14/06/2019 19:26
Women’s qualifiers top seeds crash out of Ios 1-Star
2019 World Tour 1-Star - Ios Island
Ios, Greece, June 14, 2019. Turkey’s No. 1 and No. 3 seeds crashed out of the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1-Star event in the Cycladic island of Ios at the conclusion of the women’s Qualification Tournament on Friday, ahead of the 16-team Main Draw, which begins Saturday on picturesque Mylopotas Beach.
Eighth-seeded Claudia Scampoli/Dalila Varrassi of Italy (pictured) upset top seeds Merve Nezir/Bahanur Gokalp 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) and 11th-seeded Anaya Evans/Ellie Austin of England knocked out 3rd-seeded Merve Celebi/Selin Yurtsever 2-0 (21-17, 21-11).
Joining the Italian and English pairs in advancing to the Main Draw were No. 2 Beata Vaida/Ioana-Alexandra Ordean of Romania who beat Katarina Bulc/Nina Zdešar of Slovenia 2-0 (21-15, 21-10) in the deciding qualifier.
Sunniva Helland-Hansen/Hanne Haugen Zylstra prevailed over fellow-Norwegians Katinka Krahn/Live Johanne Lunde Fossdal 2-1 (16-21, 21-14, 15-9) for the last remaining ticket to the Main Draw in the only qualification match to go to three sets.
The only home team in contention, Greece’s Dimitra Karagkouni/Theodora Sarakatsani was eliminated early, after losing to second-seeded Vaida/Ordean 2-0 (21-19, 21-15) in Round 1.
However, Greece still has four teams in the Main Draw to keep the local fans entertained, including top-seeded Konstantina Tsopoulou/Dimitra Manavi. The pair are playing in their 20th FIVB tournament together, including their career-best finish of a silver medal at the Battambang 1-Star event in Cambodia earlier this year. They have also picked up a bronze this year, at the Langkawi 1-Star tournament in Malaysia.
The Czech Republic’s Sara Olivova/Karolina Rehackova enter the Main Draw at No. 2, with Sofia Ögren/Camilla Nilsson of Sweden seeded third.
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