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by Louis Daignault
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GSTAAD, Switzerland July 12,2013 - Ben Saxton of Calgary and Chaim Schalk of Red Deer, Alta., upset two top-10 seeds including the world championship silver medallists on Thursday at a World Tour Grand Slam beach volleyball competition.
Saxton and Schalk, fifth at last weeks worlds, opened the main draw defeating 10th seeds Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel of Poland 14-21, 21-11, 15-13. A few hours later they swept seventh-seeds Ricardo Santos and Alvaro Filho of Brazil 21-17, 21-16, who lost in the final at the worlds.
The first year Canadian pair are first in the pool G standings and can get a bye to the round of 16 by winning their third round robin match on Friday.
In womens competition, Jamie Broder of Victoria and Kristina Valjas of Toronto went 0-3 in the round robin and did not advance.
Full results: www.fivb.org
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