{"id":48902,"date":"2019-11-02T16:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T16:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=48902"},"modified":"2019-11-02T16:48:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T16:48:50","slug":"australia-and-china-pairs-join-strong-teams-in-qinzhou-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/australia-and-china-pairs-join-strong-teams-in-qinzhou-round-of-16\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIA AND CHINA PAIRS JOIN STRONG TEAMS IN QINZHOU ROUND OF 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Qinzhou, China, October 31, 2019 \u2013 Spain\u2019s Cesar Menendez and Alejandro Huerta saved a spot in the round of 16 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Qinzhou 3-star after knocking out third-seeded Kusti Novak and Mart Tiisaar in their match on Friday, as Australian and Chinese pairs also made their mark.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48904\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"3213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-2.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-2-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-2-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-2-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-2-600x643.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Menendez and Huerta played a spirited game as they posted an upset on the Estonian pair 2-0 (21-16, 21-19).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy because we played well in this tough match,\u201d Huerta said. \u201cEstonia is a good team and for us we had to play our best game. It\u2019s important for us and we are happy to make it to the next round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the key was we played a good side-out game in difficult moments that kept our concentration and fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the last tournament of the season. We have played at least nine tournaments this year. It\u2019s the best way to finish a good year. We will try to do our best and finish in the highest position,\u201d added Menendez.<\/p>\n<p>Four other European pairs advanced to the next round, with France\u2019s Aye\/Gauthier-Rat and Denmark\u2019s Martin Trans Hansen and Kristoffer Abell winning in straight sets, and the Netherlands\u2019 Ruben Penninga and Jasper Bouter and Russia\u2019s Ruslan Bykanov and Alexander Likholetov claiming victories in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>Also moving to the next round are the United States\u2019 Miles Evans and Ryan Doherty, Australia\u2019s Cole Durant and Damien Schumann and China\u2019s Gao Peng and Li Yang, who won in two sets.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qinzhou, China, October 31, 2019 \u2013 Spain\u2019s Cesar Menendez and Alejandro Huerta saved a spot in the round of 16 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Qinzhou 3-star after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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