Two U.S. pairs drop opening matches in Klagenfurt
The fifth of six FIVB World Tour Grand Slams commenced Wednesday in Klagenfurt, Austria, with the women playing two pool-play matches each. The top two American tandems won twice, while the two lower-ranked teams lost twice.
No. 7 Angie Akers and Tyra Turner began their tournament by falling to the lowest- seeded team in their group, 26th-seeded Russians Maria Bratkova and Evgenia Ukolova (18-21, 23-21, 19-17), then fell to No. 23 Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernandez Steiner of Spain in straight sets (21-11, 21-16).
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