Sunday - UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships

The Daily Racquet
OCTOBER 11th, 2015
Established 1996
Volume 20, Issue 4
MEN’S PRO FINAL
KANE WASELENCHUK vs.
DANIEL DE LA ROSA
STADIUM COURT
LIFE TIME FITNESS TARGET CENTER
Not before 12:00 p.m.
AWARDS PRESENTATION
STADIUM COURT
LIFE TIME FITNESS TARGET CENTER
Following Men’s Final
US OPEN
MEDIA TEAM
Jeff Oliver
Co-Media Manager
Leo Vasquez
Co-Media Manager
KANE
WOMEN’S PRO FINAL
PAOLA LONGORIA vs.
RHONDA RAJSICH
STADIUM COURT
LIFE TIME FITNESS TARGET CENTER
10:00 a.m.
VS
VS
RHONDA
USAR AMATEUR FINALS
LIFE TIME FITNESS All Locations
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
DANIEL
In Play Sunday...
October 11, 2015
PAOLA
CHAMPIONSHIP
SUNDAY
Men’s Professional Final
12:00 P.M. - Stadium Court
Kane Waselenchuk vs. Daniel De La Rosa
Women’s Professional Final
10:00 A.M. - Stadium Court
Paola Longoria vs. Rhonda Rajsich
For several years racquetball fans, experts
and enthusiasts have been trying to identify the
player that provides the greatest threat to King Kane’s
throne. Most have pointed to Mexico’s Daniel De La
Rosa as the heir apparent and today provides his
first opportunity to step up and make a monumental
statement.
Waselenchuk has simply dominated the game
for the better part of the last decade. But as the
proverb states all good things do come to an end,
right? A loss by Kane today won’t be the end of his
reign, but it does put a kink in his armor.
De La Rosa used every amount of energy in
the epic semifinal yesterday and needed medical
attention after the match. Today he gets a chance,
but Kane prevails for US OPEN Title No. 11.
The last time a name other than Paola’s or
Rhonda’s was etched into the US OPEN trophy
was 2006. During the last eight years Longoria has
picked up five US OPEN Titles while Rajsich has won
three. So it is only fitting for the 20th Anniversary of
the US OPEN the two most decorated ladies in the
tournament’s history meet in the Championship Final
yet again.
The last time Rhonda defeated Paola was
almost a year ago at the LPRT event in Stockton. In
three other match-ups later in the season Paola won
them all.
Rajsich was quite impressive in knocking off
Vargas yesterday. Can she continue that US OPEN
magic today? She’ll give Paola a bit of a run, but the
five-time US OPEN Champ runs it to six.
Prediction: Kane in Four
Prediction: Paola in Four
PRO DOUBLES CHAMPIONS CROWNED!
Freddy Ramirez
Photographer
Roby Partovich
Photographer
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2015 PROFESSIONAL MEN’S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
Kane Waselenchuk & Ben Croft
2015 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
Paola Longoria & Samantha Salas Solis
Established 1996
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 2015
THANK YOU!
On behalf of the UnitedHealthcare US
OPEN Staff, I would like to sincerely
thank you for joining us for the 20th
Anniversary Celebration at this year’s
UnitedHealthcare US OPEN.
The UnitedHealthcare US OPEN
represents everything that is great about
racquetball and I am truly honored to
play a small part in this event’s success.
Safe travels home and we’ll see you next
year on October 5-9, 2016.
Doug Ganim
US OPEN Director
For the first time in US OPEN history, the
livestream was simulcast in Spanish
MEDAL PICK-UP
Medals will ONLY be
available for pick-up at
LIFE TIME FITNESS
TARGET CENTER.
This includes divisions won at
the MAC and Moore Lake clubs.
You may pick up your medals
in the booth on Vendor Row.
HELPING THE KIDS
Thanks to everyone who donated to our Children’s
Charities over the past few days.
This year the Silent Auction raised more than $25,000!
Add in the donations from the Pro-Am Doubles event
and returned referee fees, nearly $31,000 is going
to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Rapha
House.
In the 20 year history of the US OPEN, we have raised
$401,671 for charity. Special thanks to Sal & Dee
Perconti for taking the US OPEN Silent Auction to a
new level this year!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Hey Roby! Leave the singing to those
who are good at it!
@paolongoria would love to let her 185,000+ Twitter followers
know she won her sixth UnitedHealthcare US OPEN later today.
Sudsy Monchik is the newest member of the
USA Racquetball Hall of Fame
Volume 20, Issue 4
Rhonda gave Coach Winterton a
semifinal victory for his birthday
@KingKaneRB will have to start using his toes to count all his
UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Titles should he win this afternoon.
Daniel De La Rosa goes airborn in his semifinal victory over Rocky Carson on Saturday.
Today Daniel is playing in his first career Grand Slam final.