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Phuket Thailand Open Semi-final Notes Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 4 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Tamsin Barnett/Becchara Palmer, Australia vs. TBD Team Uniform Uniform Seed Player No. Player No. Country 13 Becchara Palmer 1 Tamsin Barnett 2 Australia 3 Nicole Branagh 1 Tyra Turner 2 United States 5 Lauren Fendrick 1 Ashley Ivy 2 United States 6 Danielle Remmers 1 Michelle Stiekema 2 Netherlands Barnett & Palmer lead the SWATCH FIVB World Tour series with Fendrick. & Ivy after defeating the Americans Friday morning. The Australians have not played the other two teams. · Barnett has competed in both the Volleyball (2000) and Beach Volleyball (2008)Olympics. · Barnett and Natalie Cook placed fifth at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games after being eliminated by Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro of Brazil in the quarter-finals. · Barnett captured a SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal with Cook at the 2007 Seoul stop. · Barnett was named the SWATCH FIVB World Tour most improved player in 2007 with Laura Ludwig of Germany. · Prior to a semi-final appearancethis weekinPhuket, Palmer’s best SWATCH FIVB World Tour placement was at the end August this season in Kristiansand, Norway, with Alice Rohkamper. · Palmer teamed with Alice Rohkamper to win the 2006 FIVB youth (under the age of 19) world hampionships before placing second in the 2007 FIVB junior (under the age of 21) world finals. Phuket Thailand Open Results Winner 1 def. Stine Andreasen / Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark (20) 21-15, 21-14 40 minutes Winner 2 def. Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leão, Brazil (4) 21-18, 14-21, 15-13 51 Winner 3 def. Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy, United States (5) 22-20, 23-21 48 Winner 4 def. Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (8) 21-14, 27-25 47 Semi-Finals vs. to be determined Medal Match vs. Jen Boss / April Ross, United States (2) or to be determined 2008 Matches Won-Lost:........................................... 4-0 2008 Sets Won-Lost: ................................................. 8-1 2008 Tournaments Played: .......................................... 1 2008 Best Finish: .......................... 4th or better (Dubai) 2008 Winnings: .................................................. $10,500
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Phuket Thailand Open Semi-final NotesFédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35
Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 4FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org
Tamsin Barnett/Becchara Palmer, Australia vs. TBD
Team Uniform UniformSeed Player No. Player No. Country13 Becchara Palmer 1 Tamsin Barnett 2 Australia3 Nicole Branagh 1 Tyra Turner 2 United States5 Lauren Fendrick 1 Ashley Ivy 2 United States6 Danielle Remmers 1 Michelle Stiekema 2 Netherlands
Barnett & Palmer lead the SWATCH FIVB World Tour series with Fendrick. & Ivy after defeating the Americans Fridaymorning. The Australians have not played the other two teams.
· Barnett has competed in both the Volleyball (2000) and Beach Volleyball (2008)Olympics.· Barnett and Natalie Cook placed fifth at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games after being eliminated by Talita Antunes
and Renata Ribeiro of Brazil in the quarter-finals.· Barnett captured a SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal with Cook at the 2007 Seoul stop.· Barnett was named the SWATCH FIVB World Tour most improved player in 2007 with Laura Ludwig of
Germany.· Prior to a semi-final appearance this week in Phuket, Palmer’s best SWATCH FIVB World Tour placement was
at the end August this season in Kristiansand, Norway, with Alice Rohkamper.· Palmer teamed with Alice Rohkamper to win the 2006 FIVB youth (under the age of 19) world hampionships
before placing second in the 2007 FIVB junior (under the age of 21) world finals.
Phuket Thailand Open ResultsWinner 1 def. Stine Andreasen / Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark (20) 21-15, 21-14 40 minutesWinner 2 def. Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leão, Brazil (4) 21-18, 14-21, 15-13 51Winner 3 def. Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy, United States (5) 22-20, 23-21 48Winner 4 def. Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (8) 21-14, 27-25 47Semi-Finals vs. to be determinedMedal Match vs. Jen Boss / April Ross, United States (2) or to be determined2008 Matches Won-Lost:........................................... 4-02008 Sets Won-Lost: ................................................. 8-12008 Tournaments Played: .......................................... 1
2008 Best Finish: ..........................4th or better (Dubai)2008 Winnings: .................................................. $10,500
Phuket Thailand Open Semi-final NotesFédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35
Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 4FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org
Tamsin Barnett/Becchara Palmer, Australia vs. TBD
Team Uniform UniformSeed Player No. Player No. Country13 Becchara Palmer 1 Tamsin Barnett 2 Australia3 Nicole Branagh 1 Tyra Turner 2 United States5 Lauren Fendrick 1 Ashley Ivy 2 United States6 Danielle Remmers 1 Michelle Stiekema 2 Netherlands
Barnett & Palmer lead the SWATCH FIVB World Tour series with Fendrick. & Ivy after defeating the Americans Fridaymorning. The Australians have not played the other two teams.
Phuket Thailand Open Semi-final NotesFédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35
Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 4FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org
Jen Boss/April Ross, United States vs. TBD
Seed Player No. Player No. Country2 April Ross 1 Jennifer Boss 2 United States1 Maria Clara Salgado 1 Carolina Salgado 2 Brazil8 Anja Gunther 1 Geeske Banck 2 Germany
12 Jie Wang 1 Man Zuo 2 China
Boss & Ross lead the SWATCH FIVB World Tour series with the Salgados 3-1. The Americans have not played the othertwo teams.
· Boss and Ross missed qualifying for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games after being edged by Nicole Branagh andElaine Youngs for the second USA berth.
· After winning a country quota playoff and two qualifying matches at the 2007 Norwegian Grand Slam, Boss andRoss captured the Stavanger gold medal as the 29th-seeded team in the competition by upsetting China’s Jia Tian and Jie Wang 21-14 and 21-12 in the finals.
· The Norwegian Grand Slam title came in Ross’ fourth SWATCH event.· Prior to the Stavanger gold medal, Boss’ best previous SWATCH finish was a fourth in the 2005 season finale in
Mexico with Nancy Mason.· Boss won a 2001 FIVB Satellite gold medal with Heather Lowe at Pattaya, Thailand.· Ross was the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour rookie-of-the-year.· Boss won the American “Queen-of-the-Beach” title last month in Arizona.· On the American domestic tour this season, Boss and Ross compiled a 43-21 record with five seconds for 12
events.Phuket Thailand Open ResultsWinner 1 def. Gretchen Duffner / Alicia Zamparelli, USA (31, Q10) 21-10, 21-12 34 minutesWinner 2 def. Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (18) 18-21, 21-13, 15-11 56Winner 3 def. Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (7) 16-21, 21-16, 16-14 63Winner 4 def. Nicole Branagh / Tyra Turner, United States (3) 21-16, 21-12 39Semi-Finals to be determinedGold Medal vs. Tamsin Barnett / Becchara Palmer, Australia (13)2008 Matches Won-Lost:........................................ 44-162008 Sets Won-Lost: .............................................. 92-472008 Tournaments Played: ..........................................112008 Best Finish: ..........................................2nd (Dubai)2008 Winnings: ..................................................$129,100
Since 2007 Matches Won-Lost:............................. 73-33Since 2007 Tournaments Played: ...............................19Since 2007 Best Finish:................ 1st (Stavanger 2007)Since 2007 Winnings:........................................$235,100
Dubai Open Women’s Medal Match NotesFédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35
Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 4FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org
Jen Boss/April Ross, United States vs. TBD
Seed Player No. Player No. Country2 April Ross 1 Jennifer Boss 2 United States1 Maria Clara Salgado 1 Carolina Salgado 2 Brazil8 Anja Gunther 1 Geeske Banck 2 Germany
12 Jie Wang 1 Man Zuo 2 China
Boss & Ross lead the SWATCH FIVB World Tour series with the Salgados 3-1. The Americans have not played the othertwo teams.
