Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak will play in the grand finals of the Beach Pro Tour in Doha! In their semifinal, after a fierce three-set battle, they defeated the second in the world ranking Dutch – Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen.
“Michał Bryl and Bartosz Łosiak in the grand final of the Beach Pro Tour Finals!!! The Poles defeated the Brouwer/Meeuwsen pair in three sets and will play for victory in the tournament at 7:00 PM!”
Poland Volleyball informed on Twitter.
Poles’ semi-final opponents were the highly esteemed and renowned Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen, who share second place with the Qatari duo Cherif and Ahmed in the global rankings.
Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak opened the match well, but the Dutch quickly equalized the score.
“The game was very evenly matched, Losiak returned to his high performance on the forehand, serving as many as three aces in the first set, and Bryl did very solidly in attack,”
Poland Volleyball wrote.
Eventually, the Dutch won the opening set by 21:18.
The Poles reacted swiftly to their adversaries and began the second portion with a show of strength. They forged ahead and prevented the other players from tying the score. The Polish duo was relentless and emerged victorious in the second set.
Tie-break was supposed to determine the winning duo. In the beginning, it was the Dutch who were leading, but after a few moments, the Poles led to a draw. Later, both teams were playing point for point. Eventually, it was the Poles who took the lead and won the tie-break.
The final match of the tournament will begin at 7:00 pm. Poles will face Mol and Sørum from Norway.
Bryl/Losiak – Brouwer/Meeuwsen 2:1 (19:21, 21:12, 15:11)