Overview

• They advanced from Pool F with straight-sets wins over France’s Placette/Richard 2-0 (26-24, 21-16) and Vieira/Chamereau 2-0 (23-21, 21-16).
• They are slated to meet Germany’s Bock/Lippmann on Saturday at 14:00 after the hosts defeated Kylie Neuschaeferova/Martina Maixnerova 2-1 (19-21, 21-18, 15-10).
• Italian pair Claudia Scampoli and Giada Bianchi exited in 19th place after losses to Schürholz/Kunst and to Neuschaeferova/Maixnerova.
• In the men’s draw, Gianluca Dal Corso and Marco Viscovich finished 13th after a 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) defeat to world champions Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner.
• Perusic and Schweiner progressed to the men’s round of 16 as the Hamburg event follows the Beach Pro Tour’s pool-to-single-elimination format.