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CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY The Daily Racquet Established 1996 Volume 23, Issue 4 OCTOBER 7th, 2018 In Play Sunday... October 7, 2018 USAR Amateur Matches 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. All LIFE TIME Venues - Target Center (LFTC) - Minneapolis A.C. (MAC) - Fridley (LTFF) WOMEN’S PRO FINAL PAOLA LONGORIA vs. SAMANTHA SALAS SOLIS STADIUM COURT 10:00 a.m. MEN’S PRO FINAL KANE WASELENCHUK vs. DANIEL DE LA ROSA STADIUM COURT Not before 12:00 p.m. Men’s Professional Singles Final Not before 12:00 P.M. - Stadium Court Kane Waselenchuk vs. Daniel De La Rosa KANE VS DANIEL Women’s Professional Singles Final 10:00 A.M. - Stadium Court Paola Longoria vs. Samantha Salas Solis PAOLA VS Media Team Prediction: Kane in Two Games Just 18 hours after Paola and Samantha took to the Stadium Court as a team to win the 2018 US OPEN Professional Women’s Doubles title, they will become adversaries this morning. These two players from Mexico met in the US OPEN Professional Women’s Singles Final back in 2016 where Paola won in three straight. Samantha is bouncing back from shoulder surgery that sidelined her for the first half of last season. In April she won the LPRT event in San Antonio, her third career LPRT tournament title. Samantha will scrap to steal a game, but Paola will use Sunday as a fine day to win US OPEN title No. 9. Media Team Prediction: Paola in Four Games This will be a rematch of the 2015 final where Kane won in a sweep. Since that match, Kane and Daniel have faced each other eight times on the IRT. The lone match Daniel won was an injury forfeit by Kane. Overall, Kane holds a 14-1 career record over Daniel. With Kane coming into the final as the No. 3 seed and Daniel at No. 4, this is the first US OPEN final since 2003 that hasn’t included at least one of the top two seeds. Kane was part of that match-up in 2003 as the No. 3 seed when he defeated No. 8 seed Derek Robinson. Kane is attempting to win his 10th consecutive US OPEN title and 14th overall. 2018 PROFESSIONAL MEN’S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS Daniel De La Rosa & Alvaro Beltran 2018 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S DOUBLES CHAMPIONS Samantha Salas Solis & Paola Longoria THE 2018 PRO DOUBLES CHAMPIONS! US OPEN Racquetball @usopenracquetball USOPENRB @usopenracquetball US OPEN MEDIA TEAM Jeff Oliver Media Manager Leo Vasquez Social Media Manager Cheryl Kirk Staff Writer Kevin Savory Photographer Please feel free to contact us via e-mail at: [email protected] Be sure to follow our Social Media Networks for content all year long! SAMANTHA
