The Daily Racquet Established 1996 OCTOBER 5th, 2019 Volume 24, Issue 3 SUPER SATURDAY In Play Saturday... CONRRADO MARIA October 5, 2019 Silent Auction for Children’s Charities VS VS Bidding ends at 8:00 p.m. (CDT) www.auctionusopen.com DANIEL SAMANTHA Pro Matches - Session #7 LPRT Semifinal #1 Men’s Professional Semifinal #1 Women’s Professional Semifinal #1 IRT Semifinal #1 11:00 A.M. - Stadium Court 10:00 A.M. - Stadium Court 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Daniel De La Rosa vs. Conrrado Moscoso Samantha Salas vs. Maria Jose Vargas Pro Matches - Session #8 LPRT Semifinal #2 Daniel is seeking his second consecutive and third trip Samantha and Maria met just over a month ago in the IRT Semifinal #2 overall to the US OPEN finals, but to get there he will have semifinals of the LPRT season opening event in Mexico. 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. to close the book on Conrrado’s cinderella story. Vargas outlasted Salas but needed an 11-9 tiebreaker to RAPHA HOUSE When Moscoso won the Grand Slam event in Bolivia last do so. For Samantha, that loss was just her third LPRT Planking Contest March, he did so as the #23 seed and became the second defeat to Maria compared to eight victories. Stadium Court - 3:30 p.m. lowest seeded player to win a pro tour stop in history. Both players are highly decorated for their respective He carries that underdog momentum into today’s match countries on the international stage. Samantha has won Pro Matches - Session #9 as a #15 seed. Not since 2010 when Alvaro Beltran was 37 medals (26 gold) for her home country of Mexico. Maria Men’s & Women’s seeded #18 has a double digit seed made a US OPEN has won 17 medals (4 gold) while playing for Argentina Pro Doubles Finals final. and Bolivia. 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PREDICTION: CONRRADO IN A TIEBREAKER PREDICTION: MARIA IN A TIEBREAKER Military Racquetball MONTSERRAT Federation Wheelchair ALEJANDRO Exhibition Stadium Court - 5:00 p.m. VS VS PARTY WITH THE PROS KANE PAOLA FREE FOR Men’s Professional Semifinal #2 Women’s Professional Semifinal #2 TOURNAMENT PLAYERS! 2:00 P.M. - Stadium Court 1:00 P.M. - Stadium Court Kane Waselenchuk vs. Alejandro Landa Paola Longoria vs. Montserrat Mejia Alejandro spent nearly 10 years bouncing around the Paola’s handing off of the torch is still many, many years The Pourhouse 10-to-20 range in the IRT rankings, however he has away, but this match against Montserrat will showcase S 5th St & Hennepin risen to the Top Four for the past three seasons. Landa the current face of women’s racquetball against its likely 2 Blocks East from the is now a regular semifinalist at IRT events. He has won future. Target Center tournaments in Sioux Falls, Cincinnati, and Sarasota in Montserrat is a two-time World Junior Champion in the 18 9:00 p.m the last two years. Today will be his third appearance in & Under Girls Singles division and has won six Mexican 21 & Over Only a US OPEN semifinal (2017 & 2014). The 2014 semifinal Junior titles. DRESS TO IMPRESS! was also against Waselenchuk. In 13 all-time IRT matches Longoria and Mejia met in the Round of 16 at last year’s US OPEN played against Kane, Alejandro has never won. US OPEN where Montserrat took one game off Paola. MEDIA TEAM PREDICTION: KANE IN TWO GAMES PREDICTION: PAOLA IN TWO GAMES Jeff Oliver Media Manager Leo Vasquez Social Media Manager Cheryl Kirk Staff Writer Kevin Savory Photographer If you have a great story, idea, or thought, please feel free to contact us... E-Mail: [email protected] Established 1996 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2019 Volume 24, Issue 3 PRO DOUBLES FINALS SET FOR THIS EVENING! WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL DOUBLES FINAL MEN’S PROFESSIONAL DOUBLES FINAL 4:00 P.M. - STADIUM COURT 5:00 P.M. - STADIUM COURT VS VS Paola & Montserrat & Daniel & Kane & Samantha Alexandra Alvaro Ben If you look at their ages, you would think Montserrat (19) and Kane and Ben have won the US OPEN Men’s Professional Doubles Alexandra (25) would be the new kids on the doubles block, division three times, more than any other duo. Daniel and Alvaro however their US OPEN experience is extensive. Today they are took the crown last year in Minneapolis, but Kane and Ben playing in their fourth US OPEN final as doubles partners, a enacted revenge at the Chicago event in March. De La Rosa and number only eclipsed by Paola and Samantha. Beltran are the reigning IRF World Champions. 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