Men’s Beach Volleyball Quarterfinal Round is set
SANTIAGO, Chile, October 24, 2023 - Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Ecuador
advanced to the Men’s Beach Volleyball quarterfinals at the 2023
Santiago Pan American Games after winning their respective qualifying
matches.
Canada’s Jake MacNeil and William Russell defeated Uruguay’s Hans
Hannibal and Llambías 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) to qualify for the
quarterfinals, where they will face Chile's cousins Marcos and Esteban
Grimalt.
The Mexican duo of Miguel Sarabia and Juan Virgen had to battle hard and
push themselves to the limit to win 2-0 (23-21, 21-19) against
Colombians Juan Noriega and Johan Murray, setting up a quarterfinal
clash with Hagen Smith and Logan Webber of the United States.
Meanwhile, Brazil’s George and André won 2-0 (21-14, 21-14) against
Paraguay’s Giuliano Massare and Gonzalo Melgarejo and will now face
Nicolás and Tomás Capogrosso from Argentina.
Ecuador’s Dany León and Marcos Tenorio won 2-0 (23-21, 21-10) against
Bolivia’s Ruddy Salvatierra and Luis Calvo and will have Cubans Noslen
Díaz and Jorge Alayo as their quarterfinal opponents.
Results Tuesday, October 24:
MacNeil/Russell (CAN) 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) Hannibal/Llambías (URU)
George/André (BRA) 2-0 (21-14, 21-14) Giuliano/Gonzalo (PAR)
León/Tenorio (ECU) 2-0 (23-21, 21-19) Salvatierra/Calvo (BOL)
Sarabia/Virgen (MEX) 2-0 (21-19, 21- ) against Noriega/Murray (COL)
Classification 13-16
Mora/López (NCA) 2-0 (21-12, 21-17) D. Dyner/Varela (CRC)
Guatemala/Flores (ESA) 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) Blanco/García GUA
Matches on Wednesday, October 25:
For 13th place
Mora/López (NCA) vs. Guatemala/Flores (ESA)
For 15th place
D. Dyner/Varela (CRC) vs. Blanco/García GUA
Classification 9-12
Salvatierra/Calvo (BOL) vs. Noriega/Murray (COL)
Hannibal/Llambías (URU) vs. Giuliano/Gonzalo (PAR)
Quarterfinals
Smith/Webber (USA) vs. Sarabia/Virgen (MEX)
Díaz/Alayo (CUB) vs. León/Marcos (ECU)
Capogrosso N./Capogrosso T (ARG) vs. George/André (BRA)
Grimalt M./Grimalt E. (CHI) vs. MacNeil/Russell (CAN) |