For the Latvian couple Plavins / Fokerots in Brazil Loss in the quarterfinals / day of the Elite 16 tournament
Plavin and Fokerot, who were ranked seventh in the race, defeated the home duo Evandr Gonsalves/Arthur Marian (15th) with 1-2 (14:21, 21:17, 29:31).
The Latvian duo scored more points with a block (7: 4) and opponents’ mistakes (18:14), while the Brazilians with the attack (48:37) and the serve (3: 2).
Latvians as « lucky losers » entered the quarterfinals, where he lost to the top favorites of the tournament with 0-2 (16:21, 16:21).
The Norwegian duo scored more points with the attack (29:20) and the block (4: 3), scoring both nine points after the opponents’ mistakes.
In the Brazilian tournament, Fokerot has earned 760 world rankings with Plavinas.
It has already been reported that the Latvian duo won first place with a 2-0 (21:18, 21:19) winning the qualifying Portuguese Uga Kampušu and Juan Pedrose (18) and 2-1 (21:16, 15:21, 17:15)-Qualifying American Cheese Badinger and Mail.
It has already been reported that in the women’s tournament, Tina Graudina/Anastasia Samoilova, who had been sown in sixth, ranked ninth, earning 600 world ranking points.
The Pro Beach Tour is the Elite 16 race first, the second is Challenge, the third – Futures.
