Moving day in Stare Jablonki, as today concluded pool play for the women, in advance for the 32-team single elimination knockout round that will determine our world champions. It was pool play day 2 for the men, which is almost as important, as teams get a clear picture regarding which of them will and won't move on out of pool play themselves.
Thankfully the weather was a lot more co-operative today. My day of viewing started off with
Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst (GER) vs. Maria Antonelli/Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
After the Brazilians took the first two, Walkenhorst had a nice run on serve in response. Getting a couple of blocks against Agatha at the net, she also added a service ace to make it 4-2 before the side change at 4-3. They equalised again at 5-all when Maria's serve elicited an overpass for Agatha to gobble up. The Germans complained that she had hit the ball on their side before they could set their offence, but no interference call came. It was 7-all at the second side change. Maria also clucked at the referees in the early going, asking for a double-hit to be called on Ludwig's overhand set on the rally ending 9-8 in their favour. The way I see it, if both teams are dissatisfied, at least you know the officiating is impartial. Agatha foot-faulted on her serve at 9-all, which is a sloppy fault that you really hardly ever see in beach volleyball. Replays showed it was far from an obvious call — her big toe just grazed the line. Eagle-eyed line judge. She and Maria still led 11-10 at the technical timeout.
Maria gave the Brazilians their first 2-point lead of the set with an ace serve on her first after the timeout. Then Ludiwg hit long, vainly asking for a touch, to make it 13-10. The Germans clawed back a service point with some terrific transition play by Ludwig, sprawling for the dig and reaching her feet for the hit with lickety-speed. It was 15-13 at the fourth side change. At 15-13, Ludwig was called for a double, re-establishing the 3-point lead for Brazil. She protested, obviously to no avail. Replays showed it was a pretty low hand-set — I've certainly seen sets taken that low end up getting called for lifts, so six of one half a dozen of the other. At 18-15, Ludwig changed to the bump set, successfully setting her partner's cross-court kill. The Brazilians played an understatedly marvelous point on 19-16, with a great serve prompting an awkward hit that was easily blocked. Ludwig staved off set point on 20-16 but gave it away on serve by going long.
The Germans expended a very early timeout in set 2, as they fell behind 3-0 right out of the gates. After the side change, Maria deftly found the left-back corner for an ace, for about the third or fourth time in the match. That put the Brazilians up four at 6-2. The lead became five at 8-3, and was 10-4 at the second side change as the errors piled up a little for the Germans.
Maria scored an unlikely kill on the first rally after the change. It was a long rally, and she finally terminated it by sending the ball over on 1. You don't see that very often, but it successfully caught Walkenhorst off-guard. Further errors foom the Germans extended the Brazilian lead to 13-4, as things got ugly in a hurry. The Germans at one point pulled back a service point, but Maria and Agatha got it right back, for a 15-6 score at the technical timeout. It wasn't much longer until match point, which came first at 20-9. The Brazilians converted on their second sideout opportunity, for a 21-11 final.
Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel (POL) vs. Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt (CHI)
I think I've referred to the Grimalts as brothers before. They are in fact cousins. Now that we've got that straightened up…
The first point went to the Poles, but not for lack of trying by the cousin team. Esteban dug Prudel's swing, but it kind of rebounded at a weird angle. Marco bolted over to it and did keep it alive momentarily, but couldn't redirect it to his partner. Esteban took the first service point a little later, with a lucky let-serve ace, but Prudel quickly got it back at the net. Poland led 4-3 at the side change, as resounding "Pol-ska!" chants broke out in the crowd. The Chileans hung with the Polish top seeds pretty well, but a service ace from Prudel extended the Poles to 8-6 at the second change. At 10-9, the cousin team had a chance to get back to level, but a very long rally ended up going to the Poles when Marco was whistled for a net fault.
It was a scant 11-10 advantage, on reception, for the top-seeded duo at the technical timeout. But even that went away on the first rally after the timeout, as Marco successfully roof'd Fijalek at the net. On 12-11, Marco hit pretty powerfully, but straight into Prudel's block. The ball came back just as quickly as it went over, hitting Marco in the face and knocking his shades off his head. I figured play might be halted for a moment to let him gather himself, but it wasn't necessary. If anything, the shot to the head only vitalised Marco, as his side quickly came back even and momentarily took the lead with an ace from Esteban at 14-13. It was a tie match at the fourth side change.
Slowly but surely, the pendulum swung back in favour of Poland. The Chileans never had a sideout lead, and when Esteban was called for a double on an overhand set, the Poles got their sideout advantage back. The Grimalts called time there, on 19-17, but that only delayed the inevitable, as 21-18 was the final.
The Chileans continued to hang around quite well in set 2. The points were evenly exchanged up through the second side change, and it was once more just an 11-10 set at the technical timeout. The Grimalts played some impressive defence and managed to beat Prudel's block quite a bit more often than I would have expected. And yet I don't think Prudel was playing especially poorly, either. He still had the answer to Chilean overpasses, such as on the rally at 11-all, and did still get a few blocks. Marco showed some terrific hitting power on the rally ending 12-all, as his hit split Prudel's block in two and bounced from the sand all the way into the crowd area behind the baseline (probably 30 feet away). The Grimalts had a chance to take a service point and go into the lead on the rally at 13-all, but it ended with a pass too close to the net, that Prudel easily terminated.
It was 14-all at the fourth side change. That rally was another chance for the Grimalts to take a big service point and go ahead, but Prudel terminated it with another big block. On 15-14, Fijalek gave the Poles the first 2-point lead in quite a while with a line shot kill. Then Prudel followed with another stuff block to make it 17-14, and there the cousins called time. The run for Poland extended to 18-14 before Chile sided out, but they did not score again. With the home crowd roaring, the top-seeded Poles finished off the match on a 7-1 run for a 21-15 final.
Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti (ITA) vs. Karla Borger/Britta Büthe (GER)
This is a match I was really looking forward to but I unfortunately had technical difficulties watching it. The Italians were as on their game as I'd ever seen them in their match with the Thais, and the Germans have been steadily improving all season as well. Karla Borger entered today's play as the leading server in the tournament, with 11 aces to her name in her team's first two matches.
The pictures were a touch late getting started (harbinger of things to come), and I joned as the teams switched sides for the second time, with the Germans up 8-6. Commentator Rob Hatch noted that both sides had been serving strongly which, as mentioned, is really no surprise. In the first sections of the match, the Italians continually (and a bit surprisingly) served Buthe, the slightly more muscular of the two Germans. She really had very little trouble siding out. On 11-9, Menegatti went to Borger for maybe the first time in the match, and Cicolari was able to get the block up. The same exact thing happened on the first point after the technical timeout, tying the match at 11's.
Buthe re-established the 2-point lead with her serve at 13-12 by acing Cicolari. On the next rally, she put up the block against the veteran Italian to go up 15-12. The Italians called time, but Buthe got the block again on the first rally back to establish a likely insurmountable 4-point edge. A hitting error from Menegatti put the Germans up five at 19-14. They went back to her on serve at 19-14, but she got it right that time. The Germans reached set point on 20-15, and they closed it out 21-16.
Set 2 began with an even exchange, on some really impressive, athletic rallies from both sides. But on 5-all, the pictures cut out, and they did not return for several minutes. The Italians won this set 21-17, making a late run to put it away/
Pictures came back in the third set, with the Germans ahead 5-2, but after a terrific athletic play from Menegatti kept it from being 6-1. That might have been something of a turning point, as the Italians stormed back to tie the set at 6-all. The Germans called time there. They briefly extended back to a sideout advantage, but a let-ace from Cicolari knotted the set again at 9-all. A hitting error from Buthe put Italy up a point, then on 12-11 the officials missed a call, missing a touch at the net from Cicolari on a long hit. That gave Cicolari and Menegatti the sideout advantage, but Borger provided two huge service points to get her side to match point first at 14-13.
April Ross/Whitney Pavlik (USA) vs. Laura Bloem/Rebekka Kadijk (NED)
You probably already know that this is the first event together for April Ross and Whitney Pavlik, but it's likewise the first international event for this Dutch pairing (they've played four events on the Dutch domestic circuit, with one win and one second place to their names). Theirs is a classic mentor/protege relationship, as Laura Bloem is only 23 and still pretty much a Tour rookie, while Rebekka Kadijk is the oldest player in this match at age 34. The Dutch team broke the rule requiring teams to be attired identically, but I doubt they'll be fined for it, as the discrepancy was a brace of some sort being worn around the midsection of Kadijk.
At 7-6, Bloem showed her youth a little. When a call went against her, she literally screamed out "What?!" and ran from the down ref to the up ref and back again to protest. The other three players (yes, even her partner) just went about changing sides. The Americans extended to three at 12-9 upon the technical timeout, as Ross showed some obvious class in outplaying Bloem at the net from service points.
The Dutch team drew back a service point in the early going following the technical timeout, as Bloem performed a little better at the net. They drew to within 13-12 on what I supposed would be counted as an unforced error by Ross — it wasn't a hit into the block — but it was definitely influenced by the blocker on the other side. When Pavlik's attempt at a cut shot cut a little too much, Bloem and Kadjik drew even at 14-all. At that point, the teams traded sideouts for a while, as the Americans sort of sleepwalked through this one. They reached set point first at 20-19, and put it away right there with one of their better points in a while, as Pavlik came up with multiple block touches against Kadijk before finally getting the winner.
The string of sideouts to begin set 2. The Americans scored on serve first at 3-3 as Pavlik's disrupted the opposition, leading to a poor hit. Ross came up with an ace on 5-4 and then another on 7-5 on a dreadful lack of reception by the Dutch team. The ball fell in bounds by 5 feet, straight in between them. Quite understandably, they called time there, needing to discuss a few things. They sided out for an 8-6 score at the second side change. The Dutch tandem, neither of whom were served with particular consistency, did a better job of hitting around Ross' block as the set wore on. On the last point before the technical timeout, Pavlik's set for Ross was much too high, giving the Olympian a difficult hit that landed wide. That narrowed the Americans' lead to 11-10 as the teams hit their benches.
After the Americans sided out to reach 12-10, they took a service point when the Dutch were called for a double. It drew a catty "Great call!" from Whitney Pavlik. When it reached 14-10, the Dutch called time….except that they already had, earlier in the set, so a bit of a cheeky move from them too. It looked for a moment like the Americans were going to extend to 15-10, as Kadijk's hit was ruled out by the line judge, but on Kadijk's insistence the up ref climbed down from his perch for a closer look, and ruled it in. Again, what did he see that the line judge didn't?
The Americans were mostly content to sideout to victory there. The Dutch did claw back a couple of service points on 17-14 and 17-15, with Bloem's ace and Kadijk's roll shot both posing problems for the inexperienced (together, that is) Americans. They were the sorts of points that two players who communicate better and know each other better wouldn't lose, at least not in the same manner. But still the Americans reached match point, at 20-15, and Pavlik put it away on serve.
Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal (USA) vs. Sebastian Chevallier/Mats Kovatsch (SUI)
The big man's block was absolutely impenetrable in the early going of this match. He had block touches on every rally and terminated two of them. The Swiss team finally sided out at 4-1 when they managed to keep the ball alive following not one, not two, but three block touches at the net. Soft-blocks turning into transition sets — simply, Dalhausser was on his best in the early stages of this match. It was 6-1 at the first side change and 9-5 at the second. Both Americans "went for it" in their serves as the set neared the technical timeout, perhaps rightly thinking they had nothing to lose. There was a brief moment when it looked like the Swiss may have poised for a comeack, with Kovatsch winning a joust over Rosenthal at the net for a service point, but it wasn't to last. Phil's ace on 13-7 was the first time the Americans led by six, and it was 13-8 at the technical timeout.
Confidence built for the Swiss as the teams returned from their bench areas. After gaining the sideout, Kovatsch got the roof against Rosenthal on an out-of-system offensive point by the Americans. Another service point a little later, a beautifully placed roll from Chevallier, got the Swiss within a single point at 15-14. It looked like the Americans were going to just sideout to victory, which was still within their abilities. Dalhausser provided another service ace to make it 18-15 and provide for a little separation and breathing room. The Swiss called time there, but it was mostly just sideout after sideout to the conclusion. The final was 21-18.
The opening points of set 2 were a mirror of set 1, with the impenetrable block going up on the opposite side of the net. Kovatsch had three scoring blocks prior to the first side change at 5-2 in his team's favour. 5-2 pretty effortlessly became 9-5 at the second switch. The Swiss added two service points there, with a kill from Chevallier and a rare hitting error from Dalhausser, putting them up six. The score was the same at the technical timeout as it was in the first set, only with the opposite team in the lead — Chevallier/Kovatsch led by 13-8.
The switch was flipped as the teams came back from their benches after the technical. Kovatsch's block became a sieve. The Swiss called time when their lead was narrowed to 13-11, but it was another point before they could side out, tenuously clinging to the lead at 14-12. It wasn't long before the Americans came level again, tying the set at 15's with a reaching block (legal as long as the opposition have had a chance to play the ball themselves) from the big man. Dalhausser abandoned his multi-step approach, smash serve for a little crow-hop floater, that nonetheless effectively disrupted the Swiss team's reception. Maybe it's because they were expecting and trained for the heater. Another Dalhausser block put the Americans ahead for the first time on 17-16 and they reached match point first at 20-18. The Swiss saved their reception point and then took a terrific rally on 20-19 ending with Kovatsch's kill off the block and out.
On 20-all, Dalhausser was called for a double-hit on his overhand set, something I'm not sure I've ever seen before. It gave Chevallier and Kovatsch set point, and they converted with a tricky little hit from Kovatsch that just did crawl over the net and find the sand.
The decider started off with two straight on serve for the Swiss, making it six straight overall for them from set 2 to 3. The Americans weren't fazed, though, running the score to 5-3 to prompt their opponents to call time. Rosenthal's big swing on 6-4 about drilled a hole in Chevallier's chest, it had so much heat (and so little diggability) behind it. He got it right on the next two swings as well, putting the Americans up a comfortable 8-4. Despite some valiant defensive heroics on their part, they came no closer again than three. The Americans reached match point at 14-7 and put it away 15-8.
Hardly a dominant showing, but a win's a win.
Full Day Three results
Women's Pool Play
Pool A
#1 Kinga Kolosinska/Monika Brzostek (POL) d. #24 Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI) (21-17, 21-18)
#25 Victoria Bieneck/Julia Großner (GER) d. #48 Inguna Minusa/Inga Ikauniece (LAT) (21-15, 21-16)
Pool B
#2 Xue Chen/Zhang Xi (CHN) d. #23 Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova (SVK) (21-19 21-18)
#26 Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom (FIN) d. #47 Daria Paszek/Katarzyna Kociolek (POL) (23-21, 21-11)
Pool C
#3 Ross/Pavlik (USA) d. #46 Bloem/Kadijk (NED) (21-19, 21-15), described above
#22 Lauren Fendrick/Brittany Hochevar (USA) d. #27 Jamie Lynn Broder/Kristina Valjas (CAN) (21-16, 21-15) Disappointing week for Broder and Valjas, who will not advance to the knockout round
Pool D
#4 Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel (NED) d. #21 Tatyana Mashkova/Irina Tsimbalova (KAZ) (21-15, 16-21, 15-8)
#28 Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat (USA) d. #45 Patricia Carolina Caballero Peña/Michelle Sharon Valiente Amarilla (PAR) (21-12, 21-13) I don't have a link handy, but Pati mentioned in an interview today that they were kind of a Cool Runnings type entry to this tourney — there are no true beach volleyball courts in Paraguay (none of pro competition-quality, anyway). For training, they make do by making their own temporary courts. Makes them being here rather remarkable (they were here on merit, and were not a wildcard team) even with their getting swept out of pool play.
Pool E
#5 Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler (GER) d. #20 Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy (AUS) (23-21, 15-21, 16-14) It's still been a good week for these Aussies, as they do still advance
#29 Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink (NED) d. #44 Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte (LTU) (22-20, 21-14) Lithuania's first-ever entry into the world championships didn't go so well, as they're swept out of pool play
Pool F
#6 Maria/Agatha (BRA) d. #19 Ludwig/Walkenhorst (GER) (21-17, 21-11), described above
#43 Tanja Goricanec/Tanja Hüberli (SUI) d. #30 Martina Bonnerová/Barbora Hermannová (CZE) (21-14, 21-12)
Pool G
#18 Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger (AUT) d. #7 Evgenia Ukolova/Ekaterina Khomyakova (RUS) (21-14, 22-20)
#42 Sarah Pavan/Heather Bansley (CAN) d. #31 Mariafe Artacho/Jessyka Ngauamo (AUS) (21-12, 17-21, 15-7)
Pool H
#17 Borger/Büthe (GER) d. #8 Cicolari/Menegatti (ITA) (21-16, 17-21, 15-13), described above. Kinda.
#41 Vasiliki Arvaniti/Panagiota Karagkouni (GRE) d. #32 Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee (THA) Good win for the Greeks, but despite it, they will not move on
Pool J
#16 Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich (SUI) d. #9 Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel (NED) (18-21, 21-18, 17-15)
#33 Barbara Hansel/Katharina Schützenhöfer (AUT) d. #40 Romana Kayser/Muriel Graessli (SUI) (21-11, 21-13)
Pool K
#10 Liliana Fernández Steiner/Elsa Baquerizo McMillan (ESP) d. #15 Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova (CZE) (14-21, 26-24, 15-12)
#39 Summer Ross/Emily Day (USA) d. #34 Maria Prokopeva/Svetlana Popova (RUS) (21-11, 24-26, 15-10)
Pool L
#11 Talita Da Rocha Antunes/Taiana Lima (BRA) d. #38 Jolien Sinnema/Michelle Stiekema (NED) (21-12, 21-10)
#14 Maria Clara Salgado Rufino/Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) d. #35 Zara Dampney/Lucy Boulton (ENG) via forfeit. There was no way the Salgados weren't going to win the pool, and no way for Dampney/Boulton to make the kncokout round. So you really can't blame them for going home. I'm actually kinda surprised that this was the only forfeit on the women's side today.
Pool M
#13 Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas De Freitas (BRA) d. #12 Renata Bekier/Agata Oleksy (POL) (21-13, 21-14)
#36 Daniela Gioria/Laura Giombini (ITA) d. #37 Miller Elwin/Henriette Iatika (VAN) (16-21, 21-18, 15-11)
Men's Pool Play
Pool A
#1 Fijalek/Prudel (POL) d. #25 Grimalt/Grimlat (CHI) (21-18, 21-15), described above
#24 Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh (AUS) d. #48 Inocencio Lario Carrillo/Javier Monfort Minaya (ESP) (21-17, 21-7)
Pool B
#2 Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego (BRA) d. #26 Matteo Cecchini/Paolo Ingrosso (ITA) via forfeit. This match was supposed to be webcast, but it never actually happened. Rob Hatch reported on twitter that Ingrosso showed up about a minute before the match was supposed to start to have a chat with match officials, presumably relaying the forfeit. Cecchini never showed up, so it's likely he that was too injured to play. Not sure how. Alison and Emanuel filled the time with an impromptu centre court training session.
#23 Martins Plavins/Janis Peda (LAT) d. #47 Jaroslaw Lech/Damian Wojtasik (POL) (21-15, 18-21, 15-12) Happened to catch a little of this match. The Polish boys were definitely feeding off the centre court support of the home fans, but they just couldn't get over the hump.
Pool C
#3 Dalhausser/Rosenthal (USA) d. #27 Chevallier/Kovatsch (SUI) (21-18, 20-22, 15-8), described above
#46 Juan Virgen/Lombardo Ontiveros (MEX) d. #22 Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl (AUT) (21-18, 7-21, 15-12) Way to go Team Virgin Olive Oil! If they can beat Chevallier/Kovatsch tomorrow, they'll be assured of making the knockout round, and still may even with a loss. I think this team gained a fan with their play in Rome, so I'm happy to see them get a W here.
Pool D
#4 Jacob Gibb/Casey Patterson (USA) d. #28 Iver Andreas Horrem/Geir Eithun (NOR) (21-16, 21-16) This was the last match of the day on centre court, and it was webcast, but I didn't bother writing it up. A team that have already medalled twice versus a team who haven't won a main-draw match? It was a little more competitive than I was expecting — but not much.
#21 Konstantin Semenov/Yaroslav Koshkarev (RUS) d. #45 Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday (UKR) (19-21, 21-12, 15-13)
Pool E
#5 Pedro Solberg Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) d. #29 Michiel van Dorsten/Tim Oude Elferink (NED) (19-21, 21-16, 15-10)
#44 Pablo Herrera Allepuz/Adrián Gavira Collado (ESP) d. #20 Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior/Vitor Gonçalves Felipe (BRA) (21-19, 21-18) Whoa. Was not expecting this.
Pool F
#6 Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) d. #43 Daniel Müllner/Jörg Wutzl (AUT) (21-23, 22-20, 21-19) Longest match of the tournament so far
#30 Ruslans Sorokins/Toms Smedins (LAT) d. #19 Daan Spijkers/Christiaan Varenhorst (NED) (16-21, 21-14, 17-15) Nice day for the family Smedins, as both brothers will likely advance to the knockout round.
Pool G
#7 Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil (NED) d. #31 Philip Gabathuler/Jonas Weingart (SUI) (26-24, 22-20) I'm not backing down from what I said about Nummerdor/Schuil yesterday, but it is nice to see they won't get swept out
#18 Markus Böckermann/Mischa Urbatzka (GER) d. #42 Stefan Gunnarsson/Hannes Brinkborg (SWE) (18-21, 21-19, 15-13)
Pool H
#8 Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik (GER) d. #32 Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafañe (VEN) (21-18, 21-15)
#17 Todd Rogers/Ryan Doherty (USA) d. #41 Pablo Bianchi/Facundo Del Coto (ARG) (21-18, 21-17) Ryan Doherty is a man who seldom fails to speak his mind, and he was characteristically frank about this result given his team's struggles over the past few weeks
Pool J
#9 Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo (ITA) d. #33 Nicholas Lucena/John Hyden (USA) (21-17, 21-15)
#40 Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk (CAN) d. #16 Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek (GER) (21-18, 21-10)
Pool K
#10 Ricardo Alex Costa Santos/Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) d. #34 Premysl Kubala/Petr Benes (CZE) (21-16, 22-20)
#15 Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst (AUT) d. #39 Dmitriy Yakovlev/Alexey Kuleshov (KAZ) (21-18, 21-15)
Pool L
#11 Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif (GER) d. #35 Serguei Prokopiev/Yury Bogatov (RUS) (21-10, 22-20)
#38 Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak (POL) d. #14 Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko (KAZ) (21-19, 21-17) Saw most of this match. Kantor and Losiak were buoyed by the home crowd in the key moments, no doubt, because 90% of this match was sideout after sideout
Pool M
#12 Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz (POL) d. #36 Jackson Henriquez/Leonard Alexis Colina Chourio (VEN) (21-14, 21-15)
#13 Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen (NED) d. #37 Robert Kufa/Jan Hadrava (CZE) (14-21, 21-19, 15-9)
Tomorrow's schedule
In addition to the men finishing pool play, the women's knockout stage will begin. Here are the pairings for that:
Kolosninska/Brzostek (POL) vs. Bloem/Kadijk (NED)
Cicolari/Menegatti (ITA) vs. Bieneck/Grossner (GER)
Lili/Seixas (BRA) vs. Zumkehr/Heidrich (SUI)
Holtwick/Semmler (GER) vs. Keizer/Van Iersel (NED)
Maria/Agatha (BRA) vs. Xue/Zhang (CHN)
Kolocova/Slukova (CZE) vs. Elwin/Iatika (VAN)
Talita/Lima (BRA) vs. Ludwig/Walkenhorst (GER)
Ukolova/Khomyakova (RUS) vs. Meppelink/Van Gestel (NED)
Ross/Pavlik (USA) vs. Forrer/Verge-Depre (SUI)
Bawden/Clancy (AUS) vs. Liliana/Baquerizo (ESP)
Hansel/Schutzenhofer (AUT) vs. Pavan/Bansley (CAN)
Schwaiger/Schwaiger (AUT) vs. Day/Ross (USA)
Borger/Buthe (GER) vs. Gioria/Giombini (ITA)
Maria Clara/Carol (BRA) vs. Dubovcova/Nestarcova (SVK)
Fopma/Sweat (USA) vs. Fendrick/Hochevar (USA)
Mashkova/Tsimbalova (KAZ) vs. Nystrom/Nystrom (FIN)
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