The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Rajeev Ram of the United States won the 2015 Jalisco Open after crushing his compatriot Jason Jung 6-1, 6-2 in Sunday’s final at Guadalajara’s Estadio Panamericano de Tenis. The one-sided encounter took just 48 minutes to complete, leaving most fans somewhat disappointed. Ram powered down 14 aces in the 15 games.
A fairytale unfolded at Fenway Park last week and, for once, a Red Sox player wasn’t involved.
At the age of 30, Washington Nationals relief pitcher Rafael Martin became the fourth Jalisco-born player to make his debut in Major League Baseball.
The fierce rivalry between Guadalajara’s largest soccer teams, Chivas and Atlas, was stoked by a 1-1 draw in an intense match that lived up to fans’ high expectations. In the end, Chivas fans were the ones celebrating the final whistle, while Atlas supporters bemoaned the fact that Ponchito Gonzalez missed a penalty kick seconds before the end. Commentators agreed that this was the best “Clasico Tapatio” for some time, with the unsegregated crowd split 50-50 and the atmosphere intense.
Passions will be inflamed once more as the latest edition of the historic soccer rivalry between the Guadalajara Chivas and America of Mexico City unfolds at the city’s Omnilife Stadium on Sunday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.
The Charros de Jalisco baseball team has more than 200 children from 5 to 14 years of age training at it’s new academy at the Charros stadium, said Charros administrative director Roberto Castellon. The idea is to continue promoting the sport and build the Charros brand in the metro through this community outreach and also to look for talented youths to bring into the sport in the long term.
U.S. tennis stars in the making will be among the pros battling it out on the courts of Guadalajara’s Panamericano Tennis Center in the fifth edition of the Zurich Jalisco Open from April 20-26.
It may be the off-season in baseball’s Mexican Pacific League (LMP) but the Guadalajara-based Charrros de Jalisco are continuing to make headlines after finishing runners-up to the Tomateros de Culiacan in their debut campaign.
Athletes from the Salvajes Ajijic runners club recently racked up another champion performance, taking four of the top ten places among 52 competitors tackling the grueling 117-kilometer Ultra Peregrino race. Following the traditional religious pilgrims’ route to Talpa de Allende, the runners set out from Ameca at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 3, arriving at the finish line early the following morning. Salvajes runner José “Chabelo” González Valenzuela completed the course in 12 hours flat to capture top honors and the first place 1,350-peso cash prize. Pictured at an April 15 celebration held at the Ajijic plaza in recognition of the club’s accomplishments are Chapala Sports Commission Director Jesús Hernández Dávila, running champ Chabelo, town administrator Héctor España (front row left to right); Salvajes President Daniel Úrzua and star female runner Andrea Mora Reyes (at rear).
Guadalajara golfer Carlos Ortiz has notched up his second best result in his fledgling PGA career with an 11th-place finish in the Farmer's Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California.
