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- Putting Bianca Andreescu's run to the quarterfinals in historical context
Ashley Marshall /Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu joined a small list of women to reach the quarterfinals in their US Open singles main-draw debut with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 win over American Taylor Townsend inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday night.
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0 0 Comments 0 Shares - WINNERS BARBARA & WALSH JENNINGS CONTINUE WINNING WAYS
PHOTO Barbara Seixas dives for Mikasa as partner Fernanda Alves follows the action as the Brazilians are 2-0 at the FIVB World Tour Finals with a country quota win Tuesday and a qualification tournament triumph Wednesday at the Foro Italico.
Rome, Italy, September 4, 2019 - For the second consecutive day, Olympic medal winners Barbara Seixas of Brazil and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States posted wins during the preliminary rounds of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals to propel their teams into the main draw of the $600,000 event.
Barbara, who captured the silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with Agatha Bednarczuk, and her top-seeded partner Fernanda Alves gained a spot in Thursday's opening pool play rounds with a 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) victory in 34 minutes over 16th-seeded qualifiers Laura Caluori/Dunja Gerson of Switzerland.
A four-time Olympic medal winner with three podium-topping finishes with Misty May-Treanor at the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Summer Games, Walsh Jennings and her second-seeded teammate Brooke Sweat advanced to the main draw rounds with a 2-0 (21-8, 21-11) win in 28 minutes over the 15th-seeded Strauss sisters (Nadine and Teressa) of Austria.
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