Lucerne, Switzerland, May 16, 2015 - Fourth-seeded Karla Borger and Britta Büthe advanced to the semi-finals here Saturday in the Lucerne Open by eliminating ninth-seeded Ekaterina Birlova and Evgeniya Ukolova of Russia.
Here are facts and figures on Borger and Büthe:
- Karla and Britta have been playing together since 2010. They are playing in their 44th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
- Karla and Britta are playing in her 5th FIVB World Tour final four with two silver medals, one bronze medal and one 4th place finish.
- This is Karla's and Britta's 1st Final Four of 2015. Their last FIVB Final Four was a Silver in Gstaad 2014.
- Karla and Britta won the silver medal in the FIVB World Championships in 2013 (Stare Jablonki) silver.
- Britta won the bronze medal at the U19 World Championships with Svenja Engelhardt in 2006 (Bermuda).
- Karla was named the FIVB World Tour Best Server in 2014.
- Britta was named the FIVB World Tour Top Rookie in 2011.