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Saxton and Schalk quieten the crowd at Copacabana beach party
- Updated: August 10, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 9, 2016 – Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk heaped more misery on Pedro Salgado and Evandro Goncalves by fighting back to beat the Brazilians and claim their first win of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games beach volleyball tournament on Tuesday.
Both teams went into the match having lost their opening fixture, but as third ranked side Pedro and Evandro were heavily favoured to beat the Canadians. After they won the first set Saxton and Schalk dug deep to take the match to a tie-break that they won when Saxton’s shot dropped into the Brazilians’ side off the top of the net. READ MORE
Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez also had to keep their focus after their match went to a tie-break against Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins.
The Cuban pair upset …
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