Chinese, Brazilian and two American pairs promoted to the medal phase of the Olympic tournament in women’s beach volleyball. Today's evening also men will compete for the promotion to the semifinal.
Zhang Xi-Xue CHN [2] - Schwaiger D.-Schwaiger S. AUT [15] 2:0 (21:18, 21:11)
- We performed great. Our rivals did not play their best. We played in accordance to the plan, however, we also made few mistakes – said glad Xue.
May-Treanor-Walsh USA [3] - Cicolari-Menegatti ITA [7] 2:0 (21:13, 21:13)
- From one match to another we become stronger and stronger. We face more difficult rivals. We realize that the next match is going to be more difficult than the one against Italy. With pair Cicolari/Menegatti we lost during the Grand Slam tournament in Rome, now we are a completely different team – said Walsh.
Slukova-Kolocova CZE [10] - Kessy-Ross USA [4] 0:2 (23:25, 18:21)
- For most time of the match I did well, but I do not know what happened at the end. Maybe I thought the rest of the match is going to be easy for us – this was my biggest mistake to take place at the Olympic games. Luckily, we managed to promote to the semifinals of the tournament and I am very glad for this reason – said Ross.
Larissa-Juliana BRA [1] - Goller-Ludwig GER [8] 2:0 (21:10, 21:19)
- In the second set I did terrible. However, it is a good lesson for the Rest of the tournament. We have to forget about the finals. We have to think about every single match and point. We play for a very long time, therefore, I did not even think we could lose – said Juliana.
Semifinals (the 7th of August):
Larissa-Juliana BRA [1] -Kessy-Ross USA [4]
Zhang Xi-Xue CHN [2] -May-Treanor-Walsh USA [3]
