Pedro Oliveira and Renato Lima have secured a coveted main draw spot at the 2025 Beach Pro Tour Elite16 in Brasília after a thrilling all-Brazilian qualifier match on Wednesday. The duo triumphed over Gabriel Santiago and Felipe Alves in the only three-set match of the day, with a final score of 2-1 (21-19, 16-21, 15-10).
Having earned their way into Pool E, Pedro and Renato will now face Poland's Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak as their opening match in the main draw begins Thursday at 09:00 local time.
Top Qualifier Highlights
- USA's Chaim Schalk and James Shaw defeated Brazil’s Vitor Felipe and Gustavo Carvalhaes in straight sets.
- Miles Evans and Chase Budinger, also from the USA, overcame a tough Brazilian team—Vinicius Freitas and Heitor Barbosa—in two tight sets.
- Sweden's Jacob Holting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson eliminated Brazil's George Wanderley and Saymon Barbosa to earn a place in Pool D.
- Chile's Fernando Quintero and Vicente Droguett pulled off a surprise upset against fifth-seeded Teo Rotar and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France and advance to Pool B.
- Austria’s Timo Hammarberg and Tim Berger progressed after defeating fellow Austrians Julian Horl and Moritz Pristauz. However, Horl and Pristauz move forward as lucky losers and will face top seeds Anders Mol and Christian Sørum in Pool A.
- João Pedrosa and Hugo Campos (Portugal) and Samuel Schachter and Jonathan Pickett (Canada) also advanced with dominant straight-set victories.
The competition intensifies as main draw action begins, with all paired teams vying for a podium spot in one of beach volleyball's elite tournaments.
For full match details and updates, visit the official Beach Pro Tour website here.
