Ross-Walsh aim for Gold at the Berlin smart Grand Slam - Beach Volleyball

The US pairing of April Ross and Kerri Walsh secured the top position at the Moscow Grand Slam last week. In the next run, the duo seems right on track for another gold medal in the ongoing Berlin Smart Grand Slam.

They finished the final round robin match in straight sets and defeated Australia’s Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy 2-0 (21-15, 21-15). 

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In the pool matches, April Ross/ Kerri Walsh completely white-washed and finished on the top level. They received a a forfeit from fellow Americans Pavlik/Fopma in their opening pool match and scored  2-0 (21-12, 25-23) win over Polish team Brzostek/Kolosinka on Wednesday. 

The winning American duo successfully advance to the second knockout round unbeaten. 

The Berlin smart Grand Slam continues on Friday with the final pool round and first knockout round for the men and the first and second elimination rounds for the women.

Berlin is hosting a FIVB World Tour women’s event for the 9th time and a men’s event for the 15th time. After the $800.000 Berlin smart Grand Slam the FIVB World Tour continues its seven-event swing through Europe.

There are three more double-gender FIVB Grand Slams on the European continent: the FIVB Stavanger Grand Slam in Norway (June 24-28), the FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland (July 8-13) and finally the FIVB Transavia Grand Slam, played in three different cities in the Netherlands (July 15-20), but based in The Hague.

Third Grand Slam of the 2012 Season coming to Moscow – Beach Volleyball

The 2012 SWATCH FIVB World Tour is scheduled to make a stop in Russian capital Moscow for the third Grand Slam Beach Volleyball Tournament of the Season.

The double-gender Moscow Grand Slam will take place from June 6-12. The women’s competition will start on June 6, while the men will kick off the action with a delay of one day on June 7. Likewise, the women’s competition will be closed one-day before the men’s final round matches.

Meanwhile, the city of Moscow is getting ready to host fifth consecutive FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour event on its ground. The playing area will be set at the Poklonnaya Gora, which is the perfect venue for such activity.

This edition of the Moscow Grand has extra importance because of the upcoming London Olympic Games. The tournament will serve as a qualification phase for the Olympics. The event will award Olympic ranking points to the successful duos.

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