2006 US OPEN Coverage - Men’s Rounds of 16/32
December 6th, 2006 by Geoff Thomsen
Things got off to a rocky start for Double Donut Studios during the event coverage for the 2006 US OPEN Racquetball Championships with a stranded battery charger in some “delayed” luggage from the airlines. I didn’t get to take as many photos as I would have liked during some of the early rounds on Thursday, but I still ended up with some good shots.
Match Coverage
The early rounds on the Men’s side went off pretty much as expected. The biggest news included: Jason Mannino tearing(?) a calf muscle in his round of 64 match against Micah Rich (he continued to play, and won the match); Sudsy Monchik slipping a disk in his back during a match against Alvaro Beltran (which caused him to forfeit his match); Andy Hawthorne upsetting number 7 seed Jason Thoerner to earn a spot in the quarterfinals (in a LONG 5 gamer that had a HUGE crowd); Ruben Gonzalez making the round of 16 YET AGAIN (superman for sure); and an absolute SLUGFEST between Mitch Williams and Chris Crowther (these guys were blasting PHOTONS all match long, and hit each other with the ball several times. Neither player would even flinch after getting pelted with a 170+MPH kill).
The matches on the Stadium Court included:
- M32 - Rocky Carson def. Charlie Pratt (1, 6, 2)
- M32 - Jason Mannino def. Mike Keddie (1, 7, 1)
- M32 - Jack Huczek def. Kris Odegard (2, 4, 2)
- M32 - Alvaro Beltran def. Brian Fredenberg (2, 6, 5)
- M32 - Shane Vanderson def. John Ellis ((9), 5, 5, 3) (non-stadium, but I don’t get to cover John Ellis often)
- M16 - Shane Vanderson def. Ben Croft (2, 6, 4)
- M16 - Rocky Carson def. Hiroshi Shimizu (3, 6, 3)
- M16 - Mitch Williams def. Chris Crowther (11, 8, (3), 6)
- M16 - Jason Mannino def. Woody Clouse (3, 8, 3)
- M16 - Jack Huczek def. Ruben Gonzalez (7, 5, 4)
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