Men’s Otera Open sees Italian surprises
While the women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop in Kristiansand this week featured “business as usual” with three of the four top seeds advancing to the fourth round as expected, the men’s US$175,000 Otera Open saw two of the top-ranked teams defeated here Thursday during the opening round of competition.
Topping the list of upsets was 31st-seeded Matteo and Paolo Ingresso of Italy scoring a 21-18, 14-21 and 15-12 win in 56 minutes over second-seeded Renato “Geor” Gomes and Jorge “Gia” Terceiro of Georgia. Geor/Gia entered this week’s SWATCH stop as the fourth-placed team in the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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