Sunday, May 7, 2017

Longoria & Salas meet in 2017 LPRT Guadalajara Grand Slam final but miss out on doubles final

Paola Longoria - the #1 player on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT’) will play Samantha Salas in the final of the LPRT Grand Slam in Guadalajara, Mexico on Sunday, but Longoria and Salas, who have been a successful doubles team will not be in the LPRT Doubles final, as they were knocked off by the team of Alexandra Herrera and Monserrat Mejia, 15-12, 15-14, in their semi-final match.

Herrera and Mejia’s opponents will be 2nd seeds Frédérique Lambert and Jessica Parrilla, as they defeated Cristina Amaya and Adriana Riveros, 15-3, 15-14 in the other semi-final.

In singles, Longoria reached the final by beat Herrera in the semi-finals, 11-0, 11-1, 11-0, and earlier Saturday in the quarterfinals she ousted Nancy Enriquez, 11-0, 11-2, 11-0. So, over six games Longoria gave up only three points. Impressive.

Salas’s path to the final was also impressive for the players that she defeated. In the semis, Salas beat LPRT #3 Jessica Parrilla, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3, and in the quarters she defeated LPRT #2 Lambert, 3-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-2.

Note that the semi-finalists were four Mexican players, which might be the first time the final four players at a women’s pro racquetball tournament have been Mexican.

You can watch the finals live via the LPRT LiveStream channel. The singles final will be 2 PM Sunday with the doubles final to follow.

2017 LPRT Guadalajara Grand Slam, May 5-7, 2017
Guadalajara, Mexico


Quarterfinals

1) Paola Longoria d. 25) Nancy Enriquez, 11-0, 11-2, 11-0
4) Alexandra Herrera d. 12) Natalia Mendez, 12-10, 9-11, 11-3, 11-5

3) Jessica Parrilla d. 6) Rhonda Rajsich, 4-11, 11-0, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9
7) Samantha Salas d. 2) Frédérique Lambert, 3-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-2

Semi-finals

1) Paola Longoria d. 4) Alexandra Herrera, 11-0, 11-1, 11-0
7) Samantha Salas d. 3) Jessica Parrilla, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3

Final - Sunday

1) Paola Longoria v. 7) Samantha Salas

Doubles - Semi-finals - Saturday

4) Alexandra Herrera & Monserrat Mejia d. 1) Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas, 15-12, 15-14
2) Frédérique Lambert & Jessica Parrilla d. 3) Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros, 15-3, 15-14

Doubles - Finals - Sunday

2) Frédérique Lambert & Jessica Parrilla v. 4) Alexandra Herrera & Monserrat Mejia

Follow the bouncing ball….

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