All four German teams reached the round of the best 32 at the Beach Volleyball World Cup in Mexico. Early on Tuesday morning German time, Hamburg’s Svenja Müller/Cinja Tillmann won the crucial final group game against Taina Silva/Victoria Lopes from Brazil 2-1 (21:15, 22:24, 15:12).
This secured them first place in the group. Karla Borger and Sandra Ittlinger also won an important 2-0 (21:12, 21:7) against the Mexicans Katherine Albarran/Yamilet Vidaurrazaga, making them one of the four best third-placed teams in the group and also directly in the round of 32. Already It was previously clear that Laura Ludwig/Louisa Lippmann and Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler would advance.
Ehlers/Wickler still without losing a set
Rio Olympic champion Ludwig and her partner suffered their first defeat in the third group game for first place against the Brazilians Barbara Seixas/Carol Horta with a score of 0:2 (19:21, 16:21) and came second. The German champions Ehlers/Wickler, on the other hand, secured undefeated group victory with a 2-0 (22:20, 21:16) against the US duo Chaim Schalk/Tri Bourne. Ehlers and Wickler are also one of only three men’s teams to survive the group phase without losing a set.
“You’re never perfect, but we won all the games with good results, we can be proud of that,” said Ehlers: “We stayed calm in this match and stuck to our solid game, which is what we’ve been working on lately.” This saved all German duos the detour through the lucky loser round, where the remaining participants will now be drawn for the round of 32.
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Sports current | Oct 10, 2023 | 8:25 a.m
