Qualification round is now complete and main draw action is underway in the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour grand slam stop in Gstaad, Switzerland. This is a dual gender event and Canada is represented by two teams for each gender. The team of Lessard-Martin still is the only one of the four to have direct entry into the main draw play, so the other three must battle it out in the qualification round. Here are a list of the teams and their opponents thus far.
Canadian Men's Teams
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Redmann-Saxton |
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Binstock-Van Huizen |
Canadian Women's Teams
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Bansley-Maloney |
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Lessard-Martin |
As I mentioned earlier, we have passed the qualification stage and are now into main draw action. Here are the results of the Canadian duos during their qualification matches.
Match scores and live streaming video links after the jump.
Round 1 Men's Qualification
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Redmann-Saxton |
def. |
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Barsouk-Yutvalin |
2-0 (21-19, 21-17) |
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Binstock-Van Huizen |
def. |
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Boehm-Kapa |
2-1 (21-18, 19-21, 15-12) |
Round 1 Women's Qualification
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Bansley-Maloney |
def. |
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Cook-West |
2-0 (21-14, 21-13) |
Round 2 Men's Qualification
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Redmann-Saxton |
def. |
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Doppler-Mellitzer |
2-0 (21-17, 21-16) |
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Samoilovs-Sorokins |
def. |
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Binstock-Van Huizen |
2-0 (21-13, 21-17) |
Round 2 Women's Qualification
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Lima-Vivian |
def. |
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Bansley-Maloney |
2-0 (21-14, 23-21) |
This is a grand slam event which means that in the main draw, there will be first be a round of pool play. Team Lessard-Martin on the women's side of the tournament and Redmann-Saxton on the men's are the only Canadian teams who made it to the main draw from Canada. We will post the results of their main draw games once they become available.
Live Stream Links
Update on 2011-07-08 18:56 by Cameron Kerr
Main Draw Women's Results (Pool Play)
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Goller-Ludwig |
def. |
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Lessard-Martin |
2-0 (21-14, 25-23) |
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Kuhn-Zumkehr |
def. |
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Lessard-Martin |
2-0 (21-19, 21-17) |
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Lessard-Martin |
def. |
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Saka-Rtvelo |
2-0 (21-15, 21-17) |
Main Draw Men's Results (Pool Play)
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Brink-Reckermann |
def. |
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Redmann-Saxton |
2-0 (21-18, 21-19) |
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Skarlund-Spinnangr |
def. |
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Redmann-Saxton |
2-0 (21-16, 21-19) |
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Redmann-Saxton |
def. |
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Patterson-Keenan |
2-1 (18-21, 21-16, 15-10) |
Main Draw Women's Results (Elimination)
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Kessy-Ross |
def. |
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Lessard-Martin |
2-0 (21-12, 21-12) |
Main Draw Men's Results (Elimination)
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Bruno-Benjamin |
def. |
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Redmann-Saxton |
2-1 (21-12, 27-29, 15-11) |
