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PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, October 1,
2022.- Oscar Jose Martinez and Francisco De
Jesus of Dominican Republic advanced to the
Men’s semifinals of the fourth stop of the 2022
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour of Punta Cana in a
comeback win over Franklyn Flores and Armando
Guatemala of El Salvador 2-1 (18-21, 21-10,
15-12).
Martinez and De Jesus will go up against Timothy
Brewster and Kyle Friend of the United States in
Sunday’s semifinals, who downed Mexicans Jorge
Barajas and Ricardo Galindo 2-0 (21-13, 21-14)
in the quarterfinal round.
In the other semifinal, Cuban duo of Noslen Díaz
and Jorge Luis Alayo will meet Canadians Jake
MacNeil and William Russell.
Díaz and Alayo advanced without difficulties
defeating Sheldon Descartes and Joseph Clercent
of St. Lucia 2-0 (21-11, 21-5), while MacNeil
and Russell prevailed 2-0 (21-12, 21-11) against
Guatemalan duo Andy Leonardo Blanco and Luis
García.
The final four pairs had reached the
quarterfinals winning their pools on the first
day of the event.
Earlier on Saturday, to advance into
quarterfinals, Sheldon Descartes and Joseph
Clercent of St. Lucia beat Adrian/Josiah of
Antigua and Barbuda 2-0 (21-11, 21-19) and
Guatemalan Andy Blanco alongside Luis García
took a 2-0 (21-0, 21-1) win against
Hawkins/Simmons of Turks and Caicos.
While Jorge Barajas and Galindo of Mexico
defeated Daniel Dyner and Bryan Monge of Costa
Rica 2-0 (21-17, 21-13); and Franklyn Flores
with Armando Guatemala of El Salvador
overpowered Morales Monsalve/Tubben of Bonaire
2-0 (21-6, 21-6). |
