Un'altra settimana dominante di Eduarda 'Duda' Lisboa e Ana Patrícia Ramos nel Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour si è conclusa con le brasiliane in cima al podio dell'evento Elite16 tenutosi ad Amburgo, in Germania, domenica.

Le leader del FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking hanno affrontato le americane Taryn Kloth e Kristen Nuss, terze classificate, nella partita per la medaglia d'oro all'Am Rothenbaum Stadium e hanno conquistato il titolo con una vittoria diretta (21-16, 21-17). Anche la squadra di casa di Svenja Müller e Cinja Tillmann è salita sul podio al terzo posto.

• The Beach Pro Tour Hamburg Elite16 matches are available on demand on VBTV

The victory in Hamburg marked the third title won by Duda and Ana Patrícia in their last four Beach Pro Tour events. The Brazilians, who also took gold in Ostrava and Gstaad, immediately recovered from their fifth-place finish in Montréal three weeks ago and have now won 22 of their last 24 matches at the international level.

“I’m so happy, we played really well,” Duda reacted. “It was incredible to play here in Hamburg again after missing the event last year and to return with another gold medal, it's always a lot of fun playing here. The last tournament was very hard for us, so we prepared really well last week and took this one match by match and point by point, and it worked.”

The final at the Am Rothenbaum Stadium also extended the impressively positive record of the world champions against the Americans. The teams have now met seven times in the last ten months and the Brazilians emerged victorious in each of them, dropping just four sets to their rivals.

“Winning a Beach Pro Tour event is so hard,” Ana Patrícia reflected. “We've played the Americans a lot lately and it's never been easy. Having several Brazilians here pushing us meant a lot and helped us keep going this week. Our fans were loud and it was very special to play in front of them.”

Duda and Ana Patrícia were nearly unstoppable this week in Hamburg, winning all seven matches they played in the German city, while losing just one set in pool play to compatriots Carol Salgado and Bárbara Seixas, who they swept in the semifinals earlier on Sunday.

Beach Pro Tour Hamburg Elite16 – Results

In the bronze medal match, Müller and Tillmann took advantage of the support of the thousands of German fans that made it to the Am Rothenbaum to take a straight-set (21-15, 21-19) victory over Brazilian veterans Carol and Bárbara.

È stata la prima medaglia del Beach Pro Tour conquistata dalla coppia nel 2023. L'anno scorso, oltre a conquistare il bronzo al Campionato mondiale di beach volley FIVB, hanno vinto anche il titolo dell'evento Elite16 di Ostrava.

Il prossimo evento Elite16 della stagione 2023 del Beach Pro Tour si svolgerà a Parigi, città ospitante dei Giochi Olimpici del prossimo anno, dal 27 settembre al 1° ottobre.

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