{"id":103585,"date":"2023-01-30T03:09:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T03:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=103585"},"modified":"2023-01-30T03:09:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T03:09:32","slug":"aussie-pair-finish-just-off-the-podium-in-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/aussie-pair-finish-just-off-the-podium-in-doha\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSSIE PAIR FINISH JUST OFF THE PODIUM IN DOHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Credit: volleyball.org.au<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Australians Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have finished in fourth place at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha, Qatar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Saturday\u2019s quarter-final victory over Switzerland set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash against Eduarda \u2018Duda\u2019 Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos of Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The Australians took it to the reigning World Champions from the outset and claimed an early lead, taking the opening set 21-15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">However the Brazilians hit back sharply, forcing a tiebreak with a nine-point win in the second set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In the end the Australian pairing fell just short, going down 11-15 in the tiebreaker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The result sent Artacho del Solar and Clancy into the bronze medal match where they encountered the Dutch pairing of Katya Stam and Raisa Schoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The third seeds dropped just one match on their way to topping pool B, however found themselves in the playoff for third after a three-set loss to Sara Hughes and Kelly Chang (USA) in the semis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Midway through the first set, nothing could separate the Australian and Dutch pairing, however Stam and Schoon eventually secured a three-point advantage to start the match on top.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The second set was more one-sided, with a 5-0 run to the Dutch creating an unassailable lead which secured the bronze 2-0 (21-18, 21-10).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In the gold medal match, wildcards Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng claimed the title with a 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) win over Duda and Ana Patricia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Related links of AVC<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\"><span class=\"s3\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\"><span class=\"s4\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\"><span class=\"s3\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\"><span class=\"s3\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: volleyball.org.au Australians Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have finished in fourth place at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha, Qatar. 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