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Elsa & Liliana secure elimination berth, meet world champs next
- Updated: August 9, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 8, 2015 – Prior to competing in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, playing on iconic Copacabana had not been good for Spaniards Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernandez.
That has now changed since Saturday as Elsa and Liliana went from winning only once in their previous seven Copacabana matches prior to the Olympics to being 2-0 in their first two starts in the 2016 “Summer” Games after posting a 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) Pool B win in 43 minutes over Barbora Hermannova and Marketa Slukova of the Czech Republic here Monday evening.
Now, the challenge is defeating the 2015 FIVB world champions Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas of Brazil on Wednesday with the winner advancing as the second-seeded team in the Rio 2016 elimination bracket. Agatha and Barbara won their …
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