Ermacora/Pristauz, Seidl/Waller in knockout phase at Beach World Championships

Beach volleyball players Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz and Robin Seidl/Philipp Waller also won their second group game at the World Championships in Rome. Ermacora/Pristauz defeated the Chinese Wu Jiaxin/Ha Likejiang 2:1 (-19,19,13) on Sunday and thus secured promotion to the knockout phase. In the followingnoon, Seidl and Waller did the same, winning once morest the Italians Jakob Windisch/Gianluca Dal Corso 2:0 (13.22).

In the women’s competition, Katharina Schützenhöfer/Lena Plesiutschnig lost to the Chinese Wang Fan and Xia Xinyi by a straight 0:2 (-18,-17). However, the Styrians have the chance to move into the knockout phase as one of the four best teams in third place in the group.

The Ermacora/Pristauz duo will play the final preliminary round match once morest Matthew Immers/Stefan Boermans from the Netherlands on Monday. Seidl/Waller meet the Chileans Grimalt/Grimalt.