Latvian beach volleyball duo Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Jānis Šmēdiņš won the first subgroup A match at the European Championship in Jūrmala on Wednesday, securing a place in the playoffs.
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Samoilovs / Šmēdiņš, who were placed with the 16th number, defeated Estonians Kusti Nelvaks and Marta Tīsārs (17th) with the result 2-0 (21:17, 21:18).
For the victory in subgroup A, Samoilov / Šmēdiņš will meet with the strong Norwegians Anders Mol / Kristian Sorum, who are the main favorites of the tournament and placed with the first number.
Before that, the Latvians Ardis Bedrītis / Arnis Reliņš, who had been number 31 in the first game of the day, in the first group B match with the result 0-2 (15:21, 15:21) conceded to the world champions Vyacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stojanovsky from Russia. The Russians are one of the main favorites of the tournament and placed in the second number.
The Latvian duo was only occasionally able to fight the strong duo in a similar way, and Krasiļņikovs and Stojanovskis convincingly won.
Mikhail Samoilov and Alexander Solovei (30th) went next in the central court, and they lost 0-2 (11:21, 13:21) in Group C to the Germans Julius Tolem and Klemensan Vikler, who were eliminated with the high third number.
Mārcis Jirgensons and Rinalds Aišpurs (27.) also lost 0-2 (10:21, 13:21) in the F group to the named Dutch players Alexander Brouver / Robert Meussen (6th).
These three Latvian duets will have to fight for a place in the playoffs after losing in the first match of the tournament.
Hereinafter Mārtiņš Pļaviņš a Edgars Točs at 13:00 will join forces with Dris Kokelcoren and Tom van Wallis (29th) from Belgium.
In the afternoon session, the ladies’ duo will play in the subgroup of their second game.
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