In the first round of the playoffs, the Lithuanian duo lost 1:2 (21:17, 18:21, 13:15) after a very tough fight to the 2024 European champions, Germans Svenja Muller and Cinja Tillmann.
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The match lasted 50 minutes.
After an excellent series of blocks by A. Raupelytė, the Lithuanians won the first set and took the lead. At the end of the second set, the Germans had a slight advantage, but the Lithuanians were unable to eliminate it.
The third set started fiercely, but later S. Muller and C. Tillmann pulled ahead 14:10. Then the Lithuanians did not give up and scored three points in a row. However, they could not equalize the score, and the German athletes scored the winning point.
For ninth place, M. Paulikienė and A. Raupelytė received 600 world ranking points and 6000 US dollars.
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The total prize fund of the tournament in Canada is 300 thousand US dollars.
