Vienna, August 3 (RHC) The Cuban duo Lidiannis Echeverría and Leila Martínez lost today here by 19-21, 21-16 and 15-17 against their Canadian counterpart Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson in the round of 16 of the Championship of the world. . Beach volleyball.

Despite the defeat, Echeverría-Martínez showed a good level of play against his attackers, especially in service, obtaining three aces against none of his rival, and in blocking, with five to four.

For their part, the key to the victory of the North Americans was the consistency of their attack, with which they scored 29 points, five more than the Caribbean team (24), while both teams gave up six points due to errors made.

On an individual level, Martínez was the top scorer of the match with 18 points, distributed in 16 attacks, a block and a serve, while Bansley added his 17 points only on attack.

Likewise, Echeverría (14) stood out for serving, paying two units for this concept, and for blocking (4), tied with Wilkerson.

After this victory, the Canadians advance to the quarter-finals to face the Americans Lauren Fendrick and April Ross, winners 19-21, 23-21 and 15-9 over the Czechs Barbora Hermannova and Marketa Slukova.

Also that day, the representatives of the country of the maple leaf, Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, also reached the quarterfinals, defeating the Swiss Tanja Huberli and Nina Betschart by 21-17 and 23-21.

In the men's race, Brazilian pair Alison Cerutti-Bruno Oscar Schmidt reached the round of 16 after beating Latvians Richards Finsters and Edgars Tocs 21-15 and 21-7, while Chileans Marco and Esteban Grimalt were eliminated 21- 7. 23 and 16-21 against Canadians Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton.

(From Prensa Latina)