Agatha and Barbara inspired by crowd in comeback

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Rio de Janeiro, August 6, 2016 – Brazil’s Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas began their Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games campaign by coming from a set down to beat the Czech Republic’s Marketa Slukova and Barbara Hermannova 2-1 (19-21, -14, 21-13) at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Saturday. 

Here’s what they said after the match….

Barbara Seixas, Brazil

“It was great, I’m really happy. I think at the beginning we were a little bit anxious about playing at home and we were trying to do everything we did in training on the court. We had some difficulties because the Czech team has a great service and they were always pushing us through the match. 

“I think Agatha helped me a lot and we were more patient in the second …

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