Gstaad Grand Slam & Beach Volley WT 2013/ Golden medal Xue – Zhang Xi, silver Lili-Seixas, bronze Talita-Lima, 9th Cicolari-Menegatti
Navigando in streaming e annotando i risultati in tempo reale. Così oggi pomeriggio a Gstaad la coppia cinese ( 2-0 e parziali 21-16 e 21-14) ha conquistato l’oro a spese delle coppie brasiliane ‘soltanto’ argento e bronzo. Ovviamente abbiamo seguito come sempre le speranze azzurre di Marta Menegatti & Greta Cicolari, che solo per un soffio non sono entrate nei “quarti” e si sono dovute accontentare del 9° posto, perdendo di misura al tie break.
Da chi? E quali sono state poi le coppie che nelle due semifinali si sono guadagnate il pass per la finale?
Come sempre tutto questo ve lo spieghiamo attraverso i flash by sito www.federvolley.it finché le italiane sono andate avanti, mentre per le fasi finali ci affidiamo alla internazionalità ( e all’inglese) del sito www.fivb.org, con adeguati approfondimenti step by step, visto che ormai anche le migliori coppie del World Tour 21013 sono di casa su questo sito www.polesinesport,it, tanto più che tutte le coppie della Top Ten possono vincere o quantomeno entrare nella Final Four di ogni Grand Slam.
Anche per questo in fotogallery fi proponiamo tutte le schede della “Eight - Beachers- Eight“ per una certificazione ed un memorizzazione che sarà utile anche prossimamente
Intanto eccovi step by step tutto quanto è successo a Gstaad nel Grand Slam 2013, dalle qualificazioni alla finale compresa e appena terminata.
PRIMA NEWS ( www.federvolley.it , 09-07-2013 ) GRAND SLAM GSTAAD: ELIMINATE LE AZZURRE GIORIA-GIOMBINI
<<Nelle qualificazioni del Grand di Slam di Gstaad, in Svizzera, le azzurre Daniela Gioria e Laura Giombini sono state eliminate dalle argentine Gallay-Klug 2-1 (24-22, 17-21, 28-26), al termine di una gara molto combattuta. Domani esordiranno nel main draw le azzurre Greta Cicolari e Marta Menegatti, mentre Paolo Ficosecco e Gianluca Casadei saranno impegnati nelle qualificazioni maschili. Giovedì sarà, invece, la volta di Paolo Nicolai e Daniele Lupo.
MONDIALE U19 - Prende il via domani a Porto il Campionato Mondiale under 19 di beach volley, che vedrà presenti due coppie italiane. Nel maschile De Fabritiis-Facundo Martinez partiranno dalle qualificazioni, mentre Concetti-Zuccarelli fanno parte del main draw femminile.
SECONDA NEWS ( by www.federvolley.it , 10.07.2013 e 11.07.2013)/ MENEGATTI – CIOCOLARI NELLE QUALIFICAZIONI ESORDIO VINCENTE, POI SCONFITTE NEL SECONDO INCONTRO, MA VINCENTI TERZO MATCH PASSANO IL TURNO
Flash_01/ ( Grand Slam Gstaad: esordio vincente di Cicolari-Menegatti )/
Nel Grand Slam di Gstaad, esordio vincente delle azzurre Cicolari-Menegatti, 2-0 sulle olandesi Sinnema-Stiekema 2-0 (21-11, 21-14).
Flash_02/ ( Grand Slam Gstaad: Cicolari-Menegatti ko )
A Gstaad nel secondo incontro del girone le azzurre Cicolari-Menegatti sono state superate dalle statunitensi Fopma-Sweat 1-2 (21-18, 14-21, 12-15).
Flash_03/ ( Grand Slam Gstaad: Cicolari-Menegatti ok )
Nel Grand Slam di Gstaad si chiude con una vittoria la fase a gironi delle azzurre Greta Cicolari e Marta Menegatti, 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) contro le spagnole Liliana-Baquerizo. La atlete dell'Aeronautica Militare avanzano quindi al primo turno ad eliminazione diretta, in programma domani. Per conoscere il nome delle avversarie bisognerà attendere l'esito del sorteggio.
TERZA NEWS (by www.federvolley.it , 12.07.2013)/ Greta Cicolari e Marta Menegatti “none”: sconfitte di misura negli ottavi dalle americane Ross-Day.
Da segnalare che Greta & marta in mattinata avevano eliminato l’altra coppia statunitense Fendrick-Hochevar
(Beach Grand Slam Gstaad: avanti Nicolai-Lupo, none Cicolari-Menegatti )
Nel Grand Slam di Gstaad gli azzurri Paolo Nicolai e Daniele Lupo approdano agli ottavi di finale, dove domani affronteranno i brasiliani Pedro-Bruno, teste di serie numero 2 del tabellone maschile. Gli atleti dell'Aeronautica Militare si sono guadagnati la qualificazione grazie al successo contro gli svizzeri Gabathuler-Weingart 2-0 (21-13, 28-26). Nel match precedente i ragazzi di Paulao si erano tolti il lusso di battere la fortissima coppia statunitense Dalhausser-Rosenthal 2-1 (18-21, 21-19, 15-12).
Nel tabellone femminile le azzurre Greta Cicolari e Marta Menegatti sono stata sconfitte negli ottavi di finale dalle americane Ross-Day 2-1 (14-21, 21-19, 15-13), chiudendo al nono posto. In mattinata le atlete dell’Aeronautica Militare avevano battuto le statunitensi Fendrick-Hochevar 2-1 (21-16, 21-23, 15-11).
QUARTA NEWS ( by www.fivb.org , 12 luglio 2013)/ GRAND SLAM | 9 - 14 July 2013
( Lili and Seixas eye medals after reaching last four in Gstaad )
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 12, 2013 – Liliane Maestrini and Barbara Seixas are on course for a third consecutive medal after reaching the semifinals of the Gstaad Grand Slam on Friday.
The Brazilians beat USA’s Emily Day and Summer Ross 2-0 (21-12, 21-11) to stand one win away from their first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour final having gone through qualification ahead of the main draw.
“I think we have developed a good rhythm, but we have so many matches at the moment.” Lili said. “All we want is to go point by point and just think of that game and not think about the next match.
“We just want to put all our energy into the game we are playing and this is why we are getting the results we are.”
Lili and Seixas are on a good run of form and won medals in their most recent tournaments. First they won bronze medals at the Rome Grand Slam and then repeated the third place finish at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013.
That they are enjoying such rapid success in their first season on the World Tour together should not come as surprise as they won the FIVB U21 World Championships together in 2007.
“We want to get to the final now,” Lili added. “We know we have the German team (Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst) now. We know they are a good team and we respect them a lot, but we will try to do our best and reach our first final together.”
Ludwig and Walkenhorst out to halt Brazilians.
Ludwig and Walkenhorst will be aiming to stop Lili and Seixas and reach their first final as a team after winning three matches.
Having won their first and second elimination round matches earlier on Friday, they had enough energy in reserve to beat the USA’s Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat 2-0 (21-18, 21-17).
“It was tough, we had three games today and it was really hard and really hot and a long day, but we fought and did well,” Walkenhorst said. “We were nervous in the second set when we started to realise that we might win and get to the semifinals, but we got back to our game and stayed strong and won.”
Gstaad has proven to be a happy hunting ground for Walkenhorst, while Ludwig is hoping to reach her first World Tour final since she and Sara Goller lost to Switzerland’s Simone Kuhn and Nadine Zumkehr in the final of the 2012 Rome Grand Slam.
“Last year was my first time in the main draw and now it is my first time in the semifinals,” Walkenhorst said. “We didn’t think we would get to a semifinal in our first year, but now we will enjoy it and try to do our best.”
In the other semifinal China’s world champions Chen Xue and Zhang Xi will meet the year’s most successful side, Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima, who have already three World Tour gold medals to their names.
The Gstaad Grand Slam is the fifth Grand Slam of 10 on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The tournament began with women’s qualifying on Tuesday July 9 and ends with women’s and men’s medal matches on Sunday July 14.>>
QUINTA NEWS ( by www.fivb.org , July 13, 2013) / NELLE SEMIFINALI VINCONO SIA ZHANG XI & CHEN XUE E SIA LILI & SEIXAS
( Zhang Xi (left) and Chen Xue have their eyes set on a second consecutive gold medal )
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 13, 2013 – World champions Chen Xue and Zhang Xi booked themselves a place in the Gstaad Grand Slam gold medal match with a comfortable win over Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima on Saturday.
The Chinese duo won 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) to set up a clash with another Brazilian pair, Liliane Maestrini and Barbara Seixas. They are in ominous form at the moment since finding their rhythm after they had faltered early at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013.
Even so against Talita and Lima, they were up against another pair in confident mood, after they had won three gold medals on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this year.
“We know that they are playing great this year, so we prepared for three sets, but glad we didn’t need them,” Xue said.
Gstaad has been a happy hunting ground for the Chinese, though they have yet to win a gold medal. They first won bronze in 2008, added a second in 2010 and then won silver medals in 2011.
Xue and Zhang Xi last met Lili and Seixas in the semifinals of the World Championships, where they won in straight sets, but know they cannot let up their intensity.
“We played them in the last tournament in Poland and they are a great team and we need to play well again,” Xue said. “We have found our rhythm and we think we are improving all the time.”
LILI_AND_SEIXAS INTO FIRST FINAL
Liliane and Seixas needed only two sets to beat Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst and reach their first senior FIVB final together, having gone through the qualifying rounds at the start of the tournament.
The Brazilian duo, who won the U21 World Championships in 2007, beat the Germans 2-0 (21-18, 21-16). They are now guaranteed a medal for a third consecutive tournament having won bronze at the Rome Grand Slam and World Championships.
“I always believed,” Seixas said. “I know what this team is capable of and I believe in my partner. At the beginning we were sure we could reach the later stages of the tournament and now we have done it.
“We knew we were in the right condition to reach the final four and fight for a medal. This proves what we’ve always dreamed of and what we’ve been working for.”
The match followed a similar pattern in both sets. While Ludwig and Walkenhorst started the stronger, by both technical timeouts the Brazilians had pulled to within one point and then when they returned to the court they took control of the match.
“Yesterday was an exhausting day for sure,” Seixas said. “It was really exhausting because we had three games, so now we will get some rest and go for it in the final tomorrow.”
The Gstaad Grand Slam is the fifth Grand Slam of 10 on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The tournament began with women’s qualifying on Tuesday July 9 and ends with women’s and men’s medal matches on Sunday July 14.>>
SESTA NEWS ( ( by www.fivb.org, 14.07.2013) / A GSTAAD MEDAGLIA DI BRONZO PER TAIANA LIMA & TALITA ANTUNES (2-0 (21-14, 21-13, vs Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst)
(Taiana Lima (foreground) and Talita Antunes have won a fourth World Tour medal this year )
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 14, 2014 – Brazil’s Talita Antunes and USA’s Jacob Gibb and Casey Patterson won the bronze medals at the Gstaad Grand Slam on Sunday.
Talita and Lima needed only two sets to beat Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst to win 2-0 (21-14, 21-13) and claim their fourth World Tour medal of the year; The result also makes up for Talita and Lima’ loss to Ludwig and Walkenhorst in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.
“I think we played much better than yesterday,” Talita said. “Yesterday the Chinese were so good and we didn‘t play our best.
“It’s especially good to beat this team because we lost to them last week at the World Championships. I think today was a different match because, we just thought about doing our best and forgot about yesterday and the semifinal.”>>
SETTIMA NEWS ( by www.fivb.org, 14.07.2013) / TALITA ANTUNES & TAIANA LIMA “ BRONZE MEDAL” / Brazilians and USA claim Gstaad bronze
( Talita Antunes (left) and Taiana Lima have now won a fourth World Tour medal this year)
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 14, 2014 – Brazil’s Talita Antunes and USA’s Jacob Gibb and Casey Patterson won the bronze medals at the Gstaad Grand Slam on Sunday.
Talita and Lima needed only two sets to beat Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst to win 2-0 (21-14, 21-13) and claim their fourth World Tour medal of the year; The result also makes up for Talita and Lima’ loss to Ludwig and Walkenhorst in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.
“I think we played much better than yesterday,” Talita said. “Yesterday the Chinese were so good and we didn‘t play our best.
“It’s especially good to beat this team because we lost to them last week at the World Championships. I think today was a different match because, we just thought about doing our best and forgot about yesterday and the semifinal.”
Full set for Gibb and Patterson
…omissis…
The Gstaad Grand Slam is the fifth Grand Slam of 10 on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The tournament began with women’s qualifying on Tuesday July 9 and ends with women’s and men’s medal matches on Sunday July 14. The next Grand Slam takes place in Long Beach, USA from July 22-27>>
OTTAVA NEWS ( by www.fivb.org, 14.07.2013) GOLDEN MEDAL ZUE-ZHANG XI, silver for LILI & SEIXAS
<< World champs make it two weeks of joy with gold in Gstaad / World champs Zhang Xi (left) and Chen Xue were able to celebrate another medal at the Gstaad Grand Slam /
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 14, 2013 – FIVB world champions Chen Xue and Zhang Xi won their second gold medal in a week when they defeated Liliane Maestrini and Barbara Seixas in the final of the Gstaad Grand Slam on Sunday.
The Chinese repeated their victory over the Brazilians from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships semifinals with a 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) win.
“It’s not really sunk it yet,” Xue said. “We’re really happy with how we played today and the crowd really helped us.
“We really like playing here. We now have all three medals here from this tournament.”
The gold is Xue and Zhang Xi’s first on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this year and their fourth at the Gstaad Grand Slam following a silver medal and two bronze in previous years. They won the season opening Fuzhou Open and then competed at the first Grand Slam of the year in Shanghai. They then missed the next three Grand Slams to play in the Chinese National Games, but roared back to form at the World Championships.
It was Lili and Seixas who began the first set the strongest. They reached the technical timeout with a one-point lead, but after going back onto court Xue and Zhang Xi took control of the set. In the second the Brazilians fought back, but China turned round a two-point deficit to take a five-point lead and didn’t look back.
“We know this team and we know we had to start strongly and keep working hard together,” Zhang Xi said.
Lili and Seixas were unable to complete a dream run that would have taken them from the qualification rounds to the gold medal. However, they did reach their first final and now have silver medals go alongside the bronze that they won at the World Championships and the Rome Grand Slam.
“China are always a tough team to beat, but we have to confess that we were a little bit tired from the other tournament and made some mistakes that we don’t usually make,” Seixas said.
“However, we made it to the final, which is a really good accomplishment and we can’t take that for granted. It was a great tournament for us.”
(Talita and Lima return to form to claim bronze)
Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima needed only two sets to beat Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst to win the bronze medal match.
The Brazilians won comfortably 2-0 (21-14, 21-13) to claim their fourth World Tour medal of the year. The result makes up for Talita and Lima’ loss to Ludwig and Walkenhorst in the World Championships.
“I think we played much better than yesterday,” Talita said. “Yesterday the Chinese were so good and we didn‘t play our best.
“It’s especially good to beat this team because we lost to them last week at the World Championships. I think today was a different match because, we just thought about doing our best and forgot about yesterday and the semifinal.”
The Gstaad Grand Slam is the fifth Grand Slam of 10 on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The tournament began with women’s qualifying on Tuesday July 9 and ended with women’s and men’s medal matches on Sunday July 14. The next Grand Slam takes place in Long Beach from July 22-27.>>
EXTRATIME by SS/ La cover è per la coppia “golden medal” cinese formata da Xue and Zhang Xi, peraltro in foto amrcord Brasilia quando le italiane Menegatti & Cicolari erano sul podio di bronzo.
Poi per quanto riguarda la fotogallery ci siamo affidato al sito della FIVB internazionale con le sue didascalie incorporate e perciò lapalissiane.
Fermo restando che a completamento abbiano inserito alcune flash dedicati alle azzurre.
Vale a dire alla coppia Gioria & Giombini in apertura, quindi a Marta Menegatti e a Greta Cicolari in due ‘singole’ immagini sulla sabbia.
Anche perché Marta & Greta si sono comportante bene a Gstaad, dove hanno sfiorato il passaggio del turno per entrare quanto meno nella Top Five, per motivate speranze da podio.
Qualche flash in più l’abbiamo dedicato alle cinesi winners e alla coppia Walsh & Ross perché al loro rientro post London 2012, e alla coppia cinese perché oltre tutto winners ai recenti World Championships di Stare Jablonki in Polonia.
Ma la chiusura è in sequenza podio, dal bronzo per Tiana Lima & Talita Antunes all’argento di Lili & Seixas, fino a chiudere in bellezza con le cinesi Xue & Zhang Xi “the winners” puntuali come un orologio svizzero in terra svizzera.
Sergio Sottovia
www.polesinesport.it
