11-9
Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - BYE

Round 3 - Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) d. Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA) d. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 9-11, 11-3, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5
Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) - BYE

Round 4 - Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) v. Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-2, 11-6, 11-4
Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) d. Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile) - BYE

Round 5 - Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) v. Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile) - Thursday 3:45 PM
Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia) v. Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico) - Thursday 3:45 PM
Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA) - BYE

Place: 1) Natalia Mendez Veizaga & Adriana Noelia Blacutt Conde (Bolivia), 3-0
1) Yanna Salazar & Mariafernanda Trujillo (Mexico), 3-0
3) Lahni Buller & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 1-2
4) Rebecca Christopher & Montserrat Torres (USA), 1-3
4) Catalina Guzman & Clarita Vivar (Chile), 0-3

Boys U18 Singles - Medal Round

Round of 16 - Wednesday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) - BYE
8) Leyton Gouldie (Canada) d. 9) Tomã¡s Hidalgo (Costa Rica), 11-4, 11-9, 11-2

5) Joseph Marshall (USA) d. 12) London Townsend (USA), 11-2, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8
4) Diego Romano (Mexico) d. 13) Matã­as Moscoso (Ecuador), 11-6, 11-6, 11-7

3) Sebastian Terrazas (Bolivia) d. 14) Andre Pacheco (Costa Rica), 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
6) Christian Aldana (Guatemala) d. 11) Ruben Igor (Chile), 8-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7

7) Raphaël Guillemette (Canada) d. 10) Joaquin Villacreses (Ecuador), 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9
2) Eder Renteria (Mexico) - BYE

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) v. 8) Leyton Gouldie (Canada) - 11:15 AM
4) Diego Romano (Mexico) v. 5) Joseph Marshall (USA) - 11:15 AM

3) Sebastian Terrazas (Bolivia) v. 6) Christian Aldana (Guatemala) - 11:15 AM
2) Eder Renteria (Mexico) v. 7) Raphaël Guillemette (Canada) - 11:15 AM

Boys U18 Doubles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Eder Renteria & Diego Romano (Mexico) - BYE
4) Leyton Gouldie & Raphaël Guillemette (Canada) v. 5) Tomã¡s Hidalgo & Andre Pacheco (Costa Rica) - 3 PM

3) Martin Carchi & Juan David Sea Cueva (Ecuador) v. 6) Juan Herrera II & London Townsend (USA) - 3:45 PM
2) Josue Farfan Enriquez & Marco Mamani Aguilar (Bolivia) v. 7) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ruben Igor (Chile) - 3:45 PM

Mixed Doubles U18 - Group Stage

Group 1

Round 1 - Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) d. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-5, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10
Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 11-3, 11-7, 11-4
March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) - BYE

Round 2 - Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 11-5, 11-7, 12-14, 11-6
Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - BYE

Round 3 - Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) d. Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 12-10, 11-1, 11-8
Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) d. March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), 6-11, 13-15, 12-10, 11-9, 11-5
Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA) - BYE

Round 4 - March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) d. Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 11-9, 12-10, 2-11, 11-7
Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) d. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 11-6, 11-5, 15-13
Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) - BYE

Round 5 - Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada) v. Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - Thursday 6:45 PM
March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia) v. Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA) - Thursday 6:45 PM
Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico) - BYE

Places: 1) Nicolas Galindo & Yanna Salazar (Mexico), 3-1
2) Christian Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala), 2-1
2) March Mamani Aguilar & Natalia Mendez Veizaga (Bolivia), 2-1
4) Leyton Gouldie & Chloe Jauvin (Canada), 1-2
5) Juan Herrera II & Montserrat Torres (USA), 0-3

Girls U16 Singles - Medal Round

Round of 16 - Wednesday

1) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) - BYE
8) Aanshi Thakur (USA) d. 9) Kaitlyn Couckuyt (Canada), 11-4, 11-4, 11-5

5) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) d. 12) Sinai Diseth Risso Cortes (Chile), 11-1, 11-0, 11-0
4) Lily Farias (Mexico) - BYE

3) Paula Aldana (Guatemala) - BYE
6) Isabella Wer (Guatemala) d. 11) Ariana Buller (Canada), 11-5, 11-2, 11-8

10) Clarita Vivar (Chile) d. 7) Rebecca Christopher (USA), 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) - BYE

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Nicol Abril Mansilla Tambo (Bolivia) v. 8) Aanshi Thakur (USA) - 10:30 AM
4) Lily Farias (Mexico) v. 5) Andrea Perez Picon (Mexico) - 10:30 AM

3) Paula Aldana (Guatemala) v. 6) Isabella Wer (Guatemala) - 10:30 AM
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta (Bolivia) v. 10) Clarita Vivar (Chile) 10:30 AM

Girls U16 Doubles - Medal Round

Quarterfinals - Wednesday

1) Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) - BYE
4) Paula Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala) v. 5) Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Ariana Buller (Canada), 12-10, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5

3) Lily Farias & Andrea Perez Picos (Mexico) d. 6) Rebecca Christopher & Aanshi Thakur (USA), 11-4, 11-5, 11-2
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) - BYE

Semi-finals

1) Giuliana Faeth & Larissa Faeth (Costa Rica) v. 4) Paula Aldana & Isabella Wer (Guatemala)
2) Luciana Illanes Quenta & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) v. 3) Lily Farias & Andrea Perez Picos (Mexico)

Boys U16 Singles - Medal Round

Round of 32

1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico) - BYE
16) Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile) d. 17) Jenshel Gabriel Morales (Guatemala), 11-4, 11-2, 11-9

9) Leonardo Haro Perez (Ecuador) - BYE
8) Christhian Menendez (Cuba) - BYE

5) Vaishant Mangalampalli (USA) - BYE
12) Han-Yang Huang (Taipai) - BYE

13) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes (Chile) d. 20) Mason McPeek (Canada), 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
4) Sebastian Ruiz Michel (Bolivia) - BYE

3) Axel Sanchez (Mexico) - BYE
14) Marcelo Garcia Sanchez (Costa Rica) d. 19) Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 11-8, 11-7, 11-9

11) Tomas Quezada (Ecuador) - BYE
6) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) - BYE

7) Grant Williams (USA) - BYE
10) Taein Woo (South Korea) - BYE

15) Yordi Navarijo (Guatemala) d. 18) Santiago David Huyke (Colombia), 11-9, 11-4, 11-4
2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) - BYE

Round of 16

1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico) d. 16) Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 11-4, 11-2, 11-4
9) Leonardo Haro Perez (Ecuador) d. 8) Christhian Menendez (Cuba), 11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9

5) Vaishant Mangalampalli (USA) d. 12) Han-Yang Huang (Taipai), 11-1, 11-2, 11-4
4) Sebastian Ruiz Michel (Bolivia) d. 13) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes (Chile), 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8

3) Axel Sanchez (Mexico) d. 14) Marcelo Garcia Sanchez (Costa Rica), 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7
6) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. 11) Tomas Quezada (Ecuador), 11-4, 11-1, 13-11

7) Grant Williams (USA) d. 10) Taein Woo (South Korea), 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 12-14, 11-9
2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. 15) Yordi Navarijo (Guatemala), 11-5, 11-5, 13-15, 11-7

Quarterfinals - Thursday

1) Santiago Castillo (Mexico) v. 9) Leonardo Haro Perez (Ecuador) - 9:45 AM
4) Sebastian Ruiz Michel (Bolivia) v. 5) Vaishant Mangalampalli (USA) - 9:45 AM

3) Axel Sanchez (Mexico) v. 6) Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) - 9:45 AM
2) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) v. 7) Grant Williams (USA) - 9:45 AM

Boys U16 Doubles - Group Stage

Group 1

Round 1 - Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) d. Matias Aldana & Jenshel Gabriel Morales (Guatemala), 11-4, 11-1, 11-4
Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA) d. Mason McPeek & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6

Round 2 - Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) d. Mason McPeek & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 11-7, 11-5, 11-1 Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA) d. Matias Aldana & Jenshel Gabriel Morales (Guatemala), 12-10, 11-9, 11-5

Round 3 - Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) v. Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA), 11-3, 11-5, 11-8
Matias Aldana & Jenshel Gabriel Morales (Guatemala) d. Mason McPeek & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6

Place: 1) Santiago Castillo & Axel Sanchez (Mexico), 3-0
2) Evan Whitley & Grant Williams (USA), 2-1
3) Matias Aldana & Jenshel Gabriel Morales (Guatemala), 1-2
4) Mason McPeek & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 0-3

Group 2

Round 1 - Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 11-7, 11-8, 12-10
Marcelo Garcia Sanchez & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. Leonardo Haro Perez & Juan David Zea Cueva (Ecuador), 11-6, 13-11, 11-9

Round 2 - Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia) d. Leonardo Haro Perez & Juan David Zea Cueva (Ecuador), 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, 12-10
Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) d. Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10

Round 3 - Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica) d. Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia), 14-12, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-9
Leonardo Haro Perez & Juan David Zea Cueva (Ecuador) d. Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 11-6, 11-8, 11-5

Place: 1) Alvaro Guillen & Marcelo García Sanchez (Costa Rica), 3-0
2) Sebastian Terrazas & Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo (Bolivia), 2-1
3) Leonardo Haro Perez & Juan David Zea Cueva (Ecuador), 1-2
4) Benjamin Andre Aguirre Fuentes & Ignacio Andrés Gutierrez Oreliana (Chile), 0-3

Mixed Doubles U16 - Group Stage

Group 1

Round 1 - Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) d. Tomas Quezada & Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta (Ecuador), 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) - BYE
Round 2 - Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) d. Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico), 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7
Tomas Quezada & Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta (Ecuador) - BYE
Round 3 - Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico) v. Tomas Quezada & Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta (Ecuador), 11-8, 11-3, 11-8
Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia) - BYE

Places: 1) Alfredo Santiago Borja Arevalo & Suszel Andrea Pairo Galileo (Bolivia), 2-0
1) Andrea Perez Picon & Axel Sanchez (Mexico), 1-1
3) Tomas Quezada & Maria Emilia Quinde Mendieta (Ecuador), 0-2

Group 2

Round 1 - Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA) d. Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 12-10, 12-10, 11-5
Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) - BYE

Round 2 - Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) d. Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA), 11-5, 11-7, 11-4
Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada) - BYE

Round 3 - Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica) v. Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA) - BYE

Places: 1) Larissa Faeth & Alvaro Guillen (Costa Rica), 2-0
1) Vaishant Mangalampalli & Aanshi Thakur (USA), 1-1
3) Kaitlyn Couckuyt & Kyrylo Tkach (Canada), 0-2

Follow the bouncing ball....