Sentosa, Singapore, May 27, 2007 - Talita Antuntes
and Renata Ribeiro completed their most successful weekend in the past 20
months on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour as the young Brazilians “surprised” the
top two teams on the international Beach Volleyball circuit to capture the
US$200,000 Singapore Open here Sunday on Siloso Beach.
Seeded third in the
32-team Main Draw field for the inaugural Singapore Open, Talita and
Renata won their first SWATCH stop since September 2005 to claim their third
FIVB gold medal together by upsetting second-seeded Jie Wang and Jia Tian 21-15
and 21-19 in 43 minutes to avenge an earlier defeated in the competition to the
Chinese pair.
Combined with their
21-18 and 21-16 semi-final victory Saturday afternoon over top-seeded Juliana
Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil, Talita and Renata captured the
$32,000 first-place prize at the second of 18 stops on the 2007 women’s
SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar. Renata and Talita previous SWATCH gold
medals were back-to-back titles in September 2005 in Athens
and Bali.
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