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	2	2	0	4	1	66	28	4
Maria Jose Vargas & Natalia Mendez	2	1	1	2	3	51	52	3
Alejandra Jiménez & Merynanyelly Delgado	2	0	2	0	4	23	60	2

Pool B

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Sheryl Lotts & Rhonda Rajsich	2	2	0	4	1	64	39	4
Jin Young Seok & Mi Ok An	2	1	1	3	2	55	55	3
Maiko Sato & Naomi Wakimoto	2	0	2	0	4	35	60	2

Pool C

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Maria Rene Rodriguez & Gabriela Martinez	2	2	0	4	0	60	29	4
Maria Paz Muñoz & Veronica Sotomayor	2	1	1	2	2	48	40	3
Carla Muñoz & Josefa Parada	2	0	2	0	4	21	60	2

Pool D

Players	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	PF	PA	Points
Cristina Amaya & Adriana Riveros	3	3	0	6	0	90	39	6
Valeria Centellas & Yasmine Sabja	3	2	1	4	3	79	76	5
Frédérique Lambert & Jen Saunders	3	1	2	3	4	86	79	4
Majella Haverty & Katie Kenny	3	0	3	0	6	30	90	3

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)