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The Swiss duo had to defeat the Dutch Sanne Keizer / Madelein Meppelink 16:21, 24:26 in the final. Nina Betschart, junior world champion and multiple European champion, has turned out to be a loser after her first elite final: "It was not a question of strength. defeat was because the others were better.We could not really match the performance of the day before. "
In the games up to and with the semi-finals on Saturday afternoon Betschart / Hüberli s & # 39; proved to be a true queens back.Including the final, they lost the starting set five times in a row .. At the end of the game, the performance was not enough despite two balls set to run this game again The first three match balls have managed to fend off women from Central Switzerland, the fourth has driven a net scooter for a decision.
WHAT'S A MATCH! That's Hüberli / Betschart who wants to play the final tonight! They beat Liliana / Elsa in 3 sets #E uroBeachVolleyball pic.twitter.com/oMhGDlNzNV – DELA Beach Volleyball World Championship 2018 (@ EuroBeach2018) 21. July 2018
A Deja-vu
] Betschart / Hüberli are therefore disappointed with the "lost gold medal" as they have the potential for the first European champion title since 2004 (Simone Kuhn / Nicole Schnyder-Benoit) had. "As number 5, we had the ambition to reach the top," said the Hüberli Blocker
. For the Schwyz player, aged 24, the final defeat was half-seen. In 2014, she and her partner, Tanja Goricanec, became the last Swiss duo to compete in the European Championship final. She lost to Meppelink and Marleen van Iersel. "The two tournaments are not comparable," Hüberli said. "At that time, we were blatant geeks and earned money.Now we have the impression of having lost gold."
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For the Swiss of the Netherlands, the most recent was in the quarterfinals, with Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger retiring the last pair in the last eight against the Spanish world rankings third Pablo Herrera / Adrian Gavira with 19:21, 18:21.
Nevertheless, Philippe Saxer, the Beachvolleyball director of the Satisfaction of the performances of the men: "They sold very well at the Championship of Europe and have showed good games they can be proud of. We are really on the right track, we must continue to be patient and give this experience to our players. They will grow up and give us a lot of fun. "
Beeler / Krattiger had advanced as the group's winner directly into the knockout round, the failure in the second round knockout Adrian Heidrich / Mirco Gerson showed according to Saxer with the win against defending champion Nicolai / Lupo, "that they can compete with all teams"
EM in the Netherlands Men Quarterfinals: Pablo Herrera / Adrian Gavira (ESP / 8) N. Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger (SUI / 17) 21:19, 21:18 – Round of 16: Oleg Stoyanovsky / Igor Welitschko (RUS / 6) Adrian Heidrich / Mirco Gerson (SUI / 13) 21:17, 16:21, 15:12 Beeler / Krattiger s Martins Plawins / Edgars Tocs (LAT / 11) 15:21, 21:19, 16:14.
Women. Final: Sanne Keizer / Madeleine Meppelink (NED / 15) S. Nina Betschart / Tanja Hüberli (SUI / 5) 21:16, 26:24 – In row 3: Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova (CZE / 3) S. Liliana Fernandez / Elsa Baquerizo (ESP / 17) 21:18, 20:16 Held Job e – Semi-finals: Betschart / Hüberli s. Fernandez / Baquerizo 2:21 pm, 11:21 pm, 3:13 pm Keizer / Meppelink s. Hermannova / Slukova 20:22, 21:17, 15:12.
Results and tables
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