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- Updated: September 17, 2016
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sept. 17, 2016 – A year ago, Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst played for US$100,000 in the SWATCH World Tour Final and missed their chance at that record paycheck.
On Sunday at Polson Pier, they get another shot at it and they promise they’ll take a little bit different approach.
“I don’t want to think about the money,” Ludwig said, laughing. “Last time I was thinking more about the money.”
And the Germans lost that grand prize final to Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes of Brazil. But as we’ve seen in 2016, the Ludwig/Walkenhorst duo has learned exactly how to channel their attention to detail, and they brought their Rio 2016 Olympic gold medals to Toronto to prove it.
It will be an emotional championship match on Sunday when they meet Switzerland’s Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich for the top prize. It will be the final match of Zumkehr’s career in her 12 th season on the FIVB World Tour.
“The tears are coming up again. It’s amazing. It’s like a dream,” Zumkeher said, her smile beaming. “I think every single player would end their career in a nice way. To end it in a World Tour Final, I don’t have any words to describe it. I’ll just enjoy every single point tomorrow, fight to make it even better to get that gold home.”
Ludwig and Walkenhorst advanced Saturday with a 21-19, 21-19 victory over – naturally – Talita and Larissa, the team the Germans beat in the Olympic semifinals.
In the hard-fought match, the Brazilians started strong in both sets, but the Germans remained steady and once they took the lead, they never surrendered …
