The Spanish duo made up of Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno has defeated this Saturday in two sets (21-16, 21-19) the German pair formed by Laura Ludwig y Louisa Lippmannin a match of great talent and brilliance from the Spanish, who add their second win in the group stage and go directly to Round of 16 from the beach volleyball tournament at the Paris Games.
With this victory, Spain can celebrate a full house in the beach volleyball tournament, since Moreno and Alvarezwho are making their Games debut, will accompany the couples Pablo Herrera-Adrian Gavira and Lili Hernandez-Paula Soriawho have also certified their ticket to the round of 16.
The Spanish couple has completed a First set very completeshowing their talent and a wide variety of resources that were impossible for the Germans to neutralise. Equality reigned at the start, with advantages of a maximum of two points for both pairs, although it was Álvarez and Moreno who took the initiative.
And it has been with the 17-13 when the Spanish women have put in a higher gear to get closer to that first set, with an already insurmountable cushion for Ludwig and Lippman, who have seen how the rational and talented game of the Spanish women made the first set effective by 21-16. It was the initial step towards adding his second victory in this group stage.
In the second set, the superiority was even greater, with the Spanish team not lowering their pace or intensity, consistent in blocking without losing their position and with that special brilliance in each attack. The Germans have never been ahead in this set, with Alvarez and Moreno arriving to enjoy a six-point advantageuntil the German reaction came, with a great Lippman serve, to tie the game at 16-16 at a key moment.
The Spanish couple was going through their worst moment, somewhat disoriented on the sand and unprotected without the serve. A gift in the form of a missed serve allowed them to recover the serve and get ahead again (18-17), but the Germans did not want to sell their defeat so cheaply. Although the talent of Álvarez and Moreno made their way to defeat 21-19 to the Teutons in the first option to close the match.
With the match between the Swiss and French pair still pending, which will decide whether they go through as first or second, The Spanish are already in the round of 16 directlywithout going through the always difficult ‘lucky loser’ phase, which would force them to play one more match and then face one of the two best pairs in the tournament.
