Turkey’s Giginoglu & Gogtepe on track at Fuzhou Open

 Fuzhou, China, April 20, 2016 – Murat Giginoglu and Volkan Gogtepe from Turkey earn two wins on the first day of pool play at the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Fuzhou Open. The Turkish pair have had a busy year competing in every single stop on the World Tour so far, their best results reaching round two at the Rio Grand Slam and again at the Xiamen Open the week prior to Fuzhou. After beating Venezuela’s Jesus Villafañe and Jackson Henriquez in their opening pool match 2-0 (21-13, 21-19), they then face Armin Dollinger and Lorenz Schümann from Germany. Murat Giginoglu and Volkan Gogtepe from Turkey face Armin Dollinger and Lorenz Schümann from GermanyThe win for Giginoglu/Gogtepe was not an easy one, the German pair coming back strongly in the second set. The tie breaker was a test of nerves, but the Turkish pair held on for their second win of the day 2-1 (21-11, 20-22, 15-13).“It was a nice game and it’s a new team with good play. It’s the second time we played with this team and second time to win,” said Gogtepe.“The first set was easy but the second set, we were a little bit relaxed after one lucky ball touched the net, but in the third set we concentrated …

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