2018 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Doubles

The International Racquetball Federation's 19th Racquetball World Championships are being held in San José, Costa Rica from August 10-18. This is the first time Worlds have been Costa Rica, and the first time a Central American country has hosted the event.

XIX Racquetball World Championships
- Costa Rica 2018 -
Host San José, Costa Rica
Dates August 10-18
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Gold Valeria Centellas & Yasmine Sabja
Silver Alexandra Herrera & Monsserrat Mejia
Bronze Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez
Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros

Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Yasmine Sabja won the Women’s Doubles World Championship for the first time in their careers, and their win was the first for South American women at Worlds. They defeated the Mexican team of Alexandra Herrera and Monsserrat Mejia in the final in three games, including fighting off a match point in game two, winning 8-15, 15-14, 11-2. Centellas and Sabja beat the Guatemala team of Maria Rene Rodriguez and Gabriela Martinez in the semi-finals by injury default, as Martinez hurt her left arm in the second game, and while they finished that game, they couldn't complete the match.[1] Herrera and Mejia defeated Colombians Cristina Amaya and Adriana Riveros in the other semi.

Tournament format

The 2018 World Championships was a two-stage competition. There was an initial group stage played as a round robin with the results used to seed teams for the medal round.


Group stage

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Pool A

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Alexandra Herrera & Monsserrat Mejia 2204166284
Maria Jose Vargas & Natalia Mendez 2112351523
Alejandra Jiménez & Merynanyelly Delgado 2020423602

Pool B

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Sheryl Lotts & Rhonda Rajsich 2204164394
Jin Young Seok & Mi Ok An 2113255553
Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto 2020435602

Pool C

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez 2204060294
Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor 2112248403
Carla Muñoz & Josefa Parada 2020421602

Pool D

Players Pld W L GF GA PF PA Points
Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros 3306090396
Valeria Centellas & Yasmine Sabja 3214379765
Frédérique Lambert & Jen Saunders 3123486794
Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny 3030630903

Medal round

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
            
1 Alexandra Herrera & Monsserrat Mejia
BYE
1 Mexico 15, 15
8 Ecuador 12, 10
9 Frédérique Lambert & Jen Saunders 15, 9, 4
8 Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor 5, 15, 11
1 Mexico 15, 15
4 Colombia 8, 4
5 Jin Seok & Mi Ok An 15, 15
12 Merynanyelly Delgado & Alejandra Jimenez 14, 11
5 South Korea 10, 9
4 Colombia 15, 15
13 Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny 1, 6
4 Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros 15, 15
1 Mexico 15, 14, 2
7 Bolivia 8, 15, 11
3 Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez
BYE
3 Guatemala 15, 15
6 Argentina 2, 8
11 Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto 6, 6
6 Natalia Mendez & Maria Jose Vargas 15, 15
3 Guatemala 15, 7, 4, injury forfeit
7 Bolivia 10, 15, 6
7 Valeria Centellas & Yasmine Sabja 15, 15
10 Carla Muñoz & Josefa Parada 8, 6
7 Bolivia 15, 15
2 United States 12, 10
BYE
2 Sheryl Lotts & Rhonda Rajsich
Winners
Valeria Centellas & Yasmine Sabja

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References

  1. Pritchard, Evan. "Doubles semi-finals at 2018 IRF World Championships". The Racquetball Blog. The Racquetball Blog. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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