Esmée Böbner and Zoé Vergé-Dépré will not play their first final on the Pro Tour Elite 16 front in Brasilia. The Swiss duo lost 16-21 21-19 15-12 in the semi-finals to the Americans Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.
Esmée Böbner and Zoé Vergé-Dépré thus conceded a second defeat in the space of 3 days in front of Nuss-Kloth. Ranked 3rd in the world, the Americans won 25-23 21-19 in the group stage ahead of the Swiss duo.
The Swiss pair, however, ended their tournament on a good note, winning the match for 3rd place. The two Swiss women won 21-15 13-21 15-9 against the Dutch Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon.
Valuable points for the Olympics
For the Lucerne and the Bernoise, this course in Brasilia is of great importance in the race to qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris (26.07-11.08).
The points acquired on the sand of the capital allow them to appear 2nd in the internal ranking behind the pair formed by Tanja Hüberli and Nina Brunner, but ahead of Anouk Vergé-Dépré and Joana Mäder, who did not pass the threshold of the group stage in Brasilia.
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