Madelyne Anderson & Brook Bauer of the United States won their second consecutive Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold. After their triumph at the Halifax Futures at their previous Tour appearance, now Anderson & Bauer topped the Castellon de la Plana Futures podium in Spain. Elsa Descamps & Romane Sobezalz of France took silver, while Lisa Luini & Desy Poiesz of the Netherlands celebrated the bronze.
Seeded second in the Castellon de la Plana main draw, the American duo went through the tournament undefeated in five matches played. They did not drop a single set on the way to the last four, but then they were pushed to three sets in both the semifinals and the final. First, Anderson & Bauer came back from a set down to beat fourth-seeded Menia Bentele & Muriel Bossart of Switzerland in a 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-12) semifinal. Then, they did the same in the gold medal showdown against sixth-seeded Descamps & Sobezalz on the way to a 2-1 (19-21, 23-21, 15-9) victory. Before claiming their second Beach Pro Tour medal as a team, 22-year-old Anderson had collected two golds and a silver, and 26-year-old Bauer had picked up one silver, with different partners.
