# Match Record: Gateway Smash Battle at the Arch Championship Bracket  (2025-12-29)
        
**Category:** Match Result
**Verified:** 2026-06-09 02:19:38
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/match-7505444665
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## Match Parameters
- **Event Date:** 2025-12-29
- **Estimated Play Time:** 2:15 AM
- **Event:** Gateway Smash Battle at the Arch Championship Bracket 
- **Location:** Arch Pickleball & Badminton (Facility Page: https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/court-6308-arch-pickleball-badminton)
- **Outcome:** Loss
- **Scores:** 8-11
- **Division:** Doubles Division
- **Level:** Casual / Recreational (<3.5) (Average DUPR: 2.93)

## Involved Competitors

### Team 1 (Loss)
- **Robert Myers** (DUPR ID: 1QL054) - Rating: 3.320, Location: Troy, IL, US
- **Vasilis Odysseos** (DUPR ID: PZVK6G) - Rating: 2.454, Location: N/A

### Team 2 (Winner)
- **Braxton Evans** (DUPR ID: OWRMKP) - Rating: 3.339, Location: Lake Saint Louis, MO, US
- **Tanner Jones** (DUPR ID: 4P5E4M) - Rating: 2.626, Location: N/A

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