12/01/2012 22:00
Brouwer and Meeuwsen advance to Main Draw in Aalsmeer
CEV Beach Volleyball Challenger and Satellites
Aalsmeer, Netherlands, January 12, 2012. The second edition of the CEV indoor Satellite in Aalsmeer continued today with the qualification as a total of 21 teams were competing for 8 spots available to complete the Main Draw there at “The Beach”. Local heroes Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen did not disappoint their many fans by edging Estonia’s duo Maksim Petrov and Aleksei Povjakel (21-14, 21-12). Their opponents were coming out of a tough game whereby they had defeated Poland’s Pawel Pelka and Sebastian Kaczmarek in the previous round (22-20, 18-21, 17-15).
The real sensation of the day was provided by Italy’s Gianluca Oligeri and Roberto Papagna – who are 38 and 49 years old respectively – who got past Turkey’s Tayga Baltacioglu and Emir Kavuzlu (21-16, 19-21, 15-12). However, they lost their next game to Poland’s Michal Kadziola and Jakub Szalankiewicz (17-21, 19-21). “I only play for fun and haven’t trained for a while, so this is a great result” says Papagna.
Other teams who have advanced to the Main Draw are Babich/Ioisher (UKR), Hupfer/Moser (AUT), Dumek/Tichy (CZE), Sutter/Sutter (SUI), Kantor/Kosiak (POL) and Kunert/Petutschnig (AUT), who surprisingly defeated Spain’s Raul Mesa/Inocencio Lario (21-18, 19-21, 15-13).
The organizers are very happy with the draw for tomorrow as no Dutch derby is foreseen in the Main Draw. The matches start at 10 am and “Holland” will be represented by four duos, namely Schuil/Nummerdor, Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Vismans/Daalmeijer and Boersma/Spijkers.
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