This Weeks highlights, high-lows, high-everything’s

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Welcome to the first installment of the Major Round Up – an action-packed summary of what’s hip and happening, on and off the Center Court in the world of beach volleyball.

This week began with the end of the Vitoria Open.

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After an exciting tournament and world-class beach volleyball at Camburi Beach – the Vitoria Open ended with FIVB World Champions Alison/Bruno Schmidt and Swatch World Tour Champions Larissa/Talita coming out victorious. Rio Grand Slam winners Losiak/Kantor and Ross/Walsh not making the cut, bowed out early.

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The Swatch Major Series family is growing and the new member is… blue and yellow

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This week we also welcomed Marnin. The half fox, half kangaroo (fangaroo) won the hearts of many fans and received a total of 9731 votes in our Mascot Design Contest.

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We uncovered a little not so secret secret

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Kerri Walsh Jennings, comeback girl, Rio Grand Slam winner revealed a little secret. What is Mrs Walsh Jennings hiding?

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Where to from here?

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The action continues as the FIVB World Tour moves on to its next destination – Doha Qatar.

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Sizzzling Hot

Beach volleyball, the traditional sport of sunshine and waves has evolved to become a sport that can be played anywhere (provided there is a Center Court of course) – so we have all wondered, does it really matter if the sport is played in areas and places not necessarily traditional?

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Check out this piece on how the weather affects the game: click here

Italia Ti Amo

And just to end off the already awesome week – we paid a special tribute to a very special nation. Click here to find out how.

Photo Credit: Andreas Langreiter