The third day of the 2024 VW Beach Pro Tour Futures in Balıkesir, held in Ayvalık Sarımsaklı, came to a close after an action-packed day featuring group stage matches, elimination rounds, and quarterfinal battles. Here’s how the day unfolded for our athletes:
Men’s Results
- Group B | Enile/Theodore (TT) vs. Yusuf Özdemir/Batuhan Kuru: 0-2
- Group C | Nevzat Kaan Erol/Barış Güldalı vs. Lorenz/Stadie (GER): 0-2
- Group D | Ahmet Can Tür/Tuna İmdat vs. Solheim/Klungsøyr (NOR): 2-1
- Round of 12 | Ahmet Can Tür/Tuna İmdat vs. Hasan Hüseyin Mermer/Sacit Kurt: 0-2
- Round of 12 | Vercauteren/Van Langendonck (BEL) vs. Yusuf Özdemir/Batuhan Kuru: 1-2
Quarterfinals
- Andreatta, T. (ITA) vs. Yusuf Özdemir/Batuhan Kuru: 2-1
- Hasan Hüseyin Mermer/Sacit Kurt vs. Rossi/Caminati (ITA): 0-2
In the men’s competition, Nevzat Kaan Erol/Barış Güldalı were eliminated in the group stage. The pairs of Ahmet Can Tür/Tuna İmdat and Hasan Hüseyin Mermer/Sacit Kurt faced off in the Round of 12, with Mermer/Kurt emerging victorious and advancing to the quarterfinals, where they fell to Italy 2-0.
Yusuf Özdemir/Batuhan Kuru advanced from the group stage and defeated a Belgian pair in the Round of 12, but their run ended in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 loss to Italy.
Women’s Results
- Group A | Melis Durası/Müge Ocakçı vs. Dvorníková/Pospisilova (CZE): 0-2
- Group D | Su Şimdim/Ceylin Sayar vs. Lutz A./Zobrist (SUI): 0-2
- Group B | Ayşe Dil/Selin Toy vs. Motomura/Nayu (JPN): 1-2
In the women’s competition, all of our representatives were eliminated following the group stage.
