Liliana fernández y elsa baquerizo

Liliana fernández y elsa baquerizo 2021

The couple formed by Liliana Fernandez and Elsa Baquerizo in the women’s draw, and formed by Timothee Platre and Calvin Aye in the men’s, have been proclaimed champions of the Madison Beach Volley Tour Madrid International Open respectively in the finals played at the Puerta de Hierro Sports Park in Madrid.
In the men’s final, the French Timothee Platre and Calvin Aye beat Elio Carrodeguas and Dexter Edwards in an impressive match. Both pairs climbed from the previous phase to achieve the feat of playing the final of the Madison Beach Volley Volley Tour Madrid. The members of the French team gave no options to Carrodeguas and Edwards and took the match 2-0.
Meanwhile, Elsa Baquerizo won the Iberdrola MVP as best player of the women’s tournament. Elio Carrodeguas was also recognized as the best player of the men’s tournament and received the Ambilamp MVP award.
On the men’s side, Elio Carrodeguas and Dexter Edwards defeated their rivals Francisco Duque and Pablo Pérez in an exciting first semifinal. In the other semifinal, Timothee Platre and Calvin Aye beat the pair formed by Javier Monfort and Javier Huerta.

Liliana fernández y elsa baquerizo en línea

Luckily, Lili had and still has the support of her family, Elsa, the team and sponsors who, she says, «behaved very well, supported me and understood that I wanted to start a family. «This should be normal and, although there are cases of athletes who have had it harder, it is important to make visible when things are done well,» says the player, focusing on one of the issues that most affect women athletes.
In this sense, and when asked what is necessary to achieve equality in sport, both consider the work carried out by companies such as Iberdrola to be essential, since, with their support and sponsorship, «they promote less mediatic sports and give visibility to sports practiced by women», they emphasize.

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El dúo con sede en el sur de California derrotó a sus compañeras de siempre, las españolas Liliana Fernández Steiner y Elsa Baquerizo McMillan, por 21-13 y 21-16, el martes por la mañana (lunes PT) para conseguir su segunda victoria consecutiva. A falta de un partido más en la fase previa, no pueden hacer nada peor que un empate a tres por el primer puesto, que se rompería durante un partido de «perdedores afortunados» después de la ronda.
«No es inusual que un equipo tenga problemas en la fase preliminar y que luego se ponga en marcha con una victoria clave en los cuartos de final», dijo. «Yo no descartaría en absoluto a China en este momento. No quieren ir perdiendo 2-0, pero eso no significa que no sean capaces de hacer mucho daño en este torneo.»
El bloqueo de Thompson dio a Estados Unidos dos puntos de set que las chinas borraron. Thompson salvó entonces dos puntos de set con ataques en la red. Luego, después de que un tiro bien colocado de Larson diera a Estados Unidos una ventaja de 28-27, Thompson lo puso a salvo con un remate que China no pudo recuperar.

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For the first time in history, the FIVB beach volleyball world circuit in Doha is going to allow women to participate, but the players must «accept to go more covered up, more covered, with more clothes than usual, and show less of their bodies» in order to play, says beach volleyball professional Liliana Fernandez.
«You can see that there is a hunger for tournaments. Therefore, if there is no counter-order, the international calendar will be inaugurated in Doha», explained in statements to FER Project the Benidorm athlete. So far the events in Australia (scheduled for March 24-28), Mexico (April 1-4) and China (late April) have been canceled.
Regarding what may happen after the Doha competition, Fernandez, who has the Olympic ticket since September 2019, says they are waiting for news, since, if the Games are held, the organization must complete «however» the totality of the participants.
«Since it is almost certain that not all the planned tournaments will be able to be played normally, there is talk of organizing two or three bubbles in different parts of the world so that in each one two tournaments can be played and, in this way, to know the 32 couples, sixteen male and sixteen female, that access Tokyo through the international ranking, although nothing is official yet,» he concludes.