News Beach volleyball 24/08/2013 Final fours set at the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam Moscow, Russia, August 24, 2013 – The final foursof the sixth edition of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Moscow Grand Slam, which weredetermined on Saturday at Vodny Stadium, include some unexpected candidates. In the women’s competition Italy’s new team MartaMenegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth made it to the semifinals in only their secondevent together. And in the men’s Austria’s newcomer Lorenz Petutschnig amazedhis veteran partner Alexander Horst.Russia lost all hope of finally winning a medal attheir own Moscow event. All remaining home teams were knocked out on thepenultimate day. World Tour leaders Pedro Solberg and Bruno Oscar Schmidt andTaiana Lima and Talita Antunes were also eliminated.Menegatti and Orsi Toth play Germany’s LauraLudwig, while the Salgado-sisters from Brazil take on Spain’s Liliana FernandezSteiner and Elsa Baquerizo.Horst and Petutschnig are lined up with Brazil’sEmanuel Rego and Evandro Goncalves and Latvia’s Janis Smedins and AleksandrsSamoilovs play Ricardo Santos and Alvaro Morais Filho from Brazil.Horst and Petutschnig crush Russia’s hope fora medalAlexander Horst and Lorenz Petutschnig crushedRussia’s hope of finally winning a medal at the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam onSaturday. The Austrians first eliminated Grigoriy Goncharov and Serguei Prokopiev and inthe quarterfinal they also defeated first seeded Konstantin Semenov and ViacheslavKrasilnikov in three sets (16-21 29-27 15-11). MoreBrazil’s Salgado-sisters eye the gold and a furhatBrazil’s Maria Clara and Carolina Salgado reachedthe final four for the 5th time this year after a shaky start at the MoscowGrand Slam. In the semifinal on Sunday they will play Spain’s Liliana FernandezSteiner and Elsa Baquerizo McMillan. After their 2-1 (21-18 18-21 15-10) win in the quarterfinal against Australia’sLouise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy, Maria Clara said that they were not onlyeying a gold medal after two silvers and two bronzes this season, but shereally wanted to win the fur hat the winners always get in Moscow. MoreItaly send home World Tour leaders Lima andTalitaItaly’s new team Marta Menegatti and Viktoria OrsiToth put an end to Taiana Lima and Talita Antunes’ dreams of a thirdconsecutive Grand Slam title this year. The Italian girls knocked out the leading World Tour team in the secondelimination round of the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam on Saturday, winning 2-0 (21-1726-24). MoreSwiss Tanja’s surprise Germany’s Borger andBütheWith strong serving and solid play Swiss TanjaGoricanec and Tanja Hüberli, ranked 29th at the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam,surprised Germany’s vice-world champions Karla Borger and Britta Büthe onSaturday. Goricanec and Hüberli, who came all the way from qualifications, won the secondelimination round match 2-1 (17-21 21-11 15-12) and moved straight up to thequarterfinals. By far their best result ever. MoreThe women’s semifinals are scheduled for 10.00 and11.00, followed by the men’s at 12.00 and 13.00. At 16.00 and 17.00 the bronzemedal matches are played with the finals at 18.30 and 19.30.After the Moscow Grand Slam the FIVB World Tourtakes a break until October when the final two out of ten Grand Slams arestaged. First up is Beijing from October 2-6 followed by Sao Paolo from October8-13.FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Tournament PageFIVBMoscow Grand Slam Men’s Main DrawFIVBMoscow Grand Slam Women’s Main DrawFIVB Moscow Grand Slam TwitterAccount Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News