Americans Sweat/Summer, 2 Brazilians Move On To #FTLMajor Round of 16
Americans Brooke Sweat and Summer Ross, the No. 13 seed, upset No. 5 seed Maria Antonelli and Carolina Solberg in three sets to move on to the Round of 16 alongside two Brazilian and two Canadian pairs.
Claes/Hughes Win One of Four Three-Setters in First Elimination Round
In the first elimination round of the DELA Beach Open, teams were unwilling to relent in short fashion as four of the seven matches went to tiebreakers.
Brazil’s Duda/Ana Patricia Earn Second Straight U21 Beach World Title
Brazil’s Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos earned their second straight U21 World Championship with a straight set victory over Russia’s Nadezda Makroguzova/Svetlana Kholomina in Sunday’s gold medal rematch from 2016.
Brazil, Russia to Face Off For U21 Beach Title in 2016 Finale Rematch
Brazil’s Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos, the defending champions, will face off with Russia’s Nadezda Makroguzova/Svetlana Kholomina in the 2017 gold medal match.
Plummer/Mirkovic Advance To Quarterfinals Of U21 Beach Championships
The Round of 16 has ended at the U21 World Beach Championships with eight teams remaining in both genders.
Russians Take Double Gold at European U22 Championships
Svetlana Kholomina and Nadezda Makrugouzova took the women’s title, while Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Artem Yarzutkin won the men’s gold.