Tag: Maria Antonelli

  • Kerri Walsh and partner April Ross from USA swept past Brazil

    Fuzhou, China, April 27, 2014 – Three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh and partner April Ross from USA swept past Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva and Maria Antonelli 2-0 (21-11, 21-18) to clinch gold at the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball Fuzhou Open in Sunday’s women’s final. It took the American pair just 33 minutes to win the…

  • FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Rankings

    Lausanne, Nov 11, 2013: Latvia and Brazil continue to lead the 2013 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Beach Volleyball season rankings. With the men’s competition idle last week while the women competed in Phuket, Thailand, the season is drawing to a close with federation events and one double-gender FIVB Open event remaining on Dec. 11-15…

  • Xue/X. Y. Xia confidently takes Phuket Open gold

    Phuket – Thailand, Nov 3, 2013 – China’s Chen Xue and Xinyi Xia clinched gold in the final of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Phuket Open on Sunday. The penultimate FIVB Open event of the season running from October 29 to November 3, is back in Thailand for an eight consecutive year. Xue/X. Y. Xia…