Brazil's defending champions win again in beach volleyball preliminary
11/8/2008 17:32
Brazil's defending champions Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos won again
today in a beach volleyball preliminary match.
They beat Renato Gomes and
Jorge Terceiro of Georgia 21-19 and 21-17.
With the win, the Brazilians
earned a berth in top 16.
"Every team in our pool is hard to play against. We
must always concentrate on our performance," said Rego after the match.
The
rivals, a Georgian pair of Brazilian origin, also made problems to the defending
champions in the match.
"And we must also adapt us to different weather
conditions. Sometimes it's hot and at other times it rains," he said.
today's
match was held in rain.
Brazilian beach volleyballers say they are in a
better condition in hot weather, saying they are used to play in heat.
In
their first preliminary, the defending champions breezed past Angolans Morais
Abreu and Emanuel Fernandes on Aug. 9.
Rego said he was satisfied with the
Chinese crowd, who cheered for local and foreign players as well.
"They
inject a lot of energy into the games," he said.
Xinhua
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