{"id":28071,"date":"2023-10-22T22:13:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T02:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/?p=28071"},"modified":"2023-10-22T22:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T02:15:03","slug":"canada-advances-at-pan-am-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racquetballcanada.ca\/canada-advances-at-pan-am-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Advances at Pan Am Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28071\" class=\"elementor elementor-28071\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4eff01e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4eff01e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f397b2b\" data-id=\"f397b2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a22dfc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a22dfc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo credit : Express Media \/ Santiago 2023<\/p><p>Samuel Murray and Coby Iwaasa had the upset of the day in men\u2019s doubles at the Pan American Games. The two Canadians came back from being down two games to none against Daniel De La Rosa and Alejandro Landa of the United States. It was looking like the Canadians were destined for a loss but Murray and Iwaasa took control and won the next three games to move on to Monday\u2019s semi-finals.<\/p><p>Murray also advanced to the quarterfinals in singles after defeating Gabriel Garcia of Costa Rica in three straight matches, winning 11-8, 11-6, 12-10.<\/p><p>Team Canada\u2019s other matches didn\u2019t go their way today.<\/p><p>Frederique Lambert put in an impressive effort in her women\u2019s singles match against Natalia Mendez, the number one seed from Argentina. It looked good for Lambert early in each of her games, but Mendez was able to come up with the win with scores of 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.<\/p><p>In the women\u2019s doubles quarterfinal, Lambert and partner Mich\u00e8le Morissette were in tough, also facing the number one seeds, Alexandra Herrera and Montserrat Mejia of Mexico. Canada had a hard time coming up with an answer for the strong play from the Mexican team, losing 11-3, 11-7, 11-7.<\/p><p>In men&#8217;s singles, Coby Iwaasa faced Andres Acu\u00f1a of Costa Rica in his round of 16 match. Although he had a solid first game, he was unable to put together a win losing 11-9, 11-7, 11-6.<\/p><p>Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert and Samuel Murray didn\u2019t have it any easier in their mixed doubles semi-final. They came up against Angelica Barrios and Conrrado Moscoso, the number one seeds. Murray and Lambert were able to win one game, but ended up losing 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4.<\/p><p>In the words of Racquetball Canada\u2019s High Performance Director and Team Leader, Jennifer Saunders, the Pan American Games is \u201cthe best of the best\u201d. It\u2019s an extremely challenging tournament and advancing is not an easy feat.<\/p><p>The line-up for Monday\u2019s matches is as follows:<\/p><p><strong>Men\u2019s Singles Quarterfinal<\/strong><br \/>(7) Samuel Murray (Canada) vs (2) Carlos Keller (Bolivia)<\/p><p><strong>Men\u2019s Doubles Semifinal<\/strong><br \/>(5) Coby Iwaasa \/ Samuel Murray vs (7) Edwin Galicia \/ Juan Salvatierra (EAI)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit : Express Media \/ Santiago 2023 Samuel Murray and Coby Iwaasa had the upset of the day in men\u2019s doubles at the Pan American Games. The two Canadians came back from being down two games to none against Daniel De La Rosa and Alejandro Landa of the United States. 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