MOSCOW, RUSSIA HOSTS THE BEACH TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, NEWS FROM EVERY ONE OF THE 55 NATION’S PARTICIPATING

Written by: Staff on 16th July 2015

MOSCOW, RUSSIA HOSTS THE BEACH TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, NEWS FROM EVERY ONE OF THE 55 NATION'S PARTICIPATING

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July 2015

Please find below Wednesday’s results from the 2015 ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship taking place in Moscow, Russia on 15-19 July. A record total of 28 nations are taking part in the fourth edition of the event, with Italy defending its title. Six nations are also contesting the inaugural Junior Team Championship.

The Team Championship is a mixed competition in which nations compete against each other on a knock-out basis. Each team is comprised of two men and two women, with ties consisting of a men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles rubber.

The Team Championship joins the individual ITF Beach Tennis World Championships as the flagship events on the ITF Beach Tennis Tour. Since the launch of the Tour in 2008, worldwide participation has continued to grow each year. The 2015 Tour will see over 250 events held in 34 countries, while 55 nations are currently represented in the ITF Beach Tennis World Rankings.

For the latest news, live scores, and live streaming from the final, please visit the ITF Beach Tennis website: www.itftennis.com/beachtennis

First round

LITHUANIA defeated CZECH REPUBLIC 3-0

Evelina Abaraviciute/Gabriele Sinskaite (LTU) d. Dagmar Dudlakova/Klara Hladka (CZE) 57 63 62

Eligijus Macinskas/Skirmantas Macinskas (LTU) d. Vojtech Dohnal/Jan Sykora (CZE) 62 63

Luidzi Pakula/ Evelina Abaraviciute (LTU) d. Jan Sykora/Dagmar Dudlakova (CZE) 41 40

ESTONIA defeated THAILAND 3-0

Anelle Luik/Grete Helena Roose (EST) d. Pairin Panjasilpa/Ontip Sritawan (THA) 61 61

Ott Ahonen/Priit Pihl (EST) d. Chin Kampanatsanyakorn/Suwijak Manoch (THA) 60 60

Priit Pihl/Anelle Luik (EST) d. Chin Kampanatsanyakorn/Pairin Panjasilpa (THA) 41 40

GERMANY (8) defeated MAURITIUS 3-0

Maraike Biglmaier/Carina Blank (GER) d. Mary-Jane Flore/Laetitia Tennant (MRI) 60 61

Nils Muschiol/Benjamin Ringlstetter (GER) d. Etienne Fleurie/Fabrice Nayna (MRI) 62 64

Carina Blank/Nils Muschiol (GER) d. Etienne Fleurie/Laetitia Tennant (MRI) 40 40

BELGIUM defeated PORTUGAL 3-0

Eva Maes/Sindy Put (BEL) d. Catarina Alexandrinho/Manuela Cunha (POR) 62 67(5) 62

Tom Beke/Joris Mees (BEL) d. Pedro Correia/Filipe Rebelo (POR) 64 76(2)

Joris Mees/ Eva Maes (BEL) d. Filipe Rebelo/Catarina Alexandrinho (POR) 40 41

SAN MARINO defeated SWITZERLAND 3-0

Alice Grandi/Camilla Zafferani (SMR) d. Nadia Leuenberger/Sara Leuenberger (SUI) 75 63

Nicolo Bombini/Alvise Galli (SMR) d. Kevin Fischer/Patrick Thomet (SUI) 76(2) 61

Nicolo Bombini/Alice Grandi (SMR) d Kevin Fischer/Sara Leuenberger (SUI) 24 42 54(5)

MOROCCO defeated CYPRUS 2-1

Polina Karafylly/Vaso Karasava Hambides (CYP) d. Selma Hidass/Meryem Oufares (MAR) 75 64

Anass Bouaouda/Adil Medina (MAR) d. Spyros Georgiou/Marios Nicolaides (CYP) 36 61 62

Adil Medina/Selma Hidass (MAR) d. Spyros Georgiou/Polina Karafylly (CYP) 64 64

SPAIN (5) defeated BULGARIA 3-0

Pilar Escandell/Rosa Sitja (ESP) d. Katina Simeonova/Lazarina Stefanova (BUL) 61 61

Gerard Rodriguez/Antomi Ramos-Viera (ESP) d. Emil Argirov/Rosen Nentchev (BUL) 62 75

Antomi Ramos-Viera/Pilar Escandell (ESP) d. Dimitar Simeonov/Katina Simeonova (BUL) 41 40

GREECE defeated LATVIA 3-0

Eleni Erini Papavasileiou/Evangelia Tsavou (GRE) d. Irina Kuzmina-Rimsa/Anna Svaronoka (LAT) 75 63

Georgios Martinis/Grigorios Raptis (GRE) d. Stanislavs Rabinovics/Nikita Ribakovs (LAT) 75 64

Georgios Martinis/Evangelia Tsavou (GRE) d. Nikita Ribakovs/Anna Svaronoka (LAT) 42 24 40

FRANCE (7) defeated ISRAEL 3-0

Marie Eve Hoarau/Mathilde Hoarau (FRA) d. Alona Alekhin/Alina Menukhin (ISR) 61 61

Patrice Bang/Regis Courtois (FRA) d. Eyal Burshtein/Chen Fraiberg (ISR) 60 63

Regis Courtois/Mathilde Hoarau (FRA) d. Lior Brik/Alona Alekhin (ISR) 40 42

JAPAN (6) defeated BELARUS 2-1

Misa Miyasaka/Kaori Yanase (JPN) d. Volha Biruk/Volha Predushchanka (BLR) 75 36 61

Kotaro Aizawa/Naoaki Yamamoto (JPN) d. Eduard Biaskosty/Ihar Lakhvich (BLR) 61 63

Eduard Biaskosty/Volha Predushchanka (BLR) d. Daisuke Tsuruoka/Mayumi Umeda (JPN) 42 42

AUSTRIA defeated GREAT BRITAIN 3-0

Verena Amesbauer/Marlena Metzinger (AUT) d. Carole Madge/Suzy Madge (GBR) 60 60

Roy Krawcewicz/Martin Schmidt (AUT) d. Michael McBride/Yiannis Toumazis (GBR) 62 61

Roy Krawcewicz/Marlena Metzinger (AUT) d. Yiannis Toumazis/Suzy Madge (GBR) 40 41

HUNGARY defeated MOLDOVA 3-0

Monika Erdelyi/Aniko Kovacs (HUN) d. Marina Ciocanu/Stanislava Rumeanteva (MDA) 60 60

Attila Bozsik/Peter Hatala (HUN) d. Artiom Dolgopolii/Artur Tomartov (MDA) 60 62

Attila Bozsik/ Aniko Kovacs (HUN) d. Artiom Dolgopolii/ Stanislava Rumeanteva (MDA) 40 41

Junior event (round robin)

ITALY defeated LATVIA 3-0

Elisa Fuligna/Camilla Spadoni (ITA) d. Stefania Poliscuka/Dana Zuravlova (LAT) 61 62

Mattia Bazzi/Riccardo Biagioli (ITA) d. Renars Grodskis/Valerijs Vorobjovs (LAT) 60 60

Mattia Taroni/Giulia Tadei (ITA) d. Valerijs Vorobjovs/Una Steinharde (LAT) 61 63

RUSSIA defeated LITHUANIA 3-0

Ekaterina Glazkova/Anna Romanova (RUS) d. Adelina Norvaisaite/Giedre Stankeviciute (LTU) 76(1) 61

Vasilii Reutov/Alexander Sedinkin (RUS) d. Matas Lukstaraupis/Vilius Medvedevas (LTU) 75 62

Vasilii Reutov/ Ekaterina Glazkova (RUS) d. Vilius Medvedevas/ Adelina Norvaisaite (LTU) 75 61

BRAZIL defeated CYPRUS 3-0

Isabella Costa/Eduarda Shuck (BRA) d. Theodora Pappa/Kyriaki Tsangara (CYP) 60 61

Antonio Vitor Ferreira/Pedro Henrique Da Silva (BRA) d. Michael Kanaris/Pappas Kanaris (CYP) 62 63

Antonio Vitor Ferreira/ Isabella Costa (BRA) d. Pappas Kanaris/Theodora Pappa (CYP) 61 62

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