
The 3rd stop of the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour saw Mollymook conserve the very best till last, with brand-new champs crowned under the clearest skies of the competition.
Stefanie Fejes and Jana Milutinovic provided a blistering efficiency in the ladies’s last versus the Japanese pairing of Suzuka Hashimoto and Reika Murakami, declaring back-to-back golds after winning in Cobram previously this month.
Leading 22-20, 20-17, the Australian set appeared to have actually won, nevertheless in a program of terrific character and sportsmanship, Milutinovic informed the umpires that she had actually touched the ball before it headed out, granting the indicate her challengers.
Despite the 2nd opportunity, a service mistake on the really next point eventually saw Hashimoto and Murakami beat by the Australian set.
“It felt right, it should have been their point, they earned it. I’d prefer to win off a point that I’ve won,” stated Milutinovic.
Having completed with silver in the opening competition of the season, Fejes and Milutinovic have actually dropped just one set considering that, setting them up completely for the Beach Pro Tour Futures occasion which begins on Wednesday.
“It’s very exciting to win back-to-back tournaments,” stated Fejes. “It’s going to provide us a great deal of self-confidence moving forwards.
“With Futures next weekend being a worldwide competition, it’s going to be full-on from the very start. We’re going to take it one video game at a time and keep structure.
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After a hard loss in this early morning’s semi-finals, front runners Jasmine Fleming and Georgia Johnson originated from a set down to win the bronze medal match, keeping their ideal podium record for the season undamaged.
The Men’s gold medal match was a rematch of the last in Cobram with Izac Carracher and Mark Nicolaidis taking on with Paul Burnett and Jack Pearse.
The clash in between the front runner sets saw an early medical timeout for Carracher, who fearlessly went back to play after 5 minutes with strapping on his left knee, nevertheless Pearse and Burnett had the ability to quickly declare the very first set.
The Cobram champs kept their hopes of back-to-back wins by taking the 2nd set, establishing a grandstand surface.
In the 3rd set it was Pearse who needed a medical timeout, nevertheless it didn’t appear to slow him down with the 2nd seeds thriving 15-11 to win their very first Tour title.
“I had to pull something special out for that game, I was feeling it in four different areas towards the end there,” stated Pearse.
“Paul played a great game and made my job really easy. I could come in and set the ball and I knew he was just going to put it away, so credit to the partner for sure.”
For Commonwealth Games gold medallist Burnett, the match is not one he will forget in a while.
“What a crazy game, two medical timeouts in the one game, you don’t see that too often,” he stated.
“I’m really stoked that we were able to grind it out. Jack played really well and we pushed through and came out with the win.”
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In the guys’s bronze medal match, 8th seeds Mateusz Zieba and Sam Halley beat Garang Anyang and Justin Schumann in a close battled success 2-0 (21-19, 21-18).
There’s plenty more action to come in Mollymook with the Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour beginning tomorrow, instantly followed by the Beach Pro Tour Futures occasion on Wednesday.
2023/24 Australian Beach Volleyball Tour
Round 3 | Mollymook, Mollymook Beach, NSW
23-25 February 2024
Elite Women
Gold Medal Match: Jana Milutinovic/Stefie Fejes d Suzuka Hashimoto/Reika Murakami 2:0 (22-20, 21-18)
Bronze Medal Match: Jasmine Fleming/Georgia Johnson d Megumi Murakami/Riko Tsujimura 2:1 (18-21, 21-17, 15-11)
Elite Men
Gold Medal Match: Jack Pearse/Paul Burnett d Mark Nicolaidis/Izac Carracher 2:1 (21-11, 16-21, 15-11)
Bronze Medal Match: Mateusz Zieba/Sam Halley d Garang Anyang/Justin Schumann 2:0 (21-19, 21-18)
Women Challenger Division 1
Gold Medal Match: Mireille Smith/Remy Song d Luca Altevogt/ Madeleine Russo 2:0 (21-17, 21-15)
Bronze Medal Match: Takemi Nishibori/Sayaka Yamada d Chantal Tung/Caitlin Cockburn 2:0 (21-17, 21-8)
Men Challenger Division 1
Gold Medal Match: Dakota Lipton/Klaas Mcintosh d Adax Brienen/Lasse Froehlich 2:0 (21-13, 21-12)
Bronze Medal Match: Patrick Tang/Jack Gregory d Benjamin Schickinger/Noah Furrer 2:0 (21-18,21-14)
Women Challenger Division 2
Gold Medal Match: Michelle Kopecka/Ludimila Brunorio d Lina Mueller/Jolie Du Plessis (1) 2:0 (21-16, 21-7)
Bronze Medal Match: Lara Limbrick/Lilyana Stanojevic d Emily Retschko/Olivia Jury 2:1 (21-11, 19-21, 15-12)
Men Challenger Division 2
Gold Medal Match: Levi Beard/Cooper Ryan d Nigel Lamont/Rene Mrva 2:0 (21-18, 22-20)
Bronze Medal Match: Nathan Malloy/Dario Tarquini d Robertas Klimasauskas/Lucas Paulino 2:0 (21-13, 21-20)
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