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TOKYO, Japan, July 31, 2021 – Canadians Sarah
Pavan and Melisa Humana-Paredes and the two
American teams of April Ross and Alix Klineman
and Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil advanced to
the Round of 16 of the Tokyo 2020 Women’ Beach
Volleyball Tournament as winners of their
respective pools with undefeated 3-0 records.
Pavan/Humana sealed their ticket to the main
draw with a 21-13, 24-22 victory over
Switzerland’s Anouk
Verge-Depre and Joana Heidrich in Pool A. Ross/Klineman
advanced with a well-fought 2-1 (20-22, 21-17,
15-5) victory over Netherlands’ Sanne Keizer and
Madelein Meppelink in Pool B.
In Pool D, Claes and Sponcil beat Gaudencia
Makokha and Brackcides Khadambi of Kenya 21-8,
21-6 and then prevailed against Brazilians Ana
Patricia Ramos and Rebecca Barbosa 2-1 (17-21,
21-19, 15-11).
In Pool C, Canada’s Heather Bansley and Brandie
Wilkerson finished at 1-2 after losing to
Brazil’s Agatha Bernardczuk and Eduarda -Duda-
Lisboa 21-18, 21-18.
In Pool E, Cubans Lidy Echeverria and Leila
Martinez lost to Russia’s Nadezda Makroguzova
and Svetlana Kholomina 21-16, 21-11 before
defeating Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth
21-16, 21-16. Echeverría/Martínez advanced to
the main draw with a “lucky losers” win over
Netherlands’ Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon 21-17,
21-17. |
