To reach the top of the tournament, Marco and Esteban They must have come from the qualy. They were even about to leave early in the round of 16.
Cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt took gold when they were crowned champions of the fourth round of the Xiamen Beach Pro Tour Challenge, held in China.
Title achieved after winning the final by partial scores of 17-21, 21-18 and 15-9 to the French duo composed of Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat.
The Grimalt cousins, Chile’s greatest exponents of men’s beach volleyball, thus crowned a fantastic week in Asian lands.
And to reach the top of the tournament, They must have come from the qualy. They were even about to leave early in the round of 16.
For the passage to the quarterfinals, Esteban and Marco saved multiple match points against the Austrian duo composed of Julian Hörl and Alexander Horst.
The cousins, having lost the first set, They came back from 20-16 down to win 23-21 and win the third 15–12.
And not only that, because in the quarterfinals, They beat the Norwegians Mol and Berntsen 2-1 (12-21, 21-18 and 15-10).
Meanwhile, in the semifinals, Marco and Esteban Grimalt beat the German duo of Simon Pfretzschner and Sven Winter 2-1 in sets (18-21, 21-19 and 15-12).
