Overview
- They swept Germany’s Müller/Tillmann 2-0 (21-19, 21-13) to book a place in tonight’s final in Hamburg.
- They will face Brazil’s Thamela/Victoria for the championship after the Brazilians edged Ana Patricia/Duda in their semifinal.
- Their tournament opened with two straight pool victories over Placette/Richard and European silver medalists Vieira/Chamereau to secure the round of 16 berth.
- In the knockouts they ousted Germany’s Bock/Lippmann, then Ittlinger/Grüne, and finally Müller/Tillmann, avenging a previous loss to the latter at the European Championships.
- Elsewhere for Italy, Claudia Scampoli and Giada Bianchi finished 19th, and Gianluca Dal Corso and Marco Viscovich placed 13th after falling to world champions Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner.