FIVB Porec – Men’s semi-finals live today
Crunch Sports Staff
in Volleyball 7 Jun 2021
Reinder Nummerdor (credit: Steve Haag/Getty Images)
Two Dutch pairs will compete in the men’s semifinal of the FIVB Porec Major today.
Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst along with compatriots Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen will try to make it an all-Dutch final.
Sixth seeds Nummerdor/Varenhorst posted wins over Americans Tri Bourne and John Hyden (18-21 21-19 15-11) and Canadians Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk (21-18 19-21 15-10) to reach the medal round. They will next play another Canadian pair Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter for a place in the final. Seventeenth-ranked Binstock/Schachter stunned second seeds Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Alex Costa of Brazil in the quarterfinal.
Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca (Credit: FIVB)
Brouwer/Meeuwsen had an easier road to the semifinal. The reigning world champions ousted US pair Jacob Gibb and Casey Patterson 21-12 24-22 before eliminating Austrians Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst 21-13 21-15 in the quarterfinal. Their semifinal opponents are 31st-seeded Italians Alex Ranghieri and Adrian Ignacio Carambula.
Meanwhile, Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca defeated Canadians Heather Bansley and Sarah Pavan 21-16 25-27 15-12 to win the gold medal in the women’s division. It’s the second-straight title for the Brazilian pair after topping last week’s Moscow Grand Slam.
Bansley and Pavan earned their second silver medal this season after finishing runner-up in the Prague Open.
Australians Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy took home the bronze medal after beating Canadians Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas 21-19 21-19 in the third-place battle.
FIVB Porec Major Fixtures for Sunday, June 7th:
All Times BST
08:00
Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst v Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter
10:20
Alex Ranghieri / Adrian Ignacio Carambula v Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen
