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Quarterfinal Match
Kane Waselenchuk vs Shane Vanderson |
Cat# NO-8 |
| Youth versus youth as these two
youngsters and future of the tour go toe to toe. Shane surprises everyone
but himself as he plays top notch ball by hitting some great forehands
to win the first game. Shane proves to the crowd that he is a force
on the tour and can play with anyone but Kane would prove to be too
much and begins to light it up with dazzling shots from all over the
court and serves at light speed. Kane will move on with this match
though, in four games and advance to his third straight Summer Cooler
semi-final appearance. |
$16.00 (62
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Quarterfinal Match
Rocky Carson vs Alvaro Beltran |
Cat# NO-9 |
| Roommates on the tour, both players
play with mutual respect of each other during this match. Rocky keeps
the pressure on with hard down the line and backhand pinches and wins
the first two games. But then Rocky struggles a bit with his forehand
pinches and Alvaro has his backhand pinches working flawlessly wins
the next two games. Game five begins at midnight and neither the crowd
nor the players are showing signs of fatigue. Both players trade perfect
lobs to each side trying to capitalize on weak returns, which they
both do. Rocky jumps out to a 6-0 lead but Alvaro hangs tough and
brings it back to 4-6 but Rocky's lobs to the backhand prevail. |
$29.00 (110 min)
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Semifinal Match
Kane Waselenchuk vs Rocky Carson |
Cat# NO-12 |
The match up of the number one
and four players on the IRT tour faced off in the second semi-final
of the evening. Rocky sporting his new sponsor logo Pro Penn and Racquetball
Warehouse Kane still in the Ektelon gear. The first game was close
until 6-5 and Kane turned on the heated serves and closes it out 11-6.
The second game was much of the same as Kane keeps Rocky off balance
with some tough drives to both sides. Unforced errors plague Rocky
in this game as Kane goes on to win 11-1. Kane does it all in the
third once again with some awesome serves and uncharacteristic errors
by Rocky. Kane moves on to the final to meet Jack Huczek 11-3.
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$16.00 (55 mins)
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Semifinal Match
Jack Hucsek vs Jason Mannino |
Cat# NO-13 |
The match up of the number two
and three IRT professionals, the dynamic Pro Kennex duo, began their
battle in the first semi final match of the evening. Jack seemed to
take control with some wide-angle passes and tight pinch shots never
letting Jason to get on a roll. Both players worked pinpoint lobs,
to force each other into ceiling ball returns. Jack comes out on top
the first game 11-5 Game two starts off with two great diving get
exchanges as Jason shows that he is the best diver in the game. The
crowd is in awe at the level of play as most people are asking, "How
did he get that?" Both players continue to use wide angles into
the glass and Jack once again is the one to put together a streak.
Up 8-3 another 20 shot rally ensues with Jason making some unbelievable
gets front and back with Jack ending the rally with a forehand drop
shot that Jason just misses to go up 9-4. Young Zack Wertz, the towel
boy, has already put in overtime during this match. Jason mounts a
comeback to 7-9 re-killing Jack's missed pinches and Jack calls a
time out. When he returns he closes out he game 11-7. Jack comes out
the third game with some drive serves to the forehand and backhand
to take an early 5-0 lead. Jason just can't seem to get a break and
Jack is not missing a shot. And closes out the match 11-3.
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$19.00 (65 mins)
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Men's Pro Final Match
Kane Waselenchuk vs Jack Huczek |
Cat# NO-14 |
Starting where they left off last
season, these Jack and Kane meet in the finals of what many are recognizing
as the new rivalry on the IRT Tour. The first game saw both players
feeling each other out with half lob serves to the backhands and a
variety of passing shots and corner kills. In what was a closer game
than the score shows Kane wins the first 11-3 out shooting Jack in
this one. Jack comes back strong in the second re-killing Kane's errors
and take a 9-6 lead. Jack continues to use a half lob but Kane changes
it up and brings back his ultimate weapon, his drive serve. Kane is
able to tie it up on a forehand skip by Jack at 9-9. Jack rolls out
a hard z-serve with his backhand to the left corner but Kane answers
Jack 's hard drive to backhand with a backhand splat also. Kane goes
up 10-9 and loses serve only to skip a backhand to tie it up at 10.Jack
takes advantage of the mistake and takes game two 12-10. Game three
was Kane coming out with the heater again and getting a few weak returns
from Jack. Using the glass to his advantage Kane goes to the wrap
around serve into the right side wall on his last two serves to close
out the game 11-3. Jack could not get on any kind of roll in game
three. In game four Jack jumps out to and early 5-2 lead using his
drive serve again to both sides of the court. Although the power does
not match Kane's, the accuracy does. Kane doesn't do too much with
the returns and Jack capitalizes. Kane climbs back in again with his
serve once again to close the gap at 6-8. A backhand skip on the return
of serve gives Jack a 10-6 lead. Kane has a few choice words for himself
as Jack finishes game three with a killshot 11-6. Game five is what
the fans wanted and received. Kane hits an off balance backhand, running
deep in the court that brings the crowd to its feet at 3-3. Jack comes
up with a great diving forehand kill of his own to close the gap at
4-6. The next rally, once again brings the crowd to it's feet as Jack
hits a ball spinning around behind his back and both players dive
numerous times. Jack wins the rally with a down the line backhand
kill to make it 5-6. Jack goes up 8-6 with some great re-kills when
Kane dives for a ball and hits his right hip hard into the glass.
An injury timeout is call and play is stopped for 5 minutes. Kane
comes back to the crowd's ovation and promptly ties the game at 8-8.
Jack hits a great return on a drive to the backhand only to have Kane
get it with a drop shot straight in. Both players dive twice the next
rally with Kane ending it on a turn around overhead with his forehand
from 39 feet to end the rally and take the lead 10-9. Jack calls a
time out and comes back to win a great rally but can't score. Kane
hits a great forehand down the line to close out the match for his
third title in a row here at the Elmwood Fitness Center 11-9.
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$35.00 (130 mins)
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