The Cuban couple of Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo advanced directly to the eighth phase of the Elite 16 Tournament, corresponding to the 2025 World Pro Tour Tour Beach volleyballthanks to a spectacular victory over the Poles Bartosz Losiak and Michal Bryl.
To take success on the sands of Saquarema beach, in Brazilthe island’s duo had to recover from an adverse score of 15-21 in the first partial, according to the review Published in the Sports Portal Hit.
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In the second manga the Cubans adjusted their actions to balance the board with a 21-19, and in the decisive section they needed to be used to the fullest to be imposed by 26-24, which allowed them to lead the key E of the contest.
Contrary to what happens in most of their triumphs this time the Cubans were surpassed in the attack (37-42), but they managed to compensate for that deficit with a better defense of the NET (7-3 in the blockade) and making less non-forced errors (17-20).
On the individual level, Alayo’s performance stood out, author of 25 effective attacks, all blockages and a point per service, to round 33 units.
This resulted in the second victory of Díaz and Alayo in the day, because during the debut they had submitted in two sets (21-12 and 21-19) to the Portuguese Joao Pedrosa and Hugo Campos.
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Thus, they took the defeat suffered before this duo in the quarterfinals of the tournament with Challenger category held in Yucatán, Mexico, which marked the premiere in the present edition of the Universal Circuit with a fifth place.
The Cubans enjoyed a break during this Friday, a scheduled date to complete the picture of participants in the round of 16, which will start a day later.
Díaz and Alayo appear at this time with an accumulated 5,740 points, valid to occupy the ninth seat of the world ranking, which remains dominated by the Swedes Ahman and Hellvig (7 320).
To stay among the 10 best couples on the planet, their performances have been fundamental at the start of this season, especially the Conquered title A few days ago in the Elite 16 Tournament held in Quintana Roo, Mexico, which reported 1,200 stripes.
