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Three Lose, But Turn Up "Lucky"
失利的三对选手化惊为喜[/COLOR]
Athens, Greece, 31 May, 2006 - Brazil’s Salgado sisters, Carolina and Maria Clara scored an exciting comeback victory over Olympic bronze medallist Holly McPeak and her new partner Nicole Branagh of the USA, to gain a berth in the Main Draw at the Infote Athens Open of the 2006 Swatch-FIVB World Tour, here Wednesday.
2006年5月31日希腊雅典――巴西的Salgado姐妹今天起死回生战胜了美国的奥运会铜牌获得者Holly McPeak和她的新搭档Nicole Branagh，赢得2006 Swatch-FIVB世界巡回赛INFOTE雅典公开赛正式赛事的席位。[/COLOR]
Joining the Salgados in advancing from the Qualification Tournament, were two teams from China, including last weekend’s gold medallists at the Shanghai Open, Zhang Xi and Xue Chen. But Zhang Xi / Xue survived a three-set scare against Greece’s Elsa and Faviola Kostami twins in Round I of the Qualification Tournament, before making it through.
两对中国选手从资格赛晋级，包括上星期上海公开赛获得金牌的张希/薛晨。但张希/薛晨在晋级前的第一轮比赛中用足三局才战胜希腊双胞胎Elsa and Faviola Kostami[/COLOR]
Canada’s Annie Martin (fifth at this same venue in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games with Guylaine Dumont), scorer of major upsets at Shaghai a week earlier with her new partner Katherine Zakrewski, was eliminated early this week, in straight sets by McPeak / Branagh.
Teams from Austria, France, Russia, Switzerland and Germany also made it through to the Main Draw. Three more Main Draw berths were awarded to “lucky losers” from Japan, Australia and China, due to the withdrawal from the tournament of Italy’s Lucilla Perrotta and Daniela Gattelli because of injury and the no-show of both Cuban teams.
来自奥地利、法国、俄罗斯、瑞士和德国的女沙组合也晋级正式赛事。有三个正式赛事席位却被“幸运的失败者”获得，她们来自日本、澳大利亚和中国，这是由于意大利选手和两对古巴选手弃权。[/COLOR]
Main Draw action in Athens, featuring 32 teams, commences Thursday morning at 10:00 local time (07:00 GMT), with 32 teams vying for top honours of the $200,000 tournament. The finals are scheduled for Sunday night at Centre Court of the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre.
The USA’s Kerry Walsh and Misty May are back in Athens for the first time since they celebrated an Olympic Gold medal in this same stadium in 2004 and the reigning Olympic and World Champions are seeded No. 1 at the Infote Athens Open, poised for yet another success. The Americans, however, should expect tough resistance from the No. 2 seeds, Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa França, who have already upset them once this since, in the final of the season’s opener, at Modena.
The partisan home crowd, meanwhile, will be looking to Sydney and Athens Olympian Vasso Karadassiou and her teammate of the last two seasons Vicky Arvaniti, for something to celebrate. The top Greek team has so far finished fifth in both this season’s other events and will count on the support of their fans for a boost that could bring them to the medals round in Athens.
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