Only one of Sunday’s four women’s matches at the Olympic beach volleyball competition in Tokyo went the distance, but Liliana Fernandez and E. Baquerizo prevailed in three sets.
E. Baquerizo Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Three-time Olympians Liliana and E. Baquerizo came back from a set down to beat Sanne Keizer and Madelein Meppelink of the Netherlands in their first Pool B match at Shiokaze Park in a tiebreak.
The Spanish duo dropped the first set by a razor-thin margin, but they really started to play well in the second and third sets.
After blowing a pair of match points in the decisive set, Liliana sealed the deal with a monstrous block to set the final score at 2-1. (19-21, 21-18, 16-14).
E. Baquerizo said of the victory, “It was extremely good win,” to Volleyball World. The contest was really close. We anticipated a tough matchup due to the long history of familiarity between the two squads.
We had to keep fighting until the very end, and in the end it came down to a few key points. So, we’re overjoyed about it!
“It was incredibly stressful and emotional to end like this,” Liliana said of her super block victory. This was a little challenging for me. Side-out was a roller coaster ride for me, but with E. Baquerizo guidance, I think I made it.
Sunday morning’s Pool B bout between the United States’ April Ross and Alix Klineman and China’s Chen Xue and Xinxin Wang did not disappoint. Ross has medaled in the previous two Olympic Games.
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The Americans won 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) to take home the silver medal at the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship.
In Pool E, there were two matches decided in straight sets. Bronze medalists Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy of Australia defeated Lidy Echeverria and Leila Martinez of Cuba 2-0 (21-15, 21-14).
Next, ROC’s Nadezda Makroguzova and Svetlana Kholomina defeated Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth of Italy, 2-0. (21-18, 21-15). Thanks for reading our article E. Baquerizo Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
