FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World tour 2012 - Beijing Grand Slam

May 08, 2012

FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World tour 2012 - Beijing Grand Slam - 8 teams advanced to the main draw

BEIJING GRAND SLAM

Erika and Emilia Nystrom celebrating their qualification

(source photo: FIVB)

Brazilian country-quota qualifiers Angela Vieira/Liliane Maestrini, Schwaiger sisters of Austria and six other teams advanced to the women’s Main Draw tournament of the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Beijing Grand Slam after the conclusion of the qualification action here on Tuesday. Vieira/Liliane, 2-1 winners in Monday’s country-quota match against Maria Clara/Raquel, beat Slovakia’s Dominika Nestarcova/Natalia Dubovcova in straight sets before holding off Swiss tandem Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre 21-13, 17-21, 15-11 for their third straight victory in the Chaoyang Park, the venue of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Erasing early deficits of 5-3 and 7-5 in the third set, Vieira/Liliane came back strongly to level it at 11-all and went on to wrap up the match in 51 minutes. “We fought hard in the tiebreaker and we were getting stronger towards the end of the match,” said Liliane. “We changed our tactic in the tiebreaker and we made the change earlier than them. All the time it was too hard, the sand was too hot, it’s a good match for both teams.” Liliane predicted that the competitions in the Main Draw would be even harder. “Nothing is easy, country-quota, qualification and Main Draw, there are so many good teams. We will try to make what we made yesterday and today, we hope to win more matches.” Seeded No. 1 in the 32-team qualification tournament, Stefanie and Doris Schwaigers also posted a pair of 2-0 wins to secure their berth in the 32-team Main Draw. “We are glad to be in the Main Draw,” Stefanie said after the 21-15 and 21-14 triumph over Britain’s Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin. “It’s so hot and the sand is deep, we were lucky that we didn’t have to go to the third set.”

Following a fifth finish in last week’s Shanghai Grand Slam, the Austrian sisters are trying to pick up another top ten finish in Beijing. “Top ten would be nice, we need good results to stay in Main Draws,” Stefanie added. “We will see who will be our opponents (in the group stage). It won’t be easy, because it’s the Grand Slam. We will need a lit luck and good game and then anything is possible.”

The other teams victorious in the qualification tournament are Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgenia Ukolova (Russia), Gioria Daniela/Giulia Momoli (Italy), Mayra Garcia/Candelas Bibiana (Mexico), Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom (Finland), Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel (Netherlands) and Tanja Goricanec/Muriel Graessli (Switzerland).

RESULTS | Qualification

Round 1
16	08-May	13:30	3	Bonnerova-Hermannova CZE [31]	Bansley-Maloney CAN [2]	0-2 (17-21, 18-21)	0:34
15	08-May	13:30	C	Y. Huang-Ding Jingjing CHN [15]	Goricanec-Graessli SUI [18]	0-2 (18-21, 17-21)	0:37
14	08-May	13:30	2	Kolosinska-Brzostek POL [23]	Vasina-Vozakova RUS [10]	0-2 (17-21, 15-21)	0:35
13	08-May	13:30	1	Nystrom Em.-Nystrom Er. FIN [7]	Elwin-Iatika VAN [26]	2-1 (15-21, 22-20, 15-10)	0:47
12	08-May	12:30	3	MacTavish-Rodrigue CAN [27]	Akers-Hochevar USA [6]	0-2 (22-24, 15-21)	0:39
11	08-May	12:30	2	Meppelink-van Gestel NED [11]	Minusa-Jursone LAT [22]	2-0 (21-13, 21-17)	0:36
10	08-May	12:30	1	Bloem-Van der Hoeven NED [19]	Van der Vlist-Mooren NED [14]	0-2 (19-21, 14-21)	0:33
9	08-May	12:30	C	Gioria-Momoli ITA [3]	CHANG H.M.-KOU N.H. TPE [30]	2-0 (21-18, 21-16)	0:39
8	08-May	11:30	3	Giombini-Orsi Toth ITA [29]	Candelas-Garcia MEX [4]	0-2 (12-21, 15-21)	0:34
7	08-May	11:30	2	Urata-Take JPN [13]	Tsimbalova-Mashkova KAZ [20]	2-0 (21-18, 22-20)	0:40
6	08-May	11:30	1	Johns-Boulton GBR [21]	Lessard-Martin CAN [12]	0-2 (17-21, 17-21)	0:41
5	08-May	11:30	C	Ukolova-Khomyakova RUS [5]	Gernert-Günther GER [28]	2-0 (21-16, 21-18)	0:39
4	08-May	10:00	3	Dubovcova-Nestarcova SVK [25]	Vieira-Lili BRA [8]	0-2 (16-21, 19-21)	0:39
3	08-May	10:00	2	Saka-Rtvelo GEO [9]	Forrer-Vergé-Dépré SUI [24]	1-2 (21-23, 21-16, 15-17)	0:56
2	08-May	10:00	1	Tanaka-Mizoe JPN [17]	Mullin-Dampney GBR [16]	1-2 (15-21, 21-13, 18-20)	0:48
1	08-May	10:00	C	Schwaiger D.-Schwaiger S. AUT [1]	Broder-Valjas CAN [32]	2-0 (21-18, 21-13)	0:32

Round 2
24	08-May	17:15	1	Goricanec-Graessli SUI [18]	Bansley-Maloney CAN [2]	2-0 (21-17, 21-18)	0:37
23	08-May	17:15	C	Nystrom Em.-Nystrom Er. FIN [7]	Vasina-Vozakova RUS [10]	2-0 (21-17, 21-12)	0:32
22	08-May	16:15	1	Meppelink-van Gestel NED [11]	Akers-Hochevar USA [6]	2-0 (28-26, 21-17)	0:45
21	08-May	16:15	C	Gioria-Momoli ITA [3]	Van der Vlist-Mooren NED [14]	2-0 (21-18, 21-19)	0:36
20	08-May	15:15	1	Urata-Take JPN [13]	Candelas-Garcia MEX [4]	0-2 (10-21, 16-21)	0:33
19	08-May	15:15	C	Ukolova-Khomyakova RUS [5]	Lessard-Martin CAN [12]	2-1 (17-21, 21-18, 15-12)	0:52
18	08-May	14:15	1	Forrer-Vergé-Dépré SUI [24]	Vieira-Lili BRA [8]	1-2 (13-21, 21-17, 11-15)	0:51
17	08-May	14:15	C	Schwaiger D.-Schwaiger S. AUT [1]	Mullin-Dampney GBR [16]	2-0 (21-15, 21-14)	0:35

Qualified teams

Rk.	Team	Country
Q	Schwaiger D.-Schwaiger S.	AUT
	Vieira-Lili	BRA
	Nystrom Em.-Nystrom Er.	FIN
	Gioria-Momoli	ITA
	Candelas-Garcia	MEX
	Meppelink-van Gestel	NED
	Ukolova-Khomyakova	RUS
	Goricanec-Graessli	SUI