Bangkok One-Star
- Bangkok, Thailand
- May 10-13, 2018
- Schedule/Results
The qualification rounds began at the Bangkok One Star on Thursday with familiar faces to collegiate beach volleyball fans joining the field on the women’s side.
Canadians Megan McNamara/Nicole McNamara, the Court 1 duo for the NCAA Beach national champions UCLA, had their first taste of FIVB World Tour action, with a 17-21, 21-17, 15-11 victory over Germans Karoline Frohlich/Viktoria Seeber in the second round of qualifying after receiving a bye.
Also moving into the main draw were Americans Aurora Davis/Bree Scarbrough and Japan’s Sakurako Fujii/Samaa Miyagawa.
Women’s pool play began late Thursday night and continues through 3 a.m. ET.
There will not be repeat gold medalists on the men’s side as last week’s Manila One-Star champs Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers were ousted in the first round of qualifying.
The four teams moving on after two rounds of qualifying are: Yoshiumi Hasegawa/Keisuke Shimizu (Japan), Aleksandr Kramarenko/Tara Myskiv (Russia), Leo Williams/Mthokozisi Mndingi (South Africa) and Alejandro Huerta/Javier Huerta (Spain)
Williams/Mndingi had to come from behind in a pair of tiebreak wins to make the main draw. Huerta/Huerta held on for a three-set victory in their Round 2 match.
Men’s pool play is set to begin just before midnight Thursday and last through 6 a.m. ET.
Women’s Qualifying Round 2
Sakurako Fujii/Samaa Miyagawa (Japan) def. Simone Sittig/Luciana Pierangeli (South Africa) 21-6, 21-10
Megan McNamara/Nicole McNamara (Canada) def. Karoline Frohlich/Viktoria Seeber (Germany) 17-21, 21-17, 15-11
Aurora Davis/Bree Scarbrough (USA) def. Isabelle Pahlsson/Josefine Tivefalt (Sweden) 21-11, 21-11
Men’s Qualifying Round 1
Alejandro Huerta/Javier Huerta (Spain) def. Liam Kopp/William Hoey (Canada) 21-19, 21-18
Linus Tholse/Jakob Molin (Sweden) def. Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers (Germany) 21-18, 21-18
Aleksandr Kramarenko/Tara Myskiv (Russia) def. Netanel Ohana/Shani Cohen (Israel) 21-14, 22-20
Maximilian Guehrer/Paul Burnett (Australia) def. Koichi Nishimura/Yu Koshikawa (Japan) 21-14, 21-18
Dunwinit Kaewsai/Patiphan Chambuntha (Thailand) def. Cameron Wheelan/Felipe Humana-Paredes (Canada) 16-21, 21-16, 15-8
Yoshiumi Hasegawa/Keisuke Shimizu (Japan) def. Nouh Al-Jalbubi/Mazin Alhashmi (Oman) 18-21, 21-14, 15-11
Moritz Kindl/Marian Klaffinger (Austria) def. Rafi Nordin/Raja Nazmi (Malaysia) 20-22, 21-16, 16-14
Leo Williams/Mthokozisi Mndingi (South Africa) def. Felix Friedl/Maximilian Trummer (Austria) 15-21, 21-17, 16-14
Men’s Qualifying Round 2
Aleksandr Kramarenko/Tara Myskiv (Russia) def. Maximilian Guehrer/Paul Burnett (Australia) 21-15, 21-12
Alejandro Huerta/Javier Huerta (Spain) def. Linus Tholse/Jakob Molin (Sweden) 21-18, 17-21, 15-13
Yoshiumi Hasegawa/Keisuke Shimizu (Japan) def. Dunwinit Kaewsai/Patiphan Chambuntha (Thailand) 21-13, 21-17
Leo Williams/Mthokozisi Mndingi (South Africa) def. Moritz Kindl/Marian Klaffinger (Austria) 20-22, 21-18, 15-13
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