Please find below Saturday’s results from the 2014 ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship taking place in Moscow, Russia on 17-20 July. A total of 24 teams are taking part in the third edition of the event, with Brazil defending its title.
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 2014 Tour will see around 200 events held in 37 countries, while 54 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: http://www.itftennis.com/beachtennis
Results
Semifinals
(1) BRAZIL defeated (6) GERMANY 2-1
Dorothee Berreth/Carina Blank (GER) d. Samantha Barijan/Joana Cortez (BRA) 64 64
Marcus Ferreira/Thales Santos (BRA) d. Alexander Bailer/Oliver Munz (GER) 61 61
Vinicus Font/Lorena Melo (BRA) d. Oliver Munz/Dorothee Berreth 36 75 62
(2) ITALY defeated (5) RUSSIA 2-1
Federica Bacchetta/Eva D’Elia (ITA) d. Ekaterina Kirgizova/Gulnara Fattakhetdinova (RUS) 64 63
Alessandro Calbucci/Marco Garavini (ITA) d. Nikita Burmakin/Sergey Kupstov (RUS) 75 61
Nikita Burmakin/Daria Churakova (RUS) d. Luca Cramarossa/Sofia Cimatti (ITA) 53 40
Quarterfinals
(1) BRAZIL defeated (8) SPAIN 2-1
Maria Pilar Escandel/Maria Rosa Sitja (ESP) d. Samantha Barijan/Joana Cortez (BRA) 63 46 64
Marcus Ferreira/Vinicius Font (BRA) d. Antomi Ramos-Viera/Saulo Tejada (ESP) 60 64
Vinicius Font/Joana Cortez (BRA) d. Antomi Ramos-Viera/Maria Rosa Sitja (ESP) 63 36 63
(6) GERMANY defeated (4) JAPAN 2-1
Dorothee Berreth/Carina Blank (GER) d. Tomomi Takahashi/Kaori Yanase (JPN) 75 64
Hideki Iwasaka/Susumu Kawashima (JPN) d. Alexander Bailer/Oliver Munz (GER) 57 62 64
Alexander Bailer/Carina Blank (GER) d. Susumu Kawashima/Tomomi Takahashi (JPN) 57 75 62
(5) RUSSIA defeated (3) VENEZUELA 2-1
Gulnara Fattakhedtinova//Ekaterina Kirgizova (RUS) d. Lady Correa/Patricia Diaz (VEN) 61 67(5) 64
Nikita Burmakin/Sergey Kupstov (RUS) d. Ramon Guedez/Jorge Penalver (VEN) 62 75
Ramon Guedez/Patricia Diaz (VEN) d. Vladislav Zaichenko/Daria Churakova (RUS) 14 41 53
(2) ITALY defeated (7) PORTUGAL 3-0
Sofia Cimatti/Eva D’Elia (ITA) d. Ana Pereira/Susana Pereira (POR) 60 60
Alessandro Calbucci/Luca Cramarossa (ITA) d. Pedro Correia/Filipe Rebelo (POR) 60 61
Marco GaraviniFederica Bacchetta (ITA) d. Pedro Correia/Susana Pereira (POR) 41 40
9th-12th Place Play-offs
SAN MARINO defeated LITHUANIA 3-0
Alice Grandi/Camilla Zafferani (SMR) d. Evelina Abaraviciute/Gabriele Sinskaite (LTU) 64 63
Nicolo Bombini/Davide Pedini (SMR) d. Skirmantas Macinskas/Jurgis Rudgalvis (LTU) 63 57 [10-7]
Davide Pedini/Camilla Zafferani (SMR) d. Evelina Abaraviciute/Luidzi Pakula (LTU) 42 41
FRANCE defeated ESTONIA 3-0
Marie-Eve Hoarau/Mathilde Hoarau (FRA) d. Maret Ani/Anelle Luik (EST) 61 46 [10-8]
Raphael Jannel/Jeremy Pont (FRA) d. Ott Ahonen/Ainar Laube (EST) 63 64
Mathilde Hoarau/Jeremy Pont (FRA) d. Ainar Laube/Anelle Luik (EST) 41 41
9th -16th Place Play-offs
SAN MARINO defeated CYPRUS 2-1
Alice Grandi/Camilla Zafferani (SMR) d. Marianna Tsakkistou/Antria Tsangaridou (CYP) 62 62
Petros Baghdatis/Christopher Koutrouzas (СYP) d. Nicolo Bombini/Davide Pedini (SMR) 26 62 [10-8]
Nicolo Bombini/Alice Grandi (SMR) d. Petros Baghdatis/Antria Tsangaridou (CYP) 63 61
LITHUANIA defeated BELGIUM 3-0
Evelina Abaraviciute/Gabriele Sinskaite (LTU) d. Annouck Meys/Linde Mues (BEL) 64 67(5) [10-8]
Skirmantas Macinskas/Jurgis Rudgalvis (LTU) d. Tom Beke/Joris Mees (BEL) 63 76(2)
Luidzi Pakula/Evelina Abaraviciute (LTU) d. Joris Mees/Annouck Meys (BEL) 42 40
ESTONIA defeated HUNGARY 2-1
Monika Erdelyi/Zsuzsanna Kovacs (HUN) d. Maret Ani/Anelle Luik (EST) 67(2) 75 [11-9]
Ott Ahonen/Ainar Laube (EST) d. Mate Endrody/Benedek Molnar (HUN) 62 62
Maret Ani/Anelle Luik (EST) d. Mate Endrody/Zsuzsanna Kovacs (HUN) 62 63
FRANCE defeated BELARUS 2-0
Marie-Eve Hoarau/Mathilde Hoarau (FRA) d. Olga Barabanschikova/Natalia Zvereva (BLR) 60 63
Raphael Jannel/Jeremy Pont (FRA) d. Pavel Kotliarov/Ihar Lakhvich (BLR) 60 61
Mixed doubles not played
17th -20th Place Play-offs
GREECE defeated THAILAND 3-0
Varvara Katakalidou/Aspasia Sotiriadou (GRE) d. Bongkoch Bortisa/Rada Manataweewat (THA) 75 46 [10-5]
Giorgos Martinis//Vasilis Mavraganis (GRE) d. Khunpol Issara/Chin Kampanatsanyakorn (THA) 62 61
Giorgos Martinis/Aspasia Sotiriadou (GRE) d. Khunpol Issara/Bongkoch Bortisa (THA) 53 40
SWITZERLAND defeated ISRAEL 2-0
Eveline Egger/Laura Galli (SUI) d. Alona Pushkarevsky/Maayan Sela (ISR) 63 75
Kevin Fischer/Yves Fornasier (SUI) d. Lior Brik/Danila Kourkoulin (ISR) 75 46 [10-8]
Mixed doubles not played
21st -24th Place Play-offs
BULGARIA defeated GREAT BRITAIN 2-1
Suzy Madge/Gemma Sgariglia (GBR) d. Katerina Guenova/Diyana Miteva (BUL) 36 75 [10-8]
Emil Argirov/Rosen Nentchev (BUL) d. James McCabe/Richard Wheeler (GBR) 61 64
Emil Argirov/Katerina Guenova (BUL) d. Richard Wheeler/Gemma Sgariglia (GBR) 63 63
LATVIA defeated CHINA, P.R. 3-0
Inga Audrina/Ilona Gilberte (LAT) d. Fang Chunxue/CiLi YongZong (CHN) 64 63
Andris Antonovos/Oskars Vaskis (LAT) d. Zhu Dingqiang/Sun Hong (CHN) 60 62
Oskars Vaskis/Inga Audrina (LAT) d. Zhu Dingqiang/Fang Chunxhue (CHN) 41 42
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