A 2013 world champion and a Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medallist, Chinese Chen Xue is seeded fifth alongside partner Xiniy Xia. The 34-year-old blocker and her partner won the Itapema Challenge earlier this season, in April.
The other 11 teams secured in the Espinho main draw are Slovenia’s Tjasa Kotnik/Tajda Lovsin, Brazil’s Tainá Bigi/Victoria Lopes, Spain’s Daniela Álvarez/Tania Moreno, Argentina’s Ana Gallay/Fernanda Pereyra, Poland’s Jagoda Gruszczynska/Aleksandra Wachowicz, Italy’s Margherita Bianchin/Claudia Scampoli, Switzerland’s Zoé Vergé-Dépré/Esmée Böbner, USA’s Betsi Flint/Julia Scoles, Brazil’s Andressa Cavalcanti/Vitoria Rodrigues, Portugal’s Beatriz Pinheiro/Ines Castro and Italy’s Viktoria Orsi Toth/Reka Orsi Toth.
**Beach Pro Tour Espinho Challenge – Women’s Entry List**
The fourth world champion, Canadian Sarah Pavan, who won the title in 2019, will be in the qualifier with new partner Molley McBain. The two will try to make it to the main draw on the Beach Pro Tour together for the first time after failing to advance at the Jurmala Challenge and the Gstaad Elite16.
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