2017 FIVB WORLD BEACH TOUR – XIAMEN
· April 19-23, 2017
· Co-Ed
· 3-Star Event
Both USA duos advanced to the FIVB 3-Star Quarterfinals with wins on Saturday. Ryan Doherty and James Avery Drost defeated Australia’s Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann in straight sets 21-18, 21-19. Sean Rosenthal and Trevor Crabb advanced after taking down Julio Cesar Do Nascimento Junior and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar 21-18, 21-16.
Italians Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo, currently ranked 12th in the FIVB World Beach rankings, advanced with a 21-16, 21-16 win over Switzerland’s Nico Beeler and Marco Krattiger.
Last week’s FIVB One-Star champions from Langkawi, Cuba’s Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez also are still in the running after downing Russia’s Nikita Liamin and Viacheslav Krasilnikov in straight sets (21-16, 21-17.
Seven countries are represented in the quarterfinals, with the United States boasting two remaining teams.
The quarterfinals will be played later on Saturday.
Men’s Round of 16 Results
· Nicolai/Lupo (Italy) def. Beeler/Krattiger (Switzerland) 21-16, 21-16
· Doherty/Drost (USA) def. McHugh/Schumann (Australia) 21-18, 21-19
· Kunert/Dressler (Austria) def. Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin (Russia) 21-13, 21-19
· Dollinger/Erdmann (Germany) def. Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico) 21-17, 10-21, 17-15
· Gonzalez/Nivaldo (Cuba) def. Liamin/Krasilnikov (Russia) 21-16, 21-17
· Rudol/Szalankiewicz (Poland) def. Bykanov/Koshkarez (Russia) 18-21, 21-19, 15-9
· Rosenthal/Crabb (USA) def. Julio/Ahmed Tijan (Qatar) 21-18, 21-16
· Brouwer/Meeuwsen (Netherlands) def. Berntsen/Sorum (Norway) 21-17. 21-14
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