Tianjin, China, July 13, 2024 – We’re approaching the conclusion of the AVC Seashore Tour Tianjin Open, which already had two semifinalists in each males’s and ladies’s occasions at Dongjiang Gulf Seashore, Binhai right here to combat for prime honor and the best AVC rating factors 320 on Sunday.
Within the ladies’s occasion, China is assured of securing one slot within the closing as eighth seeds Wang Fan/Bai Bing will face off towards seventh seeds Yan Xu/Zhou Mingli within the all-Chinese language semifinal conflict on the Heart Courtroom at 9am native time, whereas Japan’s fifth seeds Asami Shiba/Saki Maruyama will combat it out with second seeds Stafanie Fejes/Georgia Johnson of Australia within the different semifinal encounter on the similar time on Courtroom 2. The third-place playoff and the ultimate match are resulting from be held at 2pm on Courtroom 2 and Heart Courtroom respectively.
On Saturday, Chinese language Wang/Bai showcased their distinctive kind because the Chinese language pair dismissed Thailand’s Patcharaporn Seehawong/Samitta Simarongnam 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) in spherical of final 16.
They made it two on the trot following their second victory towards one other Thai duo, Charanrutwadee Patcharamainaruebhorn/Woranatchayakorn Phirachayakrailert 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) within the quarterfinals.
Chinese language Yan Xu/Zhou Mingli additionally claimed two consecutive wins on Saturday. The Chinese language first downed Hong Kong, China’s To Wing Tung/To Wing Man 2-0 (21-13, 21-15) to later demolish Wang Jingzhe/Mushajiang Aheidan 2-0 (23-21, 21-17) within the all-Chinese language quarterfinal affair.
Japanese Shiba/Maruyama outplayed Riko Tsujimura/Takemi Nishibori 2-0 (21-8, 21-18) within the all-Japanese conflict of spherical of 16 however struggled laborious to beat Chinese language Wang Xinxin/Xing Jiayi in tie-breaker 21-15, 13-21, 15-13 within the quarterfinal encounter.
Jasmine Fleming/Jana Milutinovic had a troublesome match towards Akiko Hasegawa/Miki Ishii to stun the Japan’s prime seeds with a comeback 2-1 (12-21, 21-13, 18-16) win in spherical of final 16. Nevertheless, within the quarterfinal match, Fleming/Milutinovic discovered Stafanie Fejes/Georgia Johnson too scorching to deal with to go down tamely 0-2 (18-21, 17-21) within the all-Australian affair.
In the meantime, the boys’s occasion additionally sees Thailand advance to the ultimate showdown as sixth seeds Netitorn Muneekul/Wachirawit Muadpha will up towards prime seeds Pithak Tipjan/Poravid Taovato within the all-Thai semifinal conflict on Courtroom 2 at 10am native time, with Iran’s fifth seeds Abbas Pourasgari/Alireza Aghajanighasab difficult third seeds Wang Yanwei/Liu Chuanyong within the second semifinal at Heart Courtroom at 10pm. The bronze-medal match and the ultimate showdown are set to happen at 3pm on Courtroom 2 and Heart Courtroom respectively.
Within the final 16 encounters on Saturday, Thailand’s Pithak/Poravid gained a candy revenge towards Hood Al Jalaboubi /Mazin Alhashmi, to whom they misplaced 1-2 within the Golden Match of the ultimate showdown between Thailand and Oman which determined the winners within the latest AVC Continental Cup Semifinals in Ningbo Xiangshan and the remaining slot within the Continental Cup Finals.
Pithak/Poravid acquired by way of with the snug 2-0 (21-16, 21-13) win towards the Omanis and continued their near-flawless efficiency to beat Iran’s GhalehNovi AmirAli/Habib AkbarzadehKashani 21-13, 21-16 within the quarterfinals.
Netitorn/Wachirawit, additionally made their mark on Saturday because the Thai duo first eradicated Aussies James Takken/Joshua Howat 2-0 (22-20, 21-19) within the spherical of final 16.
The Thais later surprised one other Australian duo, Solomon Bushby/Ben Hood, with comeback 2-1 (24-26, 21-18, 15-10) within the quarterfinals.
Iran’s Pourasgari/Aghajani, who emerged triumphant on the 2023 Nuvali Open within the Philippines, bounced again to beat Japan’s Nassim Malki/Ryuichi Adachi 2-1 (20-22, 21-11, 15-7) in spherical of final 16.
Nevertheless, the Iranians struggled laborious once more to get well from the primary set right down to beat Australia’s Jack Pearse/D’Artagnan Potts 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 25-23) within the exhausting 67-minute quarterfinal conflict.
China’s Wang/Liu beat Omanis Haitham Alshereiqi/Ahmed Alhousni 2-0 (24-22, 21-18) in spherical of final 16 to subsequent proceed their onslaughts following their snug 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) win towards Japan’s Dylan Hiroki Kurokawa/Kosuke Fukushima within the quarterfinals.
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