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Beach volleyball 19/06/2014

Women reach deciding phase in Berlin, men just get started

Berlin, Germany, June 19,
2014 – While the women’s tournament reached the deciding knockout phase at the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam, the men finished the
first two rounds of pool play on Thursday.

In the men’s tournament there
were some upsets, Moscow champions Semenov/Krasilnikov lost both of their
matches and world champions Brouwer/Meeuwsen lost one.

The women’s top teams stayed
on track. Last year’s winners Talita/Taiana, Moscow champions April Ross and
Kerri Walsh and European champions Meppelink/Van Iersel all topped the pool
with three straight wins.

American qualifiers upset
Moscow champions in Berlin

John Hyden and Tri Bourne got
off to a good start on the first day of main draw of the FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam.

The American qualifiers upset the freshly crowned Moscow champions, Konstantin
Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) on Thursday at the lovely
Beach Mitte courts. Read
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Impressive start for Doherty
and Lucena in Berlin main draw

After qualifying on Wednesday
for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam, Ryan Doherty
and Nick Lucena showed off some great play in main draw on Thursday.

The 24th seeded Americans upset world champions Alexander Brouwer and Robert
Meeuwsen (21-16, 21-16) in the morning and defeated Berlin’s reigning champions
Vitor Felipe and Evandro Goncalves (15-21, 21-14, 15-13) in their second pool
match. Read
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Germany’s Borger/Büthe
delight the home crowd with third win

While two other German teams
finished last in their pool at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin
smart Grand Slam, Karla Borger and Britta Büthe kept the hopes up for the home
fans.

The vice-world champions defeated Italy’s Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi
Toth 2-0 (21-17, 21-12) on Thursday and topped the pool with three wins. Read
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USA’s Ross/Walsh on track for
back-to-back gold

April Ross and Kerri Walsh
seem right on track for another gold medal after they won the Moscow Grand Slam
last week. The American top team on Thursday won their final round robin match
against Australia’s Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy (21-15, 21-15) to top the
pool.

With a forfeit from fellow Americans Pavlik/Fopma in their first pool match and
a 2-0 (21-12, 25-23) win over Polish team Brzostek/Kolosinka on Wednesday, Ross
and Walsh advance to the second knockout round unbeaten. Read
more

The Berlin smart Grand Slam
continues on Friday with the final pool round and first knockout round for the
men and the first and second elimination rounds for the women.

Berlin is hosting a FIVB
World Tour women’s event for the 9th time and a men’s event for the
15th time. After the $800.000 Berlin smart Grand Slam the FIVB World Tour continues its seven-event swing through Europe.

There are three more
double-gender FIVB Grand Slams on the European continent: the FIVB Stavanger
Grand Slam in Norway (June 24-28), the FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland
(July 8-13) and finally the FIVB Transavia Grand Slam, played in three
different cities in the Netherlands (July 15-20), but based in The Hague.

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