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SHANGHAI Comprar Air Force One Special Field High Botas Blancas , May 1 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions Jacob Gibb and Casey Patterson collected their third straight win in the Main Draw pool play here on Thursday morning to lead three teams from the United States into the top 16 round at the US$800,000 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Shanghai Grand Slam.


Top seeded Americans Sean RosenthalPhilip Dalhausser and lucky qualifiers John HydenTri Bourne also secured their berths in the top 16 round with unbeaten records in respective groups.


Other undefeated pool winners include newly-crowned Fuzhou Open champions Paolo NicolaiDaniele Lupo of Italy, Pedro SalgadoEmanuel Rego from Brazil, Spain's Pablo Herrera AllepuzAdrian Gavira Collado and Latvia's Aleksandrs SamoilovsJanis Smedins.


GibbPatterson, who had claimed their first World Tour title together in Shanghai last year, held off Chinese tandem Chen ChengLi Jian 2-1 (21-13 Comprar Air Force One Special Field High Botas Faded Olive , 19-21, 15-11) to win Pool H with a 3-0 record.


""It was a good match for us, we had to play very hard,"" said Patterson. ""They are a very good team. It's the first time we play either of those guys. The blocker is very good and I think he is probably the best player in the Chinese teams.""


Dropping the first set easily, the home duo fought bravely in the second. Chen stopped Gibb to give the Chinese team an 18-16 advantage and they held to 20-19 before a serving error of Gibb awarded the second set to China. In the tie-breaker, the Americans jumped to a 9-5 lead and went on to clinch the victory in 52 minutes.


""Maybe we sat back a little after a good win (in the first set). When you won by good points Comprar OFF White Air Force One Low The Ten Todos Blancas , it's easy to be maybe a little too relaxed. My passing was a little bit lazy, maybe I was not as crispy shooting the ball,"" Patterson added. ""We focused for the third because they played much better in the second. There were a lot of rallies and I think we won most of them, because we were working really hard.""


Patterson was eager to repeat the title winning feat in Shanghai, where he captured his first gold medal ever in the World Tour.


""It's the only gold for me and it's very special to me,"" he said. ""It's our goal (to win the gold) and winning the pool means getting one step closer. Our goal is now to be really focused Comprar Air Force One Low Cuero Blancas Negras , find out who we need to play, one game, one point at a time, and hopefully repeat the gold again.""