Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Nasarar su ta zo ne a watan Yunin 2016, lokacin da Hughes da Claes suka yi rashin nasara a kan 'yan wasan Olympics na Afrilu Ross da Kerri Walsh Jennings tare da ci 21<unk>17, 18<unk>21, 15<unk>17 a zagaye na uku na $ 75K AVP San Francisco Open. Duk da asarar, daga karshe sun kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin biyu inda A. Ross da Walsh Jennings suka sake doke su. An ba Hughes da Claes damar shiga cikin babban zane na $ 400K Klagenfurt Major wata daya daga baya, inda suka yi fushi da ƙungiyar Jamus ta Kira Walkenhorst da Laura Ludwig a cikin rukuni, a ƙarshe sun gama 17th; Walkenhorst da Ludwig za su ci gaba da lashe zinare a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2016
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