Carvalhaes/Barbosa win Cincinnati gold

Mason, Ohio, USA, May 21, 2016 – It’s safe to say that Gustavo Carvalhaes and Saymon Barbosa are no longer a secret in Brazil with some of the victories they’ve come up with against their compatriots.The rest of the world got a good look at the pair of 22-year-olds this week as they rolled through the FIVB Cincinnati Open presented by the AVP and not only reached the first final of their FIVB World Tour career, but came away with the gold medal with a convincing 22-20, 21-8 victory Saturday over Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter of Canada.The event, which is one of the last three Olympic qualifiers through the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ended Saturday at the prominent Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio and was the seventh tournament in the stretch of eight straight events on the FIVB World Tour. Next week the FIVB World Tour returns to Russia for the double-gender FIVB Moscow Grand Slam.Guto and Saymon, as they’re known, won all seven of their matches in the tournament and didn’t drop a set in their four elimination-round matches. The whole deal seemed to surprise them as much as anyone.“It’s our first final and the first gold medal and we are very happy,” said the 6-foot-1 Guto, who had 19 kills and 14 digs in the championship match. “I don’t know what is happening yet. I just want to celebrate, rest and now we need to go to Russia.“For us it’s a big victory. We are working hard for this. It was our objective to come to the semifinals, and it’s this.”Guto and Saymon have some impressive wins under their belt, such as beating legends Ricardo and Emanuel plus contemporaries Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt, the current No. 1 team in the world, plus Alvaro Filho and Vitor Felipe. Guto acknowledged this but placed their gold medal above those victories.“I want to play like Bruno,” Guto said. “I say that all the time. Every time, I’m watching him …

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