Day 3 :SMM AVC BEACH TOUR - 2ND SATUN PAK BARA MASTER(Quarter Finals and Semis)

SMM AVC BEACH TOUR - 2ND SATUN PAK BARA MASTER-Men's Pool(Quarter finals)

Qatar ,Australia ,Indonesia advance to semi final stage of  SMM AVC BEACH TOUR - 2ND SATUN PAK BARA MASTER as day started with Indonesian  pair of Candra/Asfiya (INA) beat Takahashi/Shiratori (JPN) by 26-28, 15-21 margin to set semi final encounter with Qatar pair of Julio/Tijan later on same day.
In Court 2 Quarter final action Julio/Ahmed Tijan (QAT) beat Australian pair of Durant/Schubert (AUS)  23-25, 12-21 to advance to semis.Qatar had double joy as teir second pair Jefferson/Cherif (QAT) beat local Thai pair of I.Nuttanon/P.Sedtawat (THA) by convincing 21-8,21-15 margin much to the dissapoitnement of the home crowd.In the final encounter of the Men's semis Aussie pair of McHugh/Schumann (AUS) pummeled Kiwi duo O’Dea/O’Dea (NZL) 21-14,21-11 margin to set up a mouth watering semi final clash with infrom Qatari duo Jefferson/Cherif (QAT).

SMM AVC BEACH TOUR - 2ND SATUN PAK BARA MASTER-Women's Pool(Quarter Final)

In the Women's pool Quarter final encounter local Thai pair of Radarong/Udomchavee (THA) beat Kiwi pair Tilley/Bain (NZL) by convincing 21-13, 21-16 margin to set semi final date with Wang/Yue (CHN) of China later today.
In the second Quarter final of the Chinese pairs were at loggerhead as Wang X.X/Xue (CHN) faced Wang/Yue (CHN) eventually after a 45 minute battle over three sets Wang/Yue (CHN) emerged victorious by winning the match 16-21, 21-18, 9-15 showing both power and control as they controlled the game well despite losing the second set.
In another quarter final contest Bawden/Clancy (AUS) of Australia beat Kazakh pair Mashkova/Samalikova (KAZ) by ambling through a comfortable straight set match winning by 21-14,21-8 margin in a 30 minute encounter to face off with Japanese duo of Suzuki/Ishii (JPN) as the Japanese pair beat local favorite Numwong/Hongpak (THA) by 21-16,21-19 margin as the Thai pair displayed some late heroics but wasn't enough to save them from elimination.

SMM AVC BEACH TOUR - 2ND SATUN PAK BARA MASTER-Men's Pool(Semi finals)

SMM AVC BEACH TOUR - 2ND SATUN PAK BARA MASTER First semi final Indonesian pair of Candra/Asfiya (INA) beat Qatari Men's duo Julio/Ahmed Tijan (QAT) 2-0 by 21-15,21-15 margin.

Indonesian pair of Candra/Asfiya used tactical play against the bigger opponent to deny them the advantage of size and reach as they used the rallies to their advantage by making the opponent stretch all across the court to find easy pockets and using guile and dummy at the nets to cruise to a win.

In the second semi Final Australian pair McHugh/Schumann (AUS) faced Jefferson/Cherif (QAT) of Qatar.In a close fought encounter Australia won the first set using the height and wind to their advantage as they charged all out for an opening set win by 21-18 margin.Qatari duo of Jefferson/Cherif made a strong comeback in the second set as they stretched the Aussie pair and gaining points from unforced errors and left handed cross court play of Cherif caused Australia the problem as Cherif worked well with the angles and used the power and dummy smashes to create pockets of open play in the court and denied aerial ball to McHugh to use the aerial ball and height to their advantage. Australia seemed a bit rattled and conceded points through unforced errors and faults to hand the Qatari pair a convincing second set win by 21-13 margin.

Qatar maintained the momentum in third set rallying to a 9-3 lead as Cheriffs left hand troubled Aussie players as they were left to trail the game by 6 to 7 points for most part of it.At 13-5 Australia looked down and out as Cherrif and Jefferson showed good blocking and maintained the momentum of play to the third set by a comfortable 15-8 win in the third set to schedule a Gold medal clash with Candra/Asfiya (INA) of Indonesia tomorrow.

SMM AVC BEACH TOUR - 2ND SATUN PAK BARA MASTER-Women's Pool(Semi finals)

In the first semi Final of the Women's Beach Volleyball pool, local Thai women's pair Radarong/Udomchavee (THA) faced Chinese pair of Wang/Yue (CHN).The Thai pair got the home support of a vocal crowd as they displayed good skill and execution to get end of the rallies and won the initial battle of nerve infront of a healthy crowd to seal the first set by 21-15 margin. In the second set the Chinese pair got their mojo back as the lanky duo used their height and reach to win the second set by a comfortable 21-15 margin.Locked at 1-1 both teams tried to break the deadlock but the third set was a much closer battle as both teams denied breathing space to each other and went neck-and-neck from 9-9 to 19-20 with Wang/Yue leading by a single point.The deadlock was eventually broken at 20-22 as the Chinese managed to finish the set with a strong smash followed by an ace to seal a berth in the final tomorrow.

In the second Women's semi final Bawden/Clancy (AUS) pair  of Australia faced Suzuki/Ishii (JPN) and the dominant Australian pair showed their top game to win the opening set by 21-12 margin.