Brazil’s beach legends take on USA in pool A on day four

Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Brazil’s beach legends Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca take on Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat of the United States in a pool A match during the afternoon session of day four.  The Brazilians will be looking for their second pool win while the Americans will be looking to win their first.

Head to Head

Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca have won all four previous meetings against Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat, with two in pool play, both by straight sets in The Hague Grand Slam in July, 2014 and in the Gstaad Major in July, 2015.  The Brazilians also won a three-set quarterfinal match at the Porec Major in June, 2015 and a two-set quarterfinal match at the Poland Grand Slam in June of this year.

Historically the #1 seed has won all three of the meetings against the #13 seed in the Olympic Games, all in pool play.  In London (2012) and Athens (2004) the wins were in straight sets while the lower seed forced a third set in Beijing (2008).

Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, Seed #1, Pool A, 1-0, MAX Set Ratio, 1.4000 Point Ratio Qualified as Host Nation Representative

• Talita: August 29, 1982 (33y11m8d), 181 cm (5’11”), 65 kg (144 lbs.), Hometown Mato Grosso Do Sul, 154th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 4th), 31 gold medals (ranks 6th), $1,391,175 career winnings (ranks 4th). Talita ranks first in FIVB World Tour tournaments played amongst all women’s players competing at the Rio Olympics.

• Larissa: April 14, 1982 (34y3m23d), 174 cm (5’9″), 68 kg (151 lbs.), Hometown Cachoeiro de Itapemirim-Es, 140th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 14th), 59 gold medals (ranks 1st), $1,774,735 career winnings (ranks 1st)

• Talita and Larissa have been playing together since 2014. They are playing in their 25th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, 13 gold medals (ranks 5th), $855,000 career winnings (ranks 9th). 

• Talita has played in 78 FIVB World Tour final fours with 31 gold, 16 silver, 15 bronze medals and 16 4th place finishes.

• Larissa has played in 104 FIVB World Tour final four with 59 gold, 22 silver, 18 bronze medals and five 4th place finishes.

• Talita and Larissa have played in 12 Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Gold Moscow Grand Slam 2015, Gold Porec Major 2015, Gold Gstaad Major 2015, Gold Long Beach Grand Slam 2015, Gold Olsztyn Grand Slam 2015, Gold Rio de Janeiro Open 2015, Gold World Tour Finals 2015, Gold Vitória Open 2016, Silver Moscow Grand Slam 2016, Bronze Hamburg Major 2016, …

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