Bourne/Hyden - Doherty/Lucena (full match)

Tri Bourne and John Hyden won their first World Tour gold medal at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Berlin Grand Slam on Sunday. They beat their fellow Americans Ryan Doherty and Nick Lucena 2:0 (21:17, 21:11) in the final in the German capital. Both teams came all the way from qualification, Bourne and Hyden even without losing a match. It was the first time in FIVB history two qualifying teams made it to the gold medal match of a Grand Slam. "I don’t know what happened here", said a stunned Bourne after the final. "We just ended up here". Both players had never even won a medal of any colour before on the World Tour. The 25-year old blocker and his 41-year old partner took a big lead from 2:2 in the first set. At 19:13 Doherty and Lucena managed to come back to 19:16, but after that Bourne and Hyden took over again to claim the set. Despite some great digs by Lucena, Bourne and Hyden even created a bigger gap in the second with solid block-defence play and cutting around Doherty’s big block (2.14m). At 20:10 the ball bounced off Doherty’s block and the gold was theirs. "No words can describe this", said Hyden. "I have waited for this for a while. I had a great weekend. It rained a lot and I love playing in the rain. It’s been a great tournament. As I said earlier we just took one at a time".

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