Day 3 Wraps Up at the 2024 VW Beach Pro Tour Futures in Balıkesir
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.
