Sengers and Brewster, Dumbauskaite and Grudzinskaite added to QKOTC London Showcase entry list

Also confirmed for the exciting event held at Canada Square in Canary Wharf (E14 5AH), are Lithuanian pair Ieva Dumbauskaite and Gerda Grudzinskaite. 

Watching the event as a spectator is free, with no ticket needed. Simply turn up to view the action. 

The Netherlands’ Sengers, 20, features regularly on the Beach Pro Tour and finished second in Futures tournaments at both Messina and Sveti Vlas, alongside fellow Dutchman Dirk Boehlé. 

He has also played in the recent Elite 16 event in Hamburg and the CEV European Beach Championships, held in his home country. 

Brewster, 24, hails from the USA and competed in the Buenos Aires Youth Olympics of 2018 as a teenager. 

He has since successfully stepped up to the senior ranks, winning the NORCECA Continental Tour in tandem with Kyle Friend in June and playing in the QKOTC Hamburg Crown Series prior to that. 

Dumbauskaite, 30, registered three top-five finished on the Beach Pro Tour last year, partnering with Ieva Vasilauskaite, and appeared for Lithuania in the Nations Cup Finals in Jurmala, Latvia in June. 

Grudzinkaite, 25, meanwhile, has secured top-five finishes alongside her sister Rugile at both the Ios and Saulkrasti Futures events this summer. 

She also finished ninth at the recent FISU World University Championships 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Dumbauskaite and Grudzinskaite have teamed up at QKOTC previously, claiming fourth place in Utrecht in 2022. 

Other overseas pairings already announced for the women’s section of the showcase are Marie-Sára Štochlová (Czechia) and Sunniva Helland-Hansen (Norway) and New Zealanders Alice Zeimann and Olivia MacDonald, while Brits Anaya Evans and Katie Keefe will also participate. 

International men signed up to play include Austrians Felix Friedl and Alexander Huber and Estonians Mart Tiisaar and Dmitri Korotkov, with British pairings of Javier and Joaquin Bello, Freddie Bialokoz and Issa Batrane and Enrique Bello and Josue Seekings also entered. 

Overall, there will be 20 teams (10 women, 10 men) who will line up for the event. Follow the Volleyball England news pages for more QKOTC announcements in the coming days. 

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