Swatch FIVB World Tour 2010 - Brasilia Open - Hot games

Gold Olympic medallists in Brasilia

Phil Dalhausser, Todd Rogers, Emanuel and Misty May

 (Source photo: FIVB)

Hot games dominate the Brasilia Open in the Women and Men tournament. The first stop of the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2010 is a great Beach Volleyball moment with many high level spectacular plays.

In the women tournament the fifth place of Emilia and Erika Nystrom (FIN) and Brooke Hanson - Lisa Rutledge (USA) is a great performance that predicts a great 2010 Beach Volleyball season.

The final will be the revenge of the 4th round match beetween german team Laura Ludwig - Sara Goller and Larissa - Juliana from Brazil. Ludwig - Goller beat the brazilian N°1 team 21-18 26-24 due at a great defense and a very stable play.

For sure Larissa - Juliana will want to take their revenge in final game as much they will play in front of their public.

In the 3rd place match World Champions 2009, Kessy - Ross, will play against the brazilian team Maria Clara - Carolina Salgado who played a good tournament.
In the Men tournament, Brazilian teams still at the top with a 4th round hot games and a big surprise coming from Benjamin - Bruno who won against the N°1 team in the Brazilian Tour Thiago - Cunha.
Note the game beetween the olympics gold medallists and ex partners Emanuel and Ricardo. Emanuel with his young new partner Alison won against Ricardo - Pedro in a high level match 2-0 (21-13 23-21).
Olympics Champions Dalhausser - Rogers (USA) and 2009 World Champions Brink - Reckermann (GER) will play saturday on the contender's bracket and the winner will qualified to play against Ricardo - Pedro for a semi final place.

Cut by Emanuel (Source photo: FIVB)

Men Main Draw Results - 23 April 2010

Loser are ranked 17th
40	23-Apr	09:30	1	Geor-Gia GEO [15]	Nummerdor-Schuil NED [1]	0-2 (18-21, 16-21)	0:40
39	23-Apr	09:30	2	Varnier-Nicolai ITA [23]	Gibb-Rosenthal USA [9]	1-2 (20-22, 21-13, 10-15)	0:47
38	23-Apr	09:30	3	Ingrosso-Ingrosso P. ITA [22]	Keenan-Jennings USA [12]	0-2 (15-21, 15-21)	0:34
37	23-Apr	09:30	4	Jackson-Mussa VEN [30]	Lochhead-Pitman NZL [20]	0-2 (18-21, 15-21)	0:39
36	23-Apr	08:30	6	Hoyer-Soderberg DEN [29]	Fuerbringer-Lucena USA [14]	2-1 (31-29, 8-21, 15-10)	1:07
35	23-Apr	08:30	3	Dollinger-Windscheif GER [21]	Fabio Luiz-Harley BRA [6]	2-0 (21-16, 21-18)	0:44
34	23-Apr	08:30	5	Asahi-Shiratori JPN [24]	Laciga M.-Bellaguarda SUI [10]	0-2 (15-21, 15-21)	0:35
33	23-Apr	08:30	4	Barsouk-Semenov RUS [16]	Prokopiev-Bogatov RUS [18]	2-0 (21-14, 29-27)	0:45

Round 3
44	23-Apr	10:30	4	Benjamin-Bruno BRA [7]	Brink-Reckermann GER [2]	2-1 (15-21, 21-19, 15-9)	0:56
43	23-Apr	10:30	3	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [3]	Cunha-Thiago BRA [11]	0-2 (14-21, 18-21)	0:40
42	23-Apr	10:30	1	Alison-Emanuel BRA [5]	Herrera-Gavira ESP [4]	2-1 (12-21, 21-17, 15-11)	0:53
41	23-Apr	10:30	2	Fijalek-Prudel POL [17]	Ricardo-Pedro BRA [8]	1-2 (17-21, 21-15, 11-15)	0:51

Loser are ranked 13th
48	23-Apr	13:30	3	Gibb-Rosenthal USA [9]	Nummerdor-Schuil NED [1]	2-1 (27-29, 23-21, 19-17)	1:17
47	23-Apr	13:30	2	Lochhead-Pitman NZL [20]	Keenan-Jennings USA [12]	1-2 (19-21, 22-20, 7-15)	0:57
46	23-Apr	12:30	3	Dollinger-Windscheif GER [21]	Hoyer-Soderberg DEN [29]	0-2 (16-21, 15-21)	0:45
45	23-Apr	12:30	2	Barsouk-Semenov RUS [16]	Laciga M.-Bellaguarda SUI [10]	0-2 (17-21, 15-21)	0:37

Loser are ranked 9th
52	23-Apr	16:30	5	Gibb-Rosenthal USA [9]	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [3]	0-2 (15-21, 18-21)	0:39
51	23-Apr	16:30	4	Keenan-Jennings USA [12]	Brink-Reckermann GER [2]	1-2 (21-19, 15-21, 8-15)	0:51
50	23-Apr	15:30	3	Hoyer-Soderberg DEN [29]	Fijalek-Prudel POL [17]	0-2 (19-21, 19-21)	0:44
49	23-Apr	15:30	2	Laciga M.-Bellaguarda SUI [10]	Herrera-Gavira ESP [4]	2-0 (21-19, 21-14)	0:40

Round 4
54	23-Apr	14:30	3	Cunha-Thiago BRA [11]	Benjamin-Bruno BRA [7]	1-2 (17-21, 21-19, 15-17)	1:03
53	23-Apr	14:30	2	Ricardo-Pedro BRA [8]	Alison-Emanuel BRA [5]	0-2 (13-21, 21-23)	0:44

Larissa blocking Jennifer Kessy (Source photo: FIVB)

Women Main Draw Results - 23 April 2010

Loser are ranked 7th
56	23-Apr	08:30	2	Nystrom-Nystrom FIN [26]	Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [17]	2-0 (21-19, 21-16)	0:45
55	23-Apr	08:30	1	Hansel-Montagnolli AUT [10]	Maria Clara-Carol BRA [9]	1-2 (21-18, 18-21, 9-15)	1:07

Loser are ranked 5th
58	23-Apr	11:30	1	Nystrom-Nystrom FIN [26]	Larissa-Juliana BRA [1]	0-2 (12-21, 19-21)	0:36
57	23-Apr	11:30	2	Maria Clara-Carol BRA [9]	Hanson-Rutledge USA [31]	2-1 (21-18, 11-21, 15-8)	0:55

Semi-finals
60	23-Apr		1	Kessy-Ross USA [3]	Larissa-Juliana BRA [1]	0-2 (14-21, 21-23)	0:40
59	23-Apr	15:30	1	Goller-Ludwig GER [5]	Maria Clara-Carol BRA [9]	2-0 (22-20, 28-26)	0:51