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Day one of match play is in the books at the USBC Masters. 16 players are left in the winner’s bracket and 16 are left in the loser’s bracket heading into today.
The highest seed left on the winner’s side is second seed EJ Tackett. Tackett will go up against Jason Belmonte in the round of 16, in what many are calling the highlight match of the round.
Number three seed Sam Cooly is still alive on the winner’s side and will face off against 14th seed Keith Guerrero in the current round. No. 6 Cortez Schenck vs. No. 11 Chase Nadeau, No. 5 Carlos Granados vs. No. 53 Richie Teece, No. 20 Sean Lavery-Spahr vs. No. 29 Ryan Barnes, No. 10 Jake Peters vs. No. 58 DeeRonn Booker, No. 16 Patrick Dombrowski vs. No. 33 Zac Tackett and No. 9 Pete Vergos vs. No. 25 Matt Ogle make up the rest of the winner’s bracket round of 16.
Our tournament top seed Markus Jansson is in the loser’s bracket, but still alive. He draws No. 8 Nate Purches in this current round.
No. 7 Giorgio Clinaz vs. No. 52 Chris Barnes, No. 55 Mark Thomas vs. No. 61 AJ Chapman, No. 22 AJ Johnson vs. No. 64 Justin Bohn, No. 27 François Lavoie vs. No. Zach Weidman, No. 50 Quentin Deroo vs. No. 60 Chris Via, No. 12 Zach Wilkins vs. No. 31 Nickolas Freiberg and No. 30 David Stouffer vs. No. 38 Andrew Anderson make up the matches for the current round of the loser’s bracket. The winners move on while the losers are eliminated.
Who Will advance in the bracket and move closer to the stepladder finals? Keep tuning in to find out!
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