{"id":51939,"date":"2020-03-13T13:44:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=51939"},"modified":"2020-03-13T13:44:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:44:29","slug":"mexicans-continue-to-make-waves-in-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/mexicans-continue-to-make-waves-in-doha\/","title":{"rendered":"MEXICANS CONTINUE TO MAKE WAVES IN DOHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><em>Julio Rubio starts the celebrations after victory over Bruno and Evandro<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2020 \u2013 Josue Gaxiola and Jose Rubio enjoyed a day of days on Thursday as they eliminated four world champions to reach the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 4-Star Katara Beach Volleyball Cup gold medal match.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51941\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-2.png 924w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-2-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-2-768x489.png 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-2-600x382.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First, they knocked out reigning world champions Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov at the quarterfinal stages with a 2-0 (21-17, 21-15) win, then they followed up by defeating 2015 world champion Bruno Schmidt and 2017 world champion Evandro Goncalves 2-0 (22-20, 22-20).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been amazing to play here in Doha,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cThis is the first time we have played on the World Tour outside Mexico, so we are very excited about playing here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played really well in the first set and while it was a bit nervous in the second, we managed to hold on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Katara Beach Volleyball Cup is the first time that the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships silver medallists have appeared on the World Tour outside their home country.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio and Gaxiola are ranked 96th in the world, 92 places below Bruno and Evandro, but they showed no nerves against their illustrious opponents and after they raced onto a seven-zero lead at the start of the second set they held their nerve to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew that they are a good team and one of the best teams in the world,\u201d Gaxiola said. \u201cThis is why we had to play with even more power. That is what drove us and helped us play as well as we did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/FIVBBeach\/videos\/556372554983370\/\">https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/FIVBBeach\/videos\/556372554983370\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bryl and Fijalek came close to gold on the World Tour in 2019 but finished the year with one silver and two bronze.<\/p>\n<p>They spent the winter warm-weather training in Tenerife and Sri Lanka but are not getting carried away with their success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is another game and another day tomorrow and we are only focusing on our side,\u201d Fijalek said. \u201cWe have to keep our shape and our level tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played them last year in Chetumal, but they are young and have beaten some very good teams so I think it will be a very interesting game tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The men-only tournament in Doha is running from March 9-13 at Katara Cultural Village in the north of the city. It is the second of nine 4-Star events on the 2019-2020 calendar and the winners will leave with 800 ranking points.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar has built up a strong tradition of hosting World Tour events since it hosted its first in 2014. Two more followed in 2015 and 2016, then in 2018 the tournament grew from a 3-Star tournament to a 4-Star tournament.<\/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>Julio Rubio starts the celebrations after victory over Bruno and Evandro Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2020 \u2013 Josue Gaxiola and Jose Rubio enjoyed a day of days on Thursday as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":51940,"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-51939","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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