Michal Krzysztof Kadziola and Jakub Szalankiewicz became the first Polish Beach Volleyball pair to post a pair of wins in the same SWATCH FIVB World Tour event as the reigning youth world champions started play here Friday with an upset win over a team from Sweden for their second victory in the US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona.
Seeded 22nd in the 32-team Hyundai Open Barcelona Main Draw after receiving a "wild card" for the FIVB stop by winning last year's SWATCH FIVB World Championships for players under the age 19, Krzysztof Kadziola and Szalankiewicz posted an 18-21, 21-17 and 15-11 win in 57 minutes over 12th-seeded Bjorn Berg and Hannes Brinkborg of Sweden.
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