Ludwig & Walkenhorst seek fifth 2015-2016 FIVB World Tour gold medal

Klagenfurt, Austria, July 30, 2016 – Seeking their fifth gold medal of the season on the FIVB World Tour, Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst had few problems reaching the championship match of the A1 Major Klagenfurt here Saturday morning.

The top-seeded Germans scored a 21-11, 21-19 victory over Switzerland’s Tanja Huberli and Nina Betschart to reach their fifth final of 2016 in the SWATCH Majors Tour event, the final tournament before Ludwig and Walkenhorst head to Brazil for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Ludwig and Walkenhorst will face another Swiss team, Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich for the gold medal on Saturday afternoon. Zumkehr and Heidrich defeated Argentina’s Ana Gallay and Georgina Klug, 21-19, 21-17, and will play for their third title.

The losing teams will play for the bronze medal. Both finalists opened the A1 Major Klagenfurt with a defeat in pool play but have gone undefeated since.

Huberli, 23, and Betschart, 20, who reached their first semifinal in only their 10th tournament together as a team, scored the first two points of the match before Ludwig and Walkenhorst reeled off eight consecutive points to take control.

The Swiss team regained their footing and …

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