Jorge Luis Alayo and Noslen Díaz, if they maintain their aggressiveness and speed, this Friday they can beat the Frenchmen Quincy and Calvin Ayé, in the match that opens the main draw, in the beach volleyball Challenge, in Xiamen, China.
The Gauls moved on to this phase of 24 duets, due to their two wins in the qualifying rounds, and will play with 860 entry points, while the Cubans will do so backed by 2,200. The European duo joined in 2022, Quincy (29 years old and 2.03 meters tall) and Calvin (19-1.97), taller than the Caribbean players, who have to move the ball well to evade the block.
It will be a difficult event, since the Americans Trevor Crabb-Theodore Brunner (12th place in the Olympic ranking), the Brazilians Pedro Solberg-Gustavo Carvalhaes (18th), as well as European and Asian duos are also competing.
LESS THAN A MONTH UNTIL THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Cuba presented to the FIVB its indoor volley preselection for the Nations League, from which the cast of 14 players will emerge, among which stand out Robertlandy Simón, Michael “el Ruso” Sánchez, Osniel Mergarejo, Miguel Ángel López, Marlon Yant , Adrián Goide, Cristian Thondike, Jesús Herrera, Miguel David Gutiérrez, Roamy Alonso and Javier Concepción.
They have less than a month to prepare, after returning from foreign matches, since the debut will be against Brazil, on May 22, in Rio de Janeiro. The experienced Auriverde technical director Bernardo Rezende presented a list of his best men for the away competition. On the 23rd, Cuba will clash with Germany, the next day it will compete with Japan, and on the 26th the opponent is Iran.
