The very first stop of the 2010 Russian Beach Volleyball tour is coming to a close in the capital city of Tatarstan. On Saturday the event continued with matches being played on three courts, located within the hotel and entertainment complex "Riviera", to look for the teams that will compete in the final four. The first-seeded duos in both grids confirmed their role as pre-favorites of the event.
The third competition day started with the last women's pool games that were supposed to determine the final standings in each quartet. In two groups – C and D - the points ratio was necessary to identify those girls that eventually made it to the next round.
The quarterfinals opened on court 2 with first-seeded Galina Boyko/Ekaterina Raevskaya playing a very ambitious duo from the city of Obninsk, Anna Vozakova/Natalia Stepanova. The game lasted for about an hour and the girls from Mytishchi, a city located in the Moscow Region, stamped a comeback to snatch victory in the final tie-break. In the other matches scheduled for the quarterfinals, the winners of the preliminary Pools did not experience real problems and all advanced to the final stage of the tournament. In Sunday’s semifinals Boyko/Raevskaya will hence play Moiseeva/Syrtseva and will try to seek for revenge after having suffered an unexpected defeat during the pool play. The second semifinal will feature Ryabova/Chaika against Viktoria Rastykus/Daria Yarzutkina.
“Due to some technical overlays with our application we had to play the qualification tournament, but on the other hand this is not too bad since this gave us more chances to practice. I am very glad that we haven't experienced any special problems in the quarterfinals. On Sunday, we really want to get to the finals, and then compete for gold” commented semifinalist Viktoria Rastykus.
The third competition day started with the last women's pool games that were supposed to determine the final standings in each quartet. In two groups – C and D - the points ratio was necessary to identify those girls that eventually made it to the next round.
The quarterfinals opened on court 2 with first-seeded Galina Boyko/Ekaterina Raevskaya playing a very ambitious duo from the city of Obninsk, Anna Vozakova/Natalia Stepanova. The game lasted for about an hour and the girls from Mytishchi, a city located in the Moscow Region, stamped a comeback to snatch victory in the final tie-break. In the other matches scheduled for the quarterfinals, the winners of the preliminary Pools did not experience real problems and all advanced to the final stage of the tournament. In Sunday’s semifinals Boyko/Raevskaya will hence play Moiseeva/Syrtseva and will try to seek for revenge after having suffered an unexpected defeat during the pool play. The second semifinal will feature Ryabova/Chaika against Viktoria Rastykus/Daria Yarzutkina.
“Due to some technical overlays with our application we had to play the qualification tournament, but on the other hand this is not too bad since this gave us more chances to practice. I am very glad that we haven't experienced any special problems in the quarterfinals. On Sunday, we really want to get to the finals, and then compete for gold” commented semifinalist Viktoria Rastykus.
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