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
Redmann-Saxton
Binstock-Van Huizen
Canadian Women's Teams
Bansley-Maloney
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
Redmann-Saxton
def.
Barsouk-Yutvalin
2-0 (21-19, 21-17)
Binstock-Van Huizen
def.
Boehm-Kapa
2-1 (21-18, 19-21, 15-12)
Round 1 Women's Qualification
Bansley-Maloney
def.
Cook-West
2-0 (21-14, 21-13)
Round 2 Men's Qualification
Redmann-Saxton
def.
Doppler-Mellitzer
2-0 (21-17, 21-16)
Samoilovs-Sorokins
def.
Binstock-Van Huizen
2-0 (21-13, 21-17)
Round 2 Women's Qualification
Lima-Vivian
def.
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.
