XIAMEN， China， April 14 (Xinhua) -- Top seeds Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton of Canada won round robin pool A with their third straight win here on Thursday to lead eight teams into the men's top 16 at the double-gender $150，000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Xiamen Open.
Second seeds and 2015 Xiamen Open bronze medalists Aleksandrs SamoilovsJanis Smedins from Latvia， Italy's Alex RanghieriIgnacio Carambula and Americans John HydenTri Bourne also secured the top place of respective pool with three victories in a row and a bye in the first round of single elimination stage.
SchalkSaxton worked hard for a 2-0 (32-20， 21-16) victory Thursday morning over previously unbeaten Latvians Martins PlavinsHaralds Regza in pool A.
""It's not easy; the first set went to 30 something. They were playing pretty well and in the first set the side outs were pretty good on both teams. We managed to get to sneak the first side-out and we were both tired in the second set， and we managed to make fewer errors than them. So we got the pool， which is nice，"" said Saxton， who was satisfied with their fine start in Xiamen following a disappointing 25th finish in Qatar last week.
""We got a much better start than last week. We got 25th last time， this week we need to come out stronger and we have so far. So we are hoping to continue to do well and play as well，"" he added. ""It's the first time we won the pool this year. We are going to hope that that gives us the confidence to keep going further. We'll see who we play next and hopefully we'll beat them and continue forward.""
SchalkSaxton， who were in a good position to qualify for their first Olympic Games， have already set their eyes on Rio.
""We are in good shape to make the Olympics， so we are hoping to increase our rank and get good seeding in the Olympics so that we can do well out there as well，"" Saxton said. ""(In Rio) We'll take it one game at a game， try to win every game that we play and hopefully we'll be able to come up with some souvenirs to come back with.""
SamoilovsSmedins overcame a slow start to rally past Turkey's 15th seeds Murat GiginogluVolkan G？gtepe 2-1 (21-23， 21-19， 15-11) for the top place in pool B.
Italy's sixth seeds and 2014 Fuzhou Open champions Paolo NicolaiDaniele Lupo， who had suffered an opening upset loss to Polish qualifiers Michal Bryl and Kacper Kujawiak， finished third in pool F after scoring their second full set win in two days against Chile's 11th seeds Marco GrimaltEsteban Grimalt 2-1 (15-21， 21-14， 18-16) Thursday afternoon.
Falling 3-0 in the tiebreaker， NicolaiLupo ran off four points in a row to force back into the game. After the two teams fought to a 16-all tie， Nicolai had a smash and Marco Grimalt made a spiking error to award the victory to the Italians.
BrylKujawiak finished atop of pool F with a 2-1 win-loss record and superior sets and points ratio while NicolaiLupo also booked their berth in the knock-out stage.
Other pool winners that have made sure a top 16 finish are fifth seeds Konstantin SemenovViacheslav Krasilnikov of Russia， ninth seeds Ontiveros LombardoJuan Virgen from Mexico and Spain's seventh seeds Pablo HerreraAdrian Gavira.
After the conclusion of the pool play， the 24-team knock-out stage will start on Friday with the second and third finishers from each pool to contend in the first round with top finishers waiting in the second.
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