The Cuban beach duo Jorge Luis Alayo-Noslen Díaz will face Italy’s Lupo-Rossi today on the first day of the Round of 32 of the World Championship, a contest that takes place in four venues in three Mexican cities – Tlaxcala, Huamantla and Apizaco -.
The Cubans advanced directly to the main draw as leaders of group I, with five points, two won and one lost, followed by the pairs of Brazil (5/2-1) and Czech Republic (4/1-2), who also passed as second and among the best four thirds of the bracket phase, in that order, and Mexico (4/1-2).
Alayo and Díaz, ranked 17th in the previous edition of Rome 22, beat the Czechs Perusico-Schweiner 2-1 (21-17, 15-21 and 15-9), and fell 1-2 (20-22, 21 -19 and 12-15) against the Brazilians Evandro-Arthur, and defeated the Mexicans Galindo-Aguirre 2-0 (21-18 and 21-11), respectively.
According to the International Federation site www.fivb.com, the Italians (5/2-1) remained alive in the world championship as second in section A.
The Italian team began with a 2-1 (19-21, 21-13 and 15-10) victory against the Boermens-De Groot team from the Netherlands, and was defeated 1-2 (21-19, 13-21 and 10-10). 15) by the Norwegians Mol-Sorum, and won 2-0 (21-16 and 21-13) against the Mozambicans Monjane-Ainadino Martinho, in that order.
From this important stage, the tournament will continue in a single elimination format, with the round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and medal matches, on Sunday the 15th. The world championship grants the champion duos (myf) the ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, to which 96 pairs from 40 countries aspire.
