- At the Beach Volleyball World Cup in Mexico, all three Swiss women’s duos are in the sixteenth finals.
- At the end of the group phase there are lots of victories.
- Tanja Hüberli/Nina Brunner and Anouk Vergé-Dépré/Joana Mäder won their preliminary group, Esmée Böbner/Zoé Vergé-Dépré took second place.
Hüberli/Brunner were already qualified for the knockout phase before their final preliminary round game. The European champions won the tough battle for group victory against the Latvian Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova 21:19, 23:25 and 16:14.
In the second set, Hüberli/Brunner ran after a small deficit for a long time and then left three match points unused. In the deciding set, the Swiss were 10:13 behind before winning 6 of the last 7 points.
Clear victory for Vergé-Dépré/Mäder
The third group game between Anouk Vergé-Dépré and Joana Mäder against the Mexicans Atenas Gutierrez/Abril Flores was a one-sided affair. With 21:6, 21:15, the Swiss scored twice as many points as their opponents who played incorrectly.
With a total of 6-0 sets, the Swiss women, seeded number 13, clearly dominated their group.
Prestige success for Böbner/Vergé-Dépré
Anouk’s sister Zoé Vergé-Dépré also celebrated a great success alongside Esmée Böbner. The two defeated the previously unbeaten Dutch team Katja Stam/Raïsa Schoon with 21:19, 21:19.
Because the Dutch have a slightly better point ratio across all three group games, the two Swiss are in second place in the table.
This is how it continues
In the knockout phase the Swiss will face the following encounters:
- Wednesday, October 11th, 9:00 p.m. CEST: Anouk Vergé-Dépré/Joana Mäder – Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti (ITA)
- Thursday, October 12th, 3:00 a.m. CEST: Esmée Böbner/Zoé Vergé-Dépré – Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard (FRA).
- Thursday, October 12th, 4:00 a.m. CEST: Tanja Hüberli/Nina Brunner – Jagoda Gruszczynska/Aleksandra Wachowicz (POL).
All games can be seen live on SRF.