Antalya advancement for Estonia, Germany & Latvia men’s teams

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Antalya, Turkey, May 10, 2016 – To set the field for Wednesday’s Antalya Open men’s qualifier, three country quota matches were played here Tuesday on the BeachPark courts for pairs from Estonia, Germany and Latvia.

The 13th men’s event on the 2015-2016 FIVB World Tour, the US$150,000 Antalya Open also featured women’s qualifying matches Tuesday where eight teams advanced to Wednesday’s opening pool play matches on the BeachPark and Akdeniz University courts.

Men’s teams advancing from the country quota matches to the 32-team, 24-match qualifier Wednesday were Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar of Estonia, Armin Dollinger/Yannick Harms of Germany and Abolins Armands/Benjavs Toms of Latvia.

Nolvak and Tiisaar defeated Karl Jaani/Kristo Kollo Estonia 2-1 (17-21, 21-15, 17-15) in 51 minutes while Dollinger and Harms ousted compatriots Sebastian Fuchs/Stefan Windscheif 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) in 34 minutes and Armands and Toms eliminated Latvia rivals Ingars Ivanovs/Ruslans Sorokins 2-1 (18-21, 21-19, 15-12) in 48 minutes.

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