Top Three Women’s Seeds Ousted Ahead of Itapema Quarterfinals
Fourth-seeded Czech pair Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova are the top remaining women’s duo heading into the Itapema quarterfinals after knocking out No. 1 Barbara/Fernanda of Brazil. On the men’s side, the top three seeds are in tact, led by Brazilians Evandro/Andre.
Ross/Klineman, Walsh Jennings/Branaugh Pick Up Pool Wins in Xiamen
FIVB Xiamen Four-Star Xiamen, China April 17-21, 2018 Schedule/Results Canada’s Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson became the second Top 10 women’s seed…
2018 Kish Island Open Announces Men’s Participants
The FIVB World Tour has been on break for about a month but the participants for the MICA Mall Kish Island Open from February 19-24 have been announced.
Americans Allen/Doherty, Two Others Win Tiebreaks, Pool Play Titles
Half of the 16 men’s pool play matches on Friday were three set affairs, with three of the duos riding the tiebreak wins to the second knockout round with pool wins.
Three Polish Pairs Win in First Round of Hague Pool Play
The top nine seeds of the tournament won their opening round pool play matches, with No. 1 Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak of Poland leading the way with a 21-9, 21-13 victory.
Men’s Qualifiers Boehle/Van De Velde Through to Qinzhou Quarterfinals
Second seeded American duo Summer Ross and Brooke Sweat and fourth-seeded Lauren Fendrick and Nicole Branagh and are on to the quarterfinals, while the story on the men’s side is Dutch qualifiers Dirk Boehle and Steven Van de Velde who also moved on.
New Duo Ross/Claes Are Out in Qinzhou, 3 Other Americans Remain
April Ross and Kelly Claes lost in the main draw on Thursday, while fellow Americans Lauren Fendrick and Nicole Branagh, Emily Day and Brittany Hochevar, and Summer Ross and Brooke Sweat fared better with straight-set wins
Austrians Doppler/Horst Forge Comeback Over Americans
Austria’s Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst fought through three sets to take down Casey Patterson and Theo Brunner of the United States 2-1, (18-21, 21-19, 15-10).
Top Men’s Teams To Square Off In Round Of 32
The Round of 32 has been set on the men’s side following pool play and the Lucky Loser matches.
Upsets Abound in Men’s Beach World Championships
Qatar’s Jefferson Pereira and Cherif Younousse, who knocked off No. 2 overall seed Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs of Latvia to claim the top spot in Pool B, while five other Tuesday matches featured upsets.
