Stare Jablonki, Poland, July 1, 2013 – A number of highly-rated teams will be out to guarantee their place in the knockout rounds on day two of the women’s competition at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, Mazury 2013.
Italy’s Marta Menegatti and Greta Cicolari, Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst and Ilka Semmler and Katrin Holtwick all made winning starts to the tournament and know that a second win will mean their names will at the very least go into the draw for the first knockout round.
Menegatti and Cicolari will take on Varapatsorn Radarong and Tanarattha Udomchavee of Thailand, Ludwig and Walkenhorst face Switzerland’s Tanja Goricanec and Tanja Huberli, while Semmler and Holtwick play Jantine van der Vlist and Marloes Wesselink from The Netherlands.
Number one seeds Chen Xue and Zhang Xi will be out to make it two wins from two when they meet Finland’s Erika and Emilia Nystrom, while Brazil’s Maria Antonelli and Agatha Bednarczuk play Martina Bonnerova and Barbora Hermannova of the Czech Republic.