Review - Mazury Orlen Grand Slam Men’s Quarter-final matches
This year at the special occasion of SWATCH FIVB Mazury Orlen Grand Slam Tournament, Men’s upshot was really spectacular. The game experienced a lot of cheery turns and twirls in the city of Stare Jablonki. The beach volleyball fans were thrilled with the outstanding performances of players and enjoyed the six days of beach volleyball frenzy.
In addition to the top-players, almost every pair outshined in the game and added more value to the event. The men’s event was launched with the Country Quota matches last Tuesday and it was followed by the Qualification Tournament, Main Draw matches and other important matches.
A total of 32 teams entered the Main Draw stage in the form of eight pools. The top-three teams from each group moved to the next stage of 24-team elimination bracket on Saturday, and the tournament ended with the “final four” matches on Sunday. The semi-finals and medal matches defined the champions, runner-ups and third place achievers of the Mazury Orlen Grand Slam 2010.
The teams from Brazil and United States left their marks in the sandy beaches by performing exceptionally well in quarter-finals. They secured their spots in the “final four” matches, while Germany also joined them later. The Germans had two winner teams in the quarter finals on Saturday, 7th August 2010. The explosive pair of American players, Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers reserved their position in the semi-finals after winning the quarter final match. The Brazilian Marcio Araujo and Ricardo Santos, and two German pairs; Julius Brink teamed with Jonas Reckermann and David Klemperer paired with Eric Koreng also qualified for the next-stage competitions on account of their great delivery of court-pounding strikes.
On Saturday, Dalhausser and Rogers took on the 12th-seeded Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil of Netherlands in the quarter-final match. The pair from U.S won the match in early two sets by polling 21-15 and 21-15. Afterwards they defeated the Brazilian Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego, and eliminated them with 21-17 and 21-17 win in 39 minutes.
The Brazilian Marcio Arajuo and Ricardo Santos contested the teams from Norway and Brazil. In the first match, the 24th-seeded Tarjei Skarlund and Martin Spinnangr of Norway faced the Brazilian side with a great temperament and kept them engaged for 50 minutes. They stay put in the game and created a bit of problem for the Brazilians. Marcio and Ricardo won the first set but second set was dominated by the other team. The team from Norway levelled the game; they fought well but ultimately lost the game after losing their grip in the third set. The victorious Marcio and Ricardo outplayed their home-mates, Harley Marques and Pedro Salgado in the second match. The span of game was extended to three sets, Marcio and Ricardo won two set and that was how, they eliminated the other Brazilian team out of the tournament.
Likewise, the other proud team which qualified for the “final four” matches was the German team. Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink of Germany collided with the team from Georgia and the Czech Republic. In the first match, they clashed with 27th-seeded Rentato “George” Gomez and Jorge “Gia” Terceiro of Georgia who took a lead in the first set but lost the other two sets, which caused them to avail their ticket to home. In the second match, the Germans defeated the Czech Republican’s 23th-seeded Petr Benes and Premysl Kubala in two straight sets.
The German Klemperer and Koreng defeated teams from Switzerland and America. They defeated the Bellaguarda and Laciga of Switzerland by posting 21-19, 15-21, and 20-18 on Saturday. In the second match, they were face-to-face the American team which lost the match in 43 minutes. The seventh-seeded Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal of America couldn’t stop the German team to jump into the semi-finals.
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