Qualifiers Shaw & Toni of USA and Placette & Richard of France full the Haikou Problem podium
Xue Chen & Zeng Jinjin rejoice on the finish of the Haikou Problem ultimate
Upon their Volleyball World Seashore Professional Tour debut as a staff, China’s Xue Chen & Zeng Jinjin received their first Tour gold collectively. 35-year-old Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medallist and four-time Olympian Xue and her new 23-year-old associate Zeng topped the rostrum on the Haikou Problem at residence, in China, on Sunday. Every of the 2 gamers had three earlier gold medals on the Seashore Professional Tour, however whereas for Zeng all of them got here on the Futures degree, Xue and her earlier associate Xia Xinyi celebrated victories at Problem tournaments in Itapema, Saquarema and Stare Jablonki.
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USA’s Molly Shaw & Toni Rodriguez made their manner from the Haikou {qualifications} all the way in which to the ultimate showdown and picked up silver. It was their first look on the Tour as a staff. They’d one Problem-level silver every with totally different companions, in addition to some podiums at Futures occasions.
France’s Paris 2024 members Lezana Placette & Alexia Richard, who additionally emerged from the Haikou qualification grind, accomplished the rostrum with bronze. It was their first-ever medal on the Seashore Professional Tour.
The 2024 Haikou Problem girls’s podium
The gold medal match was a straight-set affair, dominated by the house staff. Second-seeded Xue & Zeng delighted the house crowd with a convincing 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) victory. Xue led the way in which with 19 factors, together with a monster block for the match winner. She scored three aces and two stuffs, whereas Zeng added one other 12 factors, all in assault. Toni led the American duo with 13 factors.
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Shaw/Toni vs. Xue/J. J. Zeng – Gold Match Highlights | Haikou 2024 #BeachProTour
Within the bronze medal match earlier than that, Twenty first-seeded Placette & Richard mounted a livid comeback from a set down in opposition to Sixteenth-seeded Wang Xinxin & Dong Jie of China to assert a 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 15-11) victory. The marginally higher general efficiency in assault gave the French Olympians the wanted edge to make the rostrum. Richard put away 4 blocks, three aces and 12 spike kills to guide her staff with 19 factors. Placette added one other 18, together with one ace. With 5 kill blocks and three aces in direction of a 20-point tally, Wang was the most effective scorer of the match.
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Placette/Richard vs. Wang X. X./J. Dong – Bronze Match Highlights | Haikou 2024 #BeachProTour
The all-Chinese language semifinal earlier on Sunday produced a three-set rollercoaster battle, wherein Xue & Zeng emerged victorious, celebrating a 2-1 (21-13, 16-21, 15-12) win on the finish. Zeng was the most effective scorer of the match with 27 factors to her identify, together with three aces. Xue led the pair’s blocking effort with 4 stuffs.
Toni’s seven kill blocks and 5 aces made the large distinction within the second semifinal, wherein the American duo hammered out an emphatic 2-0 (21-13, 21-18) shutout of Placette & Richard. Toni completed with a match-high 20 factors in direction of the victory.
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Shaw/Toni vs. Placette/Richard – Semi Last Highlights | Haikou 2024 #BeachProTour
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