KISH ISLAND THREE STAR
- Kish Marine Recreation Sports Complex; Kish Island, Iran
- Feb. 20-24, 2018
- Schedule/Results
Eight teams punched their tickets to the Round of 16 at the Kish Island Three Star on Wednesday, each notching a pair of victories in pool play action.
The group included qualifiers Andrea Abbiati/Tiziano Andreatta (Italy), Arnas Rumsevicius/Lukas Kazdailis (Lithuania) and Konstantin Semenov/Ilya Leshukov (Russia).
Martins Plavins/Edgars Toc (Latvia), Alex Ranghieri/Marco Caminati (Italy) advanced after winning both matches in straight sets.
Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Sazalnkiewicz (Poland), Julian Horl/Tobias Winter (Austria) and Ade Rachmawan Candra/Mohammad Ashfiya (Indonesia) also made it into the top eight, but had to fight through three-set affairs in their second match of the day to advance.
Americans Stafford Slick/Casey Patterson and Bill Kolinske/Miles Evans will look to rebound after opening round losses, fighting for their lives on Thursday. Slick/Patterson lost in straight sets to Semoenov/Leshukov (Russia), while Kolinske/Evans went down to French pair Olivier Barthelemy/Romain Di Giantommaso in straight sets.
Main Draw Pool A
Andrea Abbiati/Tiziano Andreatta (Italy) def. Rahman Raoufi/Bahman Salemiinjehboroun (Iran) 18-21, 21-18, 15-11
Haralds Regza/Kristaps Smits (Latvia) def. Nils Ehlers/Lorenz Schumann (German) 17-21, 21-19, 17-15
Andrea Abbiati/Tiziano Andreatta (Italy) def. Haralds Regza/Kristpas Smits (Latvia) 15-21, 21-15, 15-13
Main Draw Pool B
Martins Plavins/Edgars Toc (Latvia) def. Aghamohammad Salagh/Abolhamed Mirzaali (Iran) 21-11, 21-19
Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol (Norway) def. Nejc Zemljak/Danijel Pokersnik (Slovenia) 21-16, 21-19
Martins Plavins/Edgars Toc (Latvia) def. Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol (Norway) 21-18, 21-13
Main Draw Pool C
Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan (Qatar) def. Vladyslav Iemelianchyk/Sergiy Popov (Ukraine) 21-14, 21-19
Julian Horl/Tobias Winter (Austria) def. Aliaksandr Dziadkou/Aliaksandr Kavalenka (Belarus) 21-9, 21-17
Julian Horl/Tobias Winter (Austria) def. Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan (Qatar) 19-21, 21-17, 15-12
Main Draw Pool D
Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Sazalankiewicz (Poland) def. Oleksii Denin/Denys Denysenko (Ukraine) 21-18, 21-10
Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs (Latvia) def. Dirk Boehle/Steven Van De Velde (Netherlands) 21-19, 21-18
Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Sazalankiewicz (Poland) def. Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs (Latvia) 22-20, 17-21, 15-9
Main Draw Pool E
Ade Rachmawan Candra/Mohammad Ashfiya (Indonesia) def. Abbas Pourasgari/Arash Vakili (Iran) 23-21, 21-19
Jyrki Nurminen/Santeri Siren (Finland) def. Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz (Austria) 15-21, 21-15, 15-7
Ade Rachmawan Candra/Mohamma Ashfiya (Indonesia) def. Jyrki Nurminen/Santeri Siren (Finland) 20-22, 21-17, 15-13
Main Draw Pool F
Alex Ranghieri/Marco Caminati (Italy) def. Martin Appelgren/Simon Boman (Sweden) 21-17, 21-16
Maxime Thiercy/Arnaud Gauthier-Rat (France) def. Alexander Walkenhorst/Sven Winter (Germany) 22-20, 22-20
Alex Ranghieri/Marco Caminati (Italy) def. Maxime Thiercy/Arnaud Gauthier-Rat (France) 21-17, 21-17
Main Draw Pool G
Arnas Rumsevicius/Lukas Kazdailis (Lithuania) def. Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol (Poland) 21-19, 21-16, 15-13
Olivier Barthelemy/Romain Di Giantommaso (France) def. Bill Kolinske/Miles Evans (USA) 21-18, 21-18
Arnas Rumsevicius/Lukas Kazdailis (Lithuania) def. Olivier Barthelemy/Romain Di Giantommaso (France) 21-15, 21-11
Main Draw Pool H
Konstantin Semenov/Ilya Leshukov (Russia) def. Stafford Slick/Casey Patterson (USA) 21-13, 21-12
Christoph Dressler/Robin Seidl (Austria) def. Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler (Germany) 16-21, 21-17, 21-19
Konstantin Semenov/Ilya Leshukov (Russia) def. Christoph Dressler/Robin Seidl (Austria) 23-21, 21-19
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