Reigning Olympic champions David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig came out on top in a domestic battle with fellow Swedish Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson on Friday to win their pool at this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event held in Montréal and advance directly to the quarterfinals.

Besides the Swedish stars, three other duos also finished first in their pools and are set to start Saturday, the fourth day of matches at the Parc Jean-Drapeau, in the quarterfinals. Earlier, the eight duos that ranked second and third in their pools will start the elimination rounds in the Round of 12.

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The Swedish battle happened in the third round of matches of Pool B. Both teams got there undefeated, but Åhman and Hellvig were the ones who continued this way after the encounter, triumphing 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) to win the pool with three victories and no sets dropped. It was the second victory of the Olympic champions over their compatriots in less than two months.

Earlier, in the second round, the reigning Olympic champions had swept (21-17, 21-16) the English Bello twins, while Hölting Nilsson and Andersson downed Germans Sven Winter and Lukas Pfretzschner in the tie-breaker (18-21, 21-14, 18-16).

The biggest upset of the third day of action in Montréal happened in Pool A, where the Argentinean Capogrosso brothers Nicolas and Tomas took down FIVB World Ranking leaders Anders Mol and Christian Sørum in the tie-breaker (17-21, 23-21, 16-14). Despite the unexpected defeat, the Norwegians were able to overcome the Argentineans in the tie-breaker to retain the top spot in the pool and progress directly to the quarterfinals.

Pool D had a triple tie for first place, and reigning world champions Ondřej Perušič and David Schweiner of Czechia came out on top after they defeated Americans Miles Partain and Andy Benesh in two sets (21-12, 21-19) and fell to Brazilians Evandro Gonçalves and Arthur Lanci in the tie-breaker (21-18, 21-19-21, 15-13) on Friday.

In Pool C, Polish Michal Bryl and Bartosz Łosiak, who had won their first two matches on Thursday, earned a forfeit victory over Qatari Olympic medalists Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, who were forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury, and confirmed the top spot.

Saturday’s match schedule in Montréal will begin with the Round of 12, which will have these four duels – Capogrosso/Capogrosso vs. Partain/Benesh, Hölting Nilsson/Andersson vs. Chile's Marco Grimalt/Esteban Grimalt, Australia's Izac Carracher/Mark Nicolaidis vs. Winter/Pfretzschner and Evandro/Arthur Lanci vs. Germany's Paul Henning/Lui Wüst.

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The semifinals will be held later in the day, while the semifinals and medal matches will end the event on Sunday.

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