By Lara Holmes

Mexican Paola Longoria of racquetball accumulated her fifth title in the professional racquetball circuit WPRO, after winning with American Kerri Wachtel, within the Tournament of Hope World Tour WPRO.

Longoria Lopez won in three sets, partial 11-3, 11-7, 11-7, which extended its lead atop the world rankings on the American and world champion Rhonda Rajsich, who was eliminated in Wachtel semifinals by another American, who won by 11-5, 11-6, 11-4.

But to reach the Final, Longoria moved through the first round, then defeated in the quarterfinals to local Laura Fenton, by 11-6, 11-1, 11-3 and already in the semifinals, the U.S. realized Krystal Csukas by 11-3, 11-2, 12-10, to advance to the championship game of the sixth stop of the tour to Wachtel.

The above achievements were in the U.S. Mexican Open in Minneapolis (Minnesota), then Olympia (Washington), followed by Arlington (Virginia) and before that the tournament she won in Canoga Park (California).