Monday, January 31, 2011

Pedro Cunha/Pedro Solberg and Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca won @ Rio



The second stop of Circuito Banco do Brasil Volei de Praia 2011 culminated yesterday at Cobacabana Beach, Rio De Janeiro with the first heading of Pedro Cunha and Pedro Solberg since the meeting of the pair again.At the women side Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca were the winners.

After one and a half year without playing together, Pedro Cunha and Pedro Solberg won at Cobacabana Beach with 2-1 (21-16, 11-21, 23-21) against Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti in the final.To arrive them into final in their first tournament together this year, the pair also defeated Marcio/Ricardo by 2-0 (23-21, 22-20) in semi-final.In the third place match Marcio and Ricardo beated Ferramenta and Moises by 2 sets 0 (21-15, 28-26).


Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca were the most succesful team at Cobacabana and extend their historical winning string.The pair defeated Taiana/Vivian by 2-0 (21-18, 21-11) in the final to gain the second title of the year at Brazil and this marks 10 consecutive headings and 50 victories in series in this competition. Talita Antunes and Maria Elisa won against Izabel and Eliza Maia with 2-0 to get the third place in Rio De Janeiro.

The Guaruja (SP) will be the third city to host the Circuito Banco do Brasil Volei de Praia 2011.The matches in the Sao Paulo coast will happen between the days 10 and 13 of February.

Click here to see men results
Click here to see women results
Click here to see photos from Rio De Janeiro stop

Source:http://www.cbv.com.br/cbv2008/

No comments: