USA’s Durish and Koenig crown Beach Pro Tour debut with Geneva gold

Beach Pro Tour first-timers Alexis Durish and Audrey Koenig of the United States crowned their debut with a Geneva Futures gold. Lithuania’s Ieva Dumbauskaite and Gerda Grudzinskaite picked up the silver medals in Switzerland, while France’s Elsa Descamps and Romane Sobezalz completed the podium with bronze. Gold Medal Match The 21-year-old American rookies started the Geneva tournament from the qualifications and managed to string up seven consecutive victories all the way to the top of the podium, while dropping only two sets along the way. One of them was the…

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Czech ladies and Italian men dominate Messina Futures podiums

Two Czech pairs earned their spots on the women’s podium at the Messina Futures in Italy, both claiming their second consecutive Futures medals on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, after the Prague Futures earlier this month, only switching their places. This time, Martina Maixnerova and Kylie Neuschaeferova took gold, while Katerina Pavelkova and Anna Pavelkova settled for bronze, with Switzerland’s Menia Bentele and Annique Niederhauser joining them on the podium with silver. In an all-Italian men’s final, Alex Ranghieri and Tobia Marchetto beat Samuele Cottafava and Gianluca Dal Corso,…

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Brazilian and French qualifiers make it to the semifinals in Alanya

Brazilian and French Qualifiers Reach Semifinals in Alanya With six Olympians and two teams that started in the qualifier, the mens semifinals of the Beach Pro Tour Challenge event in Alanya, Turkey, were set on Saturday. Semifinals Schedule Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner (Czechia) vs. George Wanderley and Saymon Barbosa (Brazil) Teo Rotar and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat (France) vs. Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher (Australia) Brazilian Duos Remarkable Run A new team on the 2025 Beach Pro Tour, George and Saymon are set for their first semifinal appearance as partners. Their…

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Ahman and Hellvig back up to number two in World Ranking

Plavins and Fokerots Reach Team’s High Seventh Place The Ostrava men’s final between Ahman and Hellvig and Mol and Sorum After winning the Ostrava Elite on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour last week, reigning Olympic champions David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig climbed back up to the number two spot in the men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking. No changes in the women’s top five occurred as the charts received their weekly update on Monday. Men’s World Ranking Update Ahman and Hellvig\s absence from the top two in the ranking…

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