WT MOSCA 3 Star 2017: winners Dalhausser & Lucena + Talita & Larissa/ KO Lupo – Nicolai, Ranghieri – Carambula e Menegatti – Perry
Sorprendente eliminazione dei vice campioni olimpici Lupo – Nicolai al primo turno delle eliminazioni dirette. Purtroppo a Mosca hanno fatto peggio Alex Ranghieri - Adrian Carambula eliminati subito nel girone di qualificazione dove peraltro sono state presto eliminate anche le azzurre Marta Menegatti e Rebecca Perry.
E noi che seguiamo il beach volley con particolare attenzione per Marta Menegatti dobbiamo fare coraggio alla ragazza di Ariano nel Polesine , come peraltro hanno scritto così i suoi sostenitori nel sito ufficiale Marat Menegatti Fan Club Official: << Dopo una lunga battaglia Marta e Becky vengono eliminate dal Moscow 3 star dalle polacche Kolosinska/Gruszczinska con il punteggio di 1-2 (21-19, 16-21, 14-16).
Sempre con voi ragazze, sempre ! Forza ! >>.
Davvero una corsa in salita l’andamento lento della nuova coppia azzurra formata da Marta Menegatti e Rebecca Perry, che non riesce a ‘sfondare’ come ha sempre fatto Marta Menegatti al suo esordio dapprima con Greta Cicolari e ultimamente con Viktoria Orsi Toth.
Speriamo , per il bene del beach volley azzurro, che coach Lissandro trovi la ‘quadra’ per rilanciare le speranze di Marta Menegatti fibora sinceramente orfano di un adeguato sostegno, almeno stando ai risultati finora otenuti in coppia con la new enrtry Rebecca Perry.
Intanto noi, in attesa che cambi il …vento, vi proponiamo step by step in sequenza news by sito Federvolley, tutto quanto è successo alle coppie azzurre, a Mosca, sia a livello maschile che femminile.
Proponendovi altresì il reportage sulla giornata della finali addirittura in inglese secondo l’autorevole recensione del sito www.fivb.org , con tutti i nomi dei medagliati a partire dalle coppie vincenti Phil Dalhausser & Nick Lucena + Talita Antunes & Larissa Franca.
ANTEPRIMA NEWS ( by www.federvolley.it , 30/05/2017 ) / Beach Volley: a Mosca il torneo Tre Stelle/ In gara le coppie italiane Nicolai e Daniele Lupo, Alex Ranghieri e Adrian Carambula, Marta Menegatti e Rebecca Perry /
Prenderà il via domani a Mosca il torneo Tre Stelle del World Tour che vedrà impegnate tre coppie italiane. Nel torneo maschile saranno presenti i vice campioni olimpici Paolo Nicolai e Daniele Lupo, inseriti nel tabellone principale, così come Alex Ranghieri e Adrian Carambula. Nel main draw femminile a scendere in campo saranno Marta Menegatti e Rebecca Perry. L’appuntamento russo si aprirà con le gare di qualificazione in programma domani, mentre le coppie azzurre esordiranno giovedì.
PRIMA MAIN NEWS ( by www.federvolley.it , 01/06/2017 ) / World Tour Mosca Tre Stelle: i risultati delle coppie italiane/ QUALIFICATI LUPO & NICOLAI
Nel Torneo 3 Stelle di Mosca è di tre sconfitte ed una vittoria il bilancio delle coppie azzurre. Nel tabellone maschile gli azzurri Paolo Nicolai e Daniele Lupo hanno superato prima la coppia del Qatar Jefferson-Cherif 2-1 (26-28, 21-18, 21-19) per poi arrendersi contro i brasiliani Pedro Solberg-Guto 2-1 (21-16, 19-21, 15-13), qualificandosi al primo turno ad eliminazione diretta. Alex Ranghieri e Adrian Carambula, invece, sono stati superati dagli austriaci Doppler-Horst 1-2 (21-17, 15-21, 10-15), per il passaggio al prossimo turno domani decisivo sarà il match contro i russi Likholetov-Leshukov.
Nel main draw femminile le azzurre Marta Menegatti e Rebecca Perry hanno ceduto 2-0 (21-11, 21-14) alle australiane Bawden-Clancy e per superare il girone dovranno battere domani le polacche Kolosinska-Gruszczynska.
SECONDA MAIN NEWS ( by www.federvolley.it , 02/06/2017 ) / TORNEO 3 STELLE DI MOSCA: ELIMINATE TUTTE LE COPPIE ITALIANE / LUPO-NICOLAI NEI 16ESIMI, LE ALTRE GIA’ NELLE QUALIFICAZIONI
Nel Torneo 3 stelle del World Tour di Mosca gli azzurri vice campioni olimpici Paolo Nicolai e Daniele Lupo sono stati sconfitti nei sedicesimi di finale dagli australiani Mchugh 1-2 (21-13, 18-21, 15-17). Niente da fare anche per Alex Ranghieri e Adrian Carambula che sono stati eliminati nella fase ai gironi dai russi Likholetov-Leshukov 2-1 (11-21, 21-19, 20-18). Nel tabellone femminile identica sorte è toccata a Marta Menegatti e Rebecca Perry, uscite per mano delle polacche Kolosinska-Gruszczynska 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 16-14).
TERZA MAIN NEWS ( by www,fivb.org. 04.06.2017) WOMEN / 15th FIVB World Tour gold medal for Talita & Larissa
Moscow, Russia, June 4, 2017 - Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca continue to relish in the spoils of their success as the veteran Brazilian Beach Volleyball players captured their 15th FIVB World Tour gold medal together here Sunday at the Vodny Stadium Beach Sports Centre.
With a convincing 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) gold medal win in 30 minutes over 11th-seeded Summer Ross and Brooke Sweat of the United States, Talita and Larissa captured their second title together in their past three starts in the Russian capital with the only blemish a gold medal setback in 2016 to Americans April Ross (no relation to Summer) and Kerri Walsh Jennings.
"First in Fort Lauderdale, but 5th in Rio and now gold again," said the 34-year old Talita. "We are so happy to get this gold after not doing so well in Rio. We had a tough week in Moscow. It was really cold. But we did the best we could in this 'Russian summer'."
The 35-year old Larissa added that her team has "to be very focussed when we are in the final. The final is of course important, the teams are in the final because they are good and did a good tournament. We focused very hard to play at a high level in this game and not think about the cold weather and play our best. And we did it and got it right."
In sharing the US$10,000 first-place prize, Talita and Larissa improved their Moscow mark to 18-2 while winning their 161st FIVB World Tour match in 182 contests (88.5 percent). In addition, Larissa has three Moscow gold medals to her credit with the first being in 2009 with Juliana Felisberta followed by the 2015 triumph with Talita.
Larissa, who has collected seven Moscow medals in seven appearances in the Russian capital, also improved her FIVB women’s record with her 61st World Tour gold medal in 145 events. Only legendary Brazil Emanuel Rego has won more FIVB titles than Larissa with 77 to his credit. Talita ranks sixth on the women’s FIVB World Tour gold medal list as Sunday’s title was her 33rd in 159 starts.
Summer and Sweat, who were playing in only their second FIVB World Tour event after placing fourth in the 2017 season-opening tournament in the United States where the Americans lost to Talita and Larissa in the semi-finals 2-0 (21-16, 21-16), split $8,000 for their silver medal finish. Neither player had finished higher than ninth in Moscow prior to this weekend’s placement.
Sunday’s finale also marked the 95th-time that Brazilian and American pairs have competed in a women’s FIVB World Tour gold medal match since 1992 with Brazil winning for the 42nd-time as comparted to the USA’s 53 victories. The 2017 Moscow finale was the fourth-time the two countries played for gold in the Russian capital.
Misty May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings defeated Larissa and Juliana for the 2011 Moscow title. April Ross and Walsh Jennings bettered Talita and Taiana Lima for the 2014 crown as the American Olympic pair prevailed in 2016 over Talita and Larissa.
With the Moscow stop completed as the sixth double gender stop on the 2017 FIVB World Tour calendar, the international circuit takes a week off before resuming play June 15-18 for a “three-star” $150,000 event in The Netherlands at The Hague.
Highlighting the 2017 international calendar for men and women Beach Volleyball players will be the $1-million FIVB World Championships July 28 through August 6 in Vienna, Austria and the $800,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals August 23-27 in Hamburg, Germany. Overall, there are 15 men’s and 19 women’s events on the $5.335-million FIVB World Tour schedule.
QUARTA MAIN NEWS ( by www.fivb.org , June 4, 2017 ) / Dalhausser & Lucena out-last host Russians for Moscow gold
Moscow, Russia, June 4, 2017 - Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena capped “four perfect days in Moscow” here Sunday evening by claiming their sixth FIVB World Tour gold medal since August 2015 by defeating Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Nikita Liamin of host Russia in the men’s final at the Vodny Stadium Beach Sports Centre.
Seeded fourth in the 32-team Moscow Main Draw, Dalhausser and Lucena scored their second-straight win over a Russian pair by posting a 2-1 (21-17, 22-24, 18-16) win in 52 minutes over Krasilnikov and Liamin. With the victory, the Americans split the US$10,000 first-place prize while Krasilnikov and Liamin shared $8,000 for their silver medal finish.
To start Sunday’s podium-place schedule, 15th-seeded and 2014 Youth Olympic champions Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Artem Yarzutkin of Russia captured the bronze medal with a 2-1 (18-21, 21-14, 15-8) win in 41 minutes over top-seeded Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins of Latvia. The Russians shared $5,000 for third-place and Samoilovs and Smedins split $4,000.
To reach Sunday’s finale, Dalhausser and Lucena scored a 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) semi-final win Saturday in 31 minutes over Stoyanovskiy and Yarzutkin while Krasilnikov and Liamin posted an identical 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) semi-final win Saturday in 33 minutes over Samoilovs and Smedins.
Sunday’s gold medal was Dalhausser’s second in Moscow as he and Todd Rogers topped the 2008 podium. Known as “the thin beast”, Dalhausser placed second and third with Rogers in 2010 and 2011 in Moscow along with a bronze medal finish with Sean Rosenthal in 2014. The best Lucena finish for Lucena in the Russian capital were ninths with Matt Fuerbringer in 2010 and 2012.
Dalhausser and Lucena, who have a 27-6 record in winning three-set FIVB matches, have now collected 14 FIVB World Tour medals and claimed their second this season as the Americans placed third at the SWATCH Major Series event this past February in their home state of Florida at Fort Lauderdale. Fifth-place finishers at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Dalhausser and Lucena have now compiled a 112-26 match mark together.
The Moscow title was also Dalhausser’s 35th FIVB World Tour gold medal as he ranks third all-time on the men’s list behind legendary Brazilians Emanuel Rego (77) and Ricardo Santos (56). Six of his international titles have been with Lucena along with 23 gold medals with Rogers and six crowns with Sean Rosenthal.
Krasilnikov and Liamin were competing in only their fifth FIVB World Tour event with a gold medal together earlier this season in Iran on Kish Island. The Russians, who were upset in their first match this week by a young Norwegian team, have a 14-7 FIVB World Tour record together.
Following the Moscow stop, the FIVB World Tour takes a week off before resuming play June 15-18 for a “three-star” $150,000 event in The Netherlands at The Hague.
Highlighting the 2017 international calendar for men and women Beach Volleyball players will be the $1-million FIVB World Championships July 28 through August 6 in Vienna, Austria and the $800,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals August 23-27 in Hamburg, Germany. Overall, there are 15 men’s and 19 women’s events on the $5.335-million FIVB World Tour schedule.
EXTRATIME by SS/ In cover Paolo Nicolai impegnato a rete in schiacciata vs il polacco Kantor.
Poi in apertura di fotogallery l’altra metà del cielo azzurro, cioè Daniele Lupo impegnato nel bagger: quindi in tandem gli stessi azzurri Lupo –Nicolai.
Preludio ad onorare i vincitori Phil Daulhausser - Nick Lucena in azione sulla sabbia di Mosca.
Passando al beach volley femminile ecco subito Marta Menegatti in solitaria nel bagger e quindi in poker con Rebecca Perry & CT LIssandro in staff Italia beach volley, per crescere in una nuova stagione …Florida per avvicinarsi prossimamente al livello delle altre beacher protagoniste a Mosca.
Vale a dire Brooke Sweat con Summer Ross in ‘reception’ con a seguire le medagliate di bronzo brasiliane Agatha e Duda.
E poi le Golden Ladies brasiliane Talita Antunes e Larissa Franca winners vs statunitensi Summer Ross - Brooke Sweat of the United States.
Infine come flash dulcis in fundo proponiamo il podio di Mosca al completo, con tutti gli uomini e le donne medagliate e citate nella didascalia incorporata.
E a conferma che Brasile, Russia, Usa sono state le tre nazioni dominanti vi riportiamo by Fivb.org la seguente didascalia internazionale certificativa:<< The Moscow men's and women's podium featuring players from Brazil, Russia and the United States. The back row (left to right) includes Sweat, Ross, Talita, Larissa, Agatha and Duda. The front row includes Liamin, Krasilnikov, Dalhausser, Lucena, Yarzutkin and Stoyanovskiy.>>
Sergio Sottovia
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