Post-Match - Samoilovs/Smedins-Nivaldo/Gonzalez

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Beach volleyball 09/08/2016

Cool Cubans in Control

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 9, 2016 - Cubans Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez validated their opening victory Sunday over a team from Beach Volleyball power Brazil by defeating 2015-2016 FIVB World Tour leaders Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins of Latvia here Tuesday in a Pool D men’s match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Beach volleyball 09/08/2016

Cuba keep hopes in check despite second Copacabana win

Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Cuba’s Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez recorded their second win at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games when they beat Latvia’s Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs 2-1 (23-21, 21-19, 15-9) at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Tuesday.

Beach volleyball 09/08/2016

Latvia and surprising Cubans looking to take control of pool D

Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 - Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins and Cuba's Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez start off the afternoon session of day four in a battle to control pool D.

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1 Aleksandrs Samoilovs
2 Janis Smedins

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Rankings

Rank	Teams	Points	Won	Lost	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Ratio	Points Won	Points Lost	Ratio
1	Nivaldo/Gonzalez CUB	6	3	0	6	2	3.000	159	142	1.1197
2	Pedro Solberg/Evandro BRA	4	1	2	4	5	0.800	167	159	1.0503
3	Schalk/Saxton CAN	4	1	2	3	5	0.600	138	149	0.9262
4	Samoilovs/Smedins LAT	4	1	2	4	5	0.800	150	164	0.9146