The XXXV Pan American Championships wrapped up last Saturday in Guatemala City, so it’s high time we went through a summary of the results for you. Argentina and Mexico were the big winners, although they did it in different ways. Argentina won on the women’s side, while Mexico won on the men’s side. Argentina only had one man, and Mexico no women in Guatemala. Argentina’s Maria José Vargas won three gold medals taking the singles, doubles and team titles. Her team-mate Natalia Mendez shared two of those gold medals, and also earned bronze in singles. Mexican Rodrigo Montoya won two gold medal ..read more

The top seeds won both the women’s and men’s team events on the final day of competition at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City Saturday. Argentina defeated the Dominican Republic in two straight matches, while Mexico needed three matches to beat the USA. In the first match of the women’s final, Argentina’s Natalia Mendez beat Dominican Alejandra Jimenez, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4, and then Maria Jose Vargas - who won the Women’s Singles title earlier in the week - defeated Merynanyelly Delgado, 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2, in what was a rematch of one of the women’s singles semi-finals th ..read more

The Dominican Republic will have a chance to win gold in the Women’s Team event at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City on Saturday, as they defeated Chile in the semi-finals on Friday. We believe this is the first time the Domincan has been in a team final. The Dominican’s opponent in the final will be top seeds Argentina. The Men’s Team final will be between two long time racquetball rivals: Mexico and the USA. Both the Dominican and Argentinian women won their semi-finals in two straight matches. The 3rd seeded Dominican defeated 2nd seeds Chile, while Argentina beat the 4t ..read more

Maria José Vargas of Argentina won two Pan American Championships Thursday at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City. In the Women’s Singles final, she comprehensively beat Chilean Carla Muñoz, 11-1, 11-3, 11-5, but in the Women’s Doubles final Vargas and Natalia Mendez had their hands full with the young American team of Naomi Ros and Lexi York, as that match went a full five games before Argentina prevailed, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9. On the men’s side, Mexican Rodrigo Montoya defeated Canadian Samuel Murray in the Men’s Singles final in four games, 11-7, 6-11, 15-13, 11-8 ..read more

It is rare for players to blank their opponents under rally scoring rules, but Canadian Samuel Murray blanked American Jake Bredenbeck in the second game of their semi-final Men's Singles match at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City on Wednesday. That was part of a dominant performance by the Canadian, who didn’t skip a shot until he was up 8-0 in the third game. Murray won 11-3, 11-0, 11-3, which included a streak of 21 points in a row from 9-3 in game one to 8-0 in game three. The win puts Murray into Thursday’s final, when he’ll play Mexican Rodrigo Montoya. Montoya beat C ..read more

The quarterfinals of the medal round at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City saw no big surprises on Tuesday, although Canadian Danielle Ramsay almost caused a seismic upset in Women’s Singles, as she was two games up on top seed Natalia Mendez of Argentina and then three points from winning it in the fifth game. However, Mendez managed to eke out the victory, 4-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3, 11-8. She’ll play Chilean Carla Muñoz in the semi-finals Wednesday, as Muñoz defeated American Michelle Key, 11-8, 12-10, 12-10, 11-8 [sic]. After losing games three and four, Ramsay was up 5-0 i ..read more

The draws for the medal round of play at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City are below, as well as the “Elite Draw,” which is a consolation side for players who finished in the 3rd and 4th spots in the group stage. The medal round begins Tuesday from 10 AM on. For draws, look to the R2 Sports website. Also, some of the matches are being streamed live, so check out the IRF Facebook page or the IRF YouTube channel for matches. XXXV Pan American Racquetball Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala - March 23-31, 2024 Women’s Singles Medal Round - Quarterfinals Tuesday 1) Natalia ..read more

Monday saw the final round of group matches at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, which sets the stage for the medal round that will begin on Tuesday. Merynanyelly Delgado of the Dominican Republic beat Canadian Danielle Ramsay, 15-6, 15-5, 15-7, to top group two and capture the 2nd for the medal round, so she’ll have a good chance to be on the podium. Another day, another tie-breaker win for American Charlie Pratt, who held on to defeat Costa Rican Gabriel Garcia, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-5. Garcia was up early in the breaker, but Pratt came back to take it, helped by tw ..read more

More good matches on day two of the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, yet there haven’t really been any crazy surprises. Day three will bring the highest seeds of the groups playing each other, so that will ensure some great matches on Monday, and perhaps some surprises. Perhaps the most surprising group is in Women’s Singles, as Group 2 will be won by either the 3rd or 4th seeded player, and that player will be 2nd seed in the medal round. Merynanyelly Delgado of the Dominican Republic and Canadian Danielle Ramsay will face off on Monday, as both won their matches Sunday. Del ..read more

Day one of competition at the XXXV Pan American Championships in Guatemala City is over, and there were no real surprises, although there were several close matches. There are 10 countries competing compared with 14 last year. The big absence is Bolivia, who won both Men’s Singles and Mixed Doubles last year. On the women’s side, Argentina’s María José Vargas and Natalia Mendez are two of the favourites in singles, as well as doubles, with Chile’s Carla Muñoz and American Michelle Key also podium candidates in singles. In doubles, past the Argentines it’s probably Muñoz and Paula Mansilla, and ..read more