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Czech Republic Hermannova & Slukova continue winning ways
- Updated: May 12, 2016
Antalya, Turkey, May 12, 2016 – Defending Antalya Open champions Barbora Hermannova and Marketa Slukova continued their winning ways here Thursday morning as the Czech Republic pair captured women’s Pool C while extending their BeachPark winning streak to 10-straight matches by upsetting a pair from Poland.
After posting wins Wednesday over teams from Russia and Sweden, the 14th-seeded Hermannova and Slukova scored a 2-1 (21-17, 19-21, 15-10) pool-clinching win in 51 minutes over third-seeded Monika Brzostek and Kinga Kolosinska of Poland to earn a first-round “bye” for the start of elimination play Friday.
TACTICS, TACTICS, TACTICS
“I think our strategy for the match was very good,” said the 27-year old Slukova, who was playing in her ninth FIVB World Tour event with Hermannova after participating in 62 stops with Kristyna Kolocova starting in 2009. “The Polish girls had posted some very good results lately with a medal at March’s Rio Grand Slam, so we are very pleased with our play today. Again, our tactics were very good.”
The match was the second between the two teams with Brzostek and Kolosinska scoring a 2-0 (21-14, …
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