Wow, beach volleyball. Wow.
The top-seeded Brazilian pairing of Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt lost in pool play on Monday at the Rio Olympics. So did American No. 2 pairing Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson.
For those upsets to happen alone are one thing, but to happen together at the hands of one country is a headline grabber.
Austria’s Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst stunned Alison and Bruno 21-23, 21-16, 13-15 on Monday, making waves in Rio.
Just a couple hours later, it was Austrian countrymen Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl who scored and upset, and they only needed two sets to dispatch Gibb and Patterson.