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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 25 - 29, 2007

(11) Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany

Helke Claasen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1977 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Schwedtiioder

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Moscow 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$136,835.29

Antje Röder
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 17, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Moscow 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$113,316.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	12	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	US$30,688.12
FIVB	48	0	0	0	2	1	2	6	5	12	0	0	6	4	2	8	US$181,650.00
Overall	60	0	0	1	2	3	3	8	5	13	1	2	6	4	2	10	US$212,338.12

Previous Fortaleza Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/23-25/2007	European Championship	4	5th	480	€ 5,500.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2007	Aland Open	15, Q1	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2007	Kristiansand Open	13	13th	150	US$3,800.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	30	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2007	Marseille Open	16, Q1	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$8,000.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters	4	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2007	Espinho Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	4	3rd	480	€ 5,850.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters	12	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2006	Mexico Open	14	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/26/2007	Winner 1	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (22)	Won 12-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
Wed, 9/26/2007	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (6)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 14-16	0:58
Thu, 9/27/2007	Contender 2	Ana Paula Connelly / Sandra Pires, Brazil (28, Q2)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:51

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	7	$54,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	5	5	6	7	$102,100.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
Total	50	0	0	0	2	2	2	7	5	12	6	14	$190,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Helke Claasen												Antje Roder
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,750.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,750.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	3	9	$36,525.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	8	$30,775.00
47	0	0	0	2	2	9	10	10	14	$63,635.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	2	2	8	5	6	7	$51,050.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$5,250.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$4,250.00
77	0	0	0	2	4	14	20	13	24	$123,160.00	Total	54	0	0	0	2	4	12	12	8	16	$98,825.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$30,750.00	20	24	45.5 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	6	$32,900.00	16	17	48.5 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$2,450.00	8	5	61.5 %
2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	1	1	$53,400.00	19	21	47.5 %
2007	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$16,825.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	8	6	12	$117,050.00	55	62	47.0 %
Total	CEV	9	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	$19,275.00	23	13	63.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Helke Claasen													Antje Roder
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	1999	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,085.00	2002	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	$14,625.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$10,375.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$1,625.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$15,375.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	$15,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$16,450.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	6	$16,450.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$1,225.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$1,225.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	1	$26,700.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	1	$28,450.00
4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$8,412.50	2007	CEV	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$8,412.50
74	0	0	1	1	5	12	20	13	22	$96,997.50	Total	Total	50	0	0	1	2	5	7	12	8	15	$73,537.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	48	59.3%	19	23.5%	14	17.3%	67-14	82.7%	19	20.7%	16	17.4%	57	62.0%	19-73	20.7%	48-57	45.7%	38-30	55.9%	0	1	86-88	49.4%
2006-2007	19	55.9%	9	26.5%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	7	17.9%	9	23.1%	23	59.0%	7-32	17.9%	19-23	45.2%	16-15	51.6%	0	0	35-38	47.9%
Against the Field	18	43.9%	15	36.6%	8	19.5%	33-8	80.5%	11	21.6%	10	19.6%	30	58.8%	11-40	21.6%	36-60	37.5%	52-36	59.1%	0	0	44-48	47.8%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	5	6	2	10	11	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	3	12	5	2	1	0	0	17	22	0	2	0	2	0	0	55	55
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	7	8	18	7	14	13	0	0	24	35	0	2	0	2	0	0	91	92

Head to Head Results
Claasen/Roder trail the series against the field 31-42 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 16 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Claasen/Roder	30	21-10, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Claasen/Roder	18	21-18, 21-18	0:46
9/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Claasen/Roder	22	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-4
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	27-25, 21-12	0:42
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Ribeiro	3, Q1	Claasen/Roder	19	21-19, 21-15	0:37
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	7, Q1	Claasen/Roder	26, Q11	21-16, 21-9	0:27
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Antunes/Ribeiro	4, Q1	Claasen/Roder	29, Q7	18-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Claasen/Roder	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 4-7
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Claasen/Roder	11	19-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:58
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Claasen/Roder	30	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	21-19, 14-21, 17-15	0:59
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	22	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-19	0:44
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	Claasen/Roder		By Forfeit
7/24/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/3/06	FIVB	France Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q10	Claasen/Roder		21-15, 21-18	0:45
6/26/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	Q13	Ludwig/Niedrig		21-15, 21-18	0:43
6/19/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q11	Claasen/Roder		19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	27, Q8	Claasen/Roder		16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
7/5/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	26, Q7	Ludwig/Niedrig	Q10	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:46
6/28/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ludwig/Niedrig	23, Q17	Claasen/Roder		21-19, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Bede/Behar	2	Claasen/Roder	23	21-14, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 8 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 3-4
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	30	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	11	16-21, 31-29, 16-14	1:06
9/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 6	Claasen/Roder	22	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:49
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	12	21-16, 9-21, 15-11	0:44
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 5	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	6	Claasen/Roder	23	21-18, 21-15	0:38
5/18/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich		Claasen/Roder		21-16, 21-15	0:42
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	22	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:08
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	24	Claasen/Roder	25, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 9, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-3
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	Claasen/Roder	13	21-19, 21-16	0:38
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool C	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q8	Claasen/Roder	19	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q9	Claasen/Roder	30, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 12 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 2-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Kuhn/Schwer	25, Q3	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:58
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	22	Kuhn/Schwer	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 15 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 1-2
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	19	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	20	21-15, 21-11	0:38
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	22	Claasen/Roder	12	21-16, 25-27, 15-7	0:53
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 4	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	7	Claasen/Roder	14	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 3-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Claasen/Roder	18	Mouha/Van Breedam	31, Q11	21-17, 21-17	0:41
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Mouha/Van Breedam	9	Claasen/Roder	4	18-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:00
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	14	Mouha/Van Breedam	30, Q18	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	11	Mouha/Van Breedam	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Glesnes/Maaseide	15	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Claasen/Roder		21-17, 21-17	0:34
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	26, Q10	Claasen/Roder	27, Q7	21-14, 23-21	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-1
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Claasen/Roder	4	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-13, 21-13	0:31
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	4	Jursone/Minusa	5	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:53
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	8	Claasen/Roder	11	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # 22 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-2
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	11	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	22	12-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	18	21-19, 21-19	0:40
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	Claasen/Roder	14	21-19, 21-9	0:45
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Claasen/Roder	25, Q4	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 23 Faure/Sarpaux, France 1-0
9/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Claasen/Roder	22	Faure/Sarpaux	27, Q5	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 24 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 3-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	13	Montagnolli/Swoboda	14	21-14, 10-21, 15-7	0:48
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Claasen/Roder	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	5	21-19, 21-17	0:50
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Claasen/Roder	28, Q13	Montagnolli/Swoboda	Q4	21-13, 21-16	0:36
6/14/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	Claasen/Roder	Q14	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-3
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	Claasen/Roder	13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Claasen/Roder	23	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-13, 21-14	0:33
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Claasen/Roder	26, Q7	17-21, 25-23, 16-14	1:01
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	Claasen/Roder	29, Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q20 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	4	Van Iersel/Wesselink	15	21-15, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Connelly/Pires, Brazil 0-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Connelly/Pires	28, Q2	Claasen/Roder	11	21-16, 22-20	0:51
Trail the series against # 30, Q6 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool F	Gioria/Momoli	43	Claasen/Roder	30	21-13, 14-21, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 31 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 2-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	15, Q1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q13	21-19, 22-24, 15-8	0:55
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Antonelli/Leao	32, Q26	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q4 Koizumi/Tanaka, Japan 0-2
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	17	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	21-23, 21-18, 15-9	1:05
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Koizumi/Tanaka	26, Q2	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # Q7 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 0-1
7/26/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Campisi/Lozano	Q19	Claasen/Roder	Q14	21-19, 10-21, 18-16	0:48
Lead the series against # Q8 Ilustre/Pascua, Philippines 1-0
7/17/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Claasen/Roder	16, Q1	Ilustre/Pascua	Q16	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # Q13 Suzuki/Urata, Japan 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Claasen/Roder	13	Suzuki/Urata	29, Q9	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # Q14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-2
7/31/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Country Quota	Holtwick/Semmler	Q19	Claasen/Roder		21-18, 17-21, 15-10	0:51
6/2/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Semi-Finals	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Claasen/Roder	4	21-17, 21-17	0:40
5/31/06	CEV	German Masters	Country Quota	Claasen/Roder	11	Holtwick/Semmler		14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q21 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-0
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Claasen/Roder	12	Baburina/Osheyko	10	21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:43
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Claasen/Roder	30, Q12	Baburina/Osheyko	Q21	23-21, 17-21, 17-15	0:50