Beach Volleyball World Cup: Müller/Tillmann in the semi-finals
Created: 06/17/2022, 15:35
Svenja Müller (front) and Cinja Tillmann celebrate a point in Rome.
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Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann are playing for a medal at the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rome.
The duo from Hamburg surprisingly prevailed in the quarterfinals on Friday against the Olympic silver medalists Taliqua Clancy/Mariafe Artacho del Sola from Australia 2:1 (21:23, 21:18, 16:14) and advanced to the semifinals.
Rome – A total of five German couples started at the World Cup.
Hamburg's Sandra Ittlinger/Isabel Schneider and German champions Chantal Laboureur/Sarah Schulz from Stuttgart failed in the round of 32.
The only men's team, Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler from Hamburg, was also eliminated early in the first knockout round.
Stuttgart's Karla Borger and Julia Sude made it to the round of 16 before being eliminated.
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