31/05/2018 20:42
Qualification round completed at 1-Star event in Alanya
2018 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite - Alanya
Alanya, Turkey, May 31, 2018. The 1-Star event Alanya Open started on Thursday in Turkey with the qualification round where four teams per gender secured their spot in the Main Draw of the tournament. The weather conditions were ideal and challenging at the same time with temperatures up to 35 °C and a mild breeze.
Teams from Russia, Poland, Austria and Netherlands through to women’s Main Draw
The women were the first ones to take to the court with six matches scheduled for the first round of qualifications. Daria Rudykh/Elizaveta Zayonchkovskaya of Russia beat Sweden’s Johanna Wikberg/Felicia Granberg 21-13, 15-21, 15-9 as Poland’s Marta Lodej/Marta Duda recorded a 21-19, 23-21 victory over Cecilie Køllner Olsen/Signe Zibrantdsen Haaning of Denmark. These same two teams beat opponents from Russia and Hungary in the second round of qualifications to secure their qualification for the Main Draw.
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Mexime van Driel (NED)
Austria’s Ronja Klinger/Valerie Teufl stamped a 21-9, 21-8 victory in their matchup with Turkey’s rookies Aysun Suna Alan and Aysu Ceylan. The Austrian team progressed to the Main Draw after their 17-21, 21-17, 15-7 win in the matchup with Leonie Körtzinger and Anika Krebs of Germany. Dutchwomen Flore Gravesteijn and Mexime van Driel were the last qualifiers for the Main Draw following their easy 21-18, 21-15 win over Gabriela Coelho and Vanessa Paquete of Portugal.
Teams from Czech Republic, England and Denmark progress to men’s Main Draw
The men’s qualifiers started later in the day. Marcel Myslivecek and Martin Pihera (CZE) beat Italy’s Matteo Galli and Filippo Boesso 21-12, 21-12 to qualify for the Main Draw.
Denmark’s Mads Rosager/Martin Trans Hansen, despite losing 19-21 the first set of their matchup with Sven Vismans and Jannes van der Ham of the Netherlands, fought hard to claim the second and third sets (23-21, 22-20) and a ticket to the Main Draw.
Luis and Joaquin Bello (ENG) in action in Alanya
England’s Luis Bello/Joaquin Bello and Denmark’s Kristoffer Abell/Daniel Thomsen were the last two teams to progress to the Main Draw. The young Englishmen beat Ludvig Simonsson/Alexander Herrmann of Sweden 15-21, 21-19, 15-12 coming back from a 10-12 deficit in the second set. Abell/Thomsen played two quick sets with Abdelrahman Fayed/Ahmed Famy Farag (Egypt), emerging victorious 21-10, 21-14 in 37 minutes only. “We are very happy with this victory and the expectations are very high but we need to enjoy being in the Main Draw and play good matches,” Luis Bello said.
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