Saturday, January 9, 2010

Coast to Coast California Open - QFs & 16s - UPDATED

The top three seeds have reached the semi-finals at the Coast to Coast California Open - the fifth event of the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) season. Second seed Jack Huczek will play 3rd Rocky Carson in one semi-final on Saturday, and top seed Kane Waselenchuk will face 5th seed Ben Croft in the other semi.

Croft is the surprise semi-finalist. He upset 4th seed Jason Mannino, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-3, in the quarter finals. It's Croft's second straight semi-final, as he was also in the US Open semis.

The event is being webcast on the IRTNetwork.com, and the quarter final matches are archived on the site already.

2010 Coast to Coast California Open
Canoga Park, California

Quarter finals

Kane Waselenchuk d. Chris Crowther, 11-4, 11-3, 11-3
Ben Croft d. Jason Mannino, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-3

Rocky Carson d. Juan Herrera, 11-8, 11-0, 9-2 - retired due to injury
Jack Huczek d. Mitch Williams, 11-7, 11-2, 12-10

Round of 16
Kane Waselenchuk d. Alejandro Herrera, 11-6, 11-1, 11-1
Chris Crowther d. Andy Hawthorne, 11-3, 8-11, 11-4, 11-3

Ben Croft d. Kris Odegard, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10
Jason Mannino d. Felipe Munoz, 11-4, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6

Rocky Carson d. Jose Rojas, 11-3, 11-5, 12-10
Juan Herrera d. Shane Vanderson

Mitch Williams d. Javier Moreno, 11-7, 11-1, 8-11, 10-12, 11-1
Jack Huczek d. Alejandro Landa, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-7

Semi-finals - Saturday

Kane Waselenchuk v. Ben Croft
Jack Huczek vs. Rocky Carson

Follow the bouncing ball....

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