Georgian beach volley-ball couple Saka-Rtvelo is No.1 seed at the second round of qualifying draw of the World tour, which his underway in the city of China, Sanya. It lost the decisive match but in spite of this went through the main draw.
Brazilian Cristina Santana and Andreca Chagas play for Saka-Rtvelo, they rested in the first round and in the second round won over No. 33 seed Spanish duet (Corali and Vidal) 2:0 (21:9, 21:17), in the decisive round they lost with Greek duet (Rubanis-Papageorgiu) 1:2 (21:15, 26;28, 9:15).
Supposedly, one of the couples refused playing and that’s why Georgian duet was allowed to play in the main draw, their duet is No.28 seed. On April 26, Georgian duet plays against No.5 seed American duet (Cuci-Hinchley).
Geor-Gia competes at “Silesia Open” in Polish Myslowice, in comparison with Saka-Rtvelo, they start participation in the main draw and starts competition tomorrow.