Crabb & Mayer in semifinales at Jinjiang

JINJIANG, China, June 2, 2018 – USA’s Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, Germany’s Nils Ehlers/Lorenz Schumann and Max Betzien/Jonathan Erdmann, and the host country’s Gao Peng/Li Yang made it to the final four of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Jinjiang 2-star with double victories on Saturday.

Crabb Tr./Mayer will make their second appearance in the final four since winning the Lucerne 3-star gold last month. The USA pair defeated Germany’s Armin Dollinger/Simon Kulzer 2-0 (25-23, 21-13) in the round of 16 before dominating the Czech Republic’s Vaclav Bercik/Jan Dumek 2-0 (21-14, 21-13) in the quarterfinal round.

The American pair advanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-0 (21-11, 21-13) win over China’s Liu Jinqiu/Tang Xingyu, then kept their winning momentum against Germany's Max Betzien/Jonathan Erdmann 2-0 (25-23, 25-23) in Pool B.