One other day, one other instance of dominance by the USA girls on the Volleyball World Hamburg Eiite16.
Third-seeded Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth overpowered France’s Lezana Placette and Alexia Richard 21-13, 21-18 Friday and moved into the German match’s Saturday spherical of eight.
Fifth-seeded Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes beat Thailand’s Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee and Taravadee Naraphornrapat 21-19, 21-15 to additionally end pool play 3-0 to maneuver into the spherical of eight.
And likewise there are top-seeded Brazilians Ana Patricia and Duda and second-seed Canadians Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson.
All 4 await their opponents.
The lone American males’s pair, second-seeded Andy Benesh and Miles Partain, opened Friday by profitable their second-pool play match 21-14, 21-16 over Italy’s Adrian Carambula and Alex Ranghieri.
However in opposition to Fifteenth-seeded Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera of Spain, Benesh and Partain staged an incredible battle earlier than coming away with a 26-24, 16-21, 15-13 victory.
They misplaced a 20-16 first-set lead and it was forwards and backwards all through after that.
Benesh and Partain, who additionally await their Saturday opponent, gained their final Volleyball World Elite 16, taking gold in Gstaad early final month.
Saturday girls
Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti Italy (13, Q1) vs. Tanja Huberli/Nina Brunner Switzerland (6)
Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia China (7) vs. Carol Salgado/Barbara Seixas Brazil (8)
Laura Ludwig/Louisa Lippmann Germany (15, Q6) vs. Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova Latvia (9)
Svenja Muller/Cinja Tillmann Germany (4) vs. Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard France (14, Q10)
Spherical of eight
Ana Patricia Silva/Duda Lisboa Brazil (1) vs. TBD
Sara Hughes/Kelly Cheng United States (5) vs. TBD
Kristen Nuss/Taryn Kloth United States (3) vs. TBD
Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson Canada (2) vs. TBD
Saturday males
Paul Henning/Sven Winter Germany (11) vs. Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen Netherlands (10)
Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira Spain (15, Q9) vs. Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner Czech Republic (3)
George Wanderley/Andre Loyola Brazil (9) vs. Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler Germany (4)
David Ahman/Jonatan Hellvig Sweden (5) vs. Patrikas Stankevicius/Audrius Knasas Lithuania (16, Q10)
Spherical 2
Anders Mol/Christian Sorum Norway (1) vs.
 TBD
Samuele Cottafava/Paolo Nicolai Italy (13, Q3) vs.
 TBD
Cherif Samba/Ahmed Tijan Qatar (6) vs. TBD
Miles Partain/Andy Benesh United States (2) vs. TBD
Go to Volleyball World for the complete results and schedule. All matches from the Hamburg Elite16 could be watched on Volleyball TV.Â
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