Tianjin, China, July 12, 2024 – Pleasure has reached fever pitch within the AVC Seashore Tour Tianjin Open at Dongjiang Gulf Seashore, Binhai right here as certified groups are able to lock horns in intense spherical of 16 on Saturday morning to squeeze into the quarterfinals later within the afternoon.
China had 4 groups advancing to spherical of 16 within the males’s occasion, adopted by Thailand and Australia with three groups apiece. The remaining two groups every got here from Oman, Iran and Japan. The host nation additionally had 4 groups qualifying for the spherical of 16 within the girls’s occasion, whereas three groups every got here from Thailand, Australia and Japan. Hong Kong, China had two groups and Singapore one.
Within the girls’s pool play on Friday, prime seeds Akiko Hasegawa/Miki Ishii from Japan, who had been instrumental in lifting Japan’s 2-1 victory in opposition to hosts China within the AVC Continental Cup Finals to safe a spot within the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, had combined fortunes as they suffered their first loss by the hands of China’s eighth seeds Wang Fan/Bai Bing in exhausting three units 18-21, 21-11, 12-15.
Nevertheless, the Japanese made amends by beating Australia’s ninth seeds Jasmine Royner/Kayla Mears 2-0 (22-20, 21-18).
Chinese language Wang Fan/Bai Bing, who additionally disregarded Thailand’s Rumpaipruet Numwong/Veeradakittikarn Wirakornkhayatimart 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) on Friday, topped Pool A with 6 factors from an ideal sweep of three matches.
Japanese Akiko Hasegawa/Miki Ishii from Japan completed second with 5 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss, whereas Australians Jasmine Rayner/Kayla Mears had 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses and winless Rumpaipruet and Veeradakittikarn from Thailand misplaced all three matches to don’t have any level earned to complete third and fourth locations respectively.
In Pool B, Australia’s second seeds Stafanie Fejes/Georgia Johnson, who captured gold medal at this yr’s Samila Open in Thailand, had two wins on Friday, outplaying Chinese language Yan Xu/Zhou Mingli 2-0 (22-20, 21-10) and beating Japan’s tenth seeds Riko Tsujimura/Takemi Nishibori 2-0 (21-16, 21-17)
Pool B was dominated by Australians Stefanie/Johnson with 6 factors from three straight wins, whereas Chinese language Yan Xu/Zhou Mingli completed second with 4 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. Japanese Riko Tsujimura/Takemi Nishibori and Hong Kong, China’s Wong Man Ching/Tsang Ngok Ling got here in third and fourth locations respectively.
In Pool C, China’s eleventh seeds Wang Xinxin/Xing Jiayi remained unbeaten with 6 factors from two consecutive wins. The Chinese language duo on Friday powered previous Thailand’s Patcharaporn Sehawong/Samitta Simrongnam 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) and in addition downed Australia’s Jasmine Fleming/Jana Milutinovic 2-1 (21-17, 21-18).
Japan’s sixth seeds Asami Shiba/Saki Maruyama completed second in Pool C with 4 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. Australia’s Jasmine Fleming/Jana Milutinovic completed third place with 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses and winless Thailand’s Patcharaporn Seehawong/Samitta Simrongnam led to fourth place with no level claimed.
China’s fourth seeds Wang Jingzhe/Aheidan Mushajiang captured the highest spot in Pool D with 6 factors from three wins on the trot. The Chinese language duo on Friday trounced Thailand’s fifth seeds Charanrutwadee Patcharamainaruebhorn/Woranatchayakorn Phirachayakrailert 2-0 (22-20, 21-13) and defeated Hong Kong, China’s twelfth seeds To Wing Tung/To Wing Man 2-0 (21-15, 21-16).
Charanrutwadee/Woranatchayakorn had 5 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss to complete second in Pool D. Hong Kong, China’s To Wing Tung/To Wing Man and Singapore’s thirteenth seeds Eliza Chong/Tan Alicia Kai Yun completed third and fourth locations respectively.
Within the males’s occasion, Oman’s thirteenth seeds Hood Al Jalaboubi/Mazin Alhashmi had been undefeated in Pool A with 4 factors from two straight wins, whereas China’s Wang Yanwei/Liu Chuanyong got here in second place with 2 factors from one win in opposition to one loss. Chinese language Wang/Liu on Friday overcame a robust problem from Hong Kong, China’s Wong Pui Lam/Lau Cheuk Yin to beat them in three units 22-20, 13-21, 16-14. The Hong Kong, China’s pair completed third with one level earned.
China’s Liu Jinqiu/Du Hongjun secured Pool B prime spot with 3 factors from one win in opposition to one loss, whereas Oman’s Haitham Alshereiqi/Ahmed Alhousni and Thailand’s prime seeds Pithak Tipjan/Porvavid Taovato got here in respective second and third locations with 2 factors apiece from one win in opposition to one loss.
Pithak/Poravid, who had captured their first Volleyball World Seashore Professional Tour medal within the Philippines in 2022 with a Subic Bay Futures gold medal, had been exhausted within the three-set battle in opposition to China’s Liu/Du to beat them 21-15, 10-21, 21-19 in 55 minutes in Pool B. The Thai tandem later superior to spherical of 18 to brush off Singaporeans Eng Cheng Feng Renfred/Caleb Ngoh in simple match 21-9, 21-11 in 29 minutes.
Australia’s third seeds Jack Pearse/D’Artagnan Potts, who captured their first Seashore Professional Tour Futures occasion collectively final November in Geelong and captured the title on the 23th Samila Open in Songkhla, Thailand this yr, downed Thailand’s Banlue Nakprakhong/Kittituch Khomkham 2-0 (24-22, 21-15) on Friday to prime Pool C with 4 factors from two straight wins, adopted by Iran’s GhaleNovi AmirAli/Habib Akbarzadeh and Thailand’s tenth seeds Banlue/Kittituch with 2 factors and no level respectively.
Australia’s fourth seeds Solomon Bushby/Ben Hood, who edged previous Japan’s Nassim Malki/Ryuichi Adachi 2-1 (21-16, 9-21, 16-14) on Friday, maintained their prime spot in Pool D with 4 factors from two consecutive wins, whereas Japan’s ninth seeds Malki/Adachi completed second with 3 factors and winless Singaporeans Eng Cheng Feng Renfred/Caleb Ngoh got here in third place with no level claimed.
Iran’s fifth seeds Abbas Pourasgari/Alireza Aghajanighasab, who captured this yr’s Nuvali Open within the Philippines to their identify, topped Pool E with 6 factors from three straight wins. Australia’s eighth seeds James Takken/Joshua Howat completed second with 5 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. China’s Zhou Chaowei/Salamu Alihemalti and Hong Kong, China’s Chong Kei Loi/Wong Ying Cheung led to third and fourth locations respectively.
On Friday, the Chinese language duo crushed Hong Kong, China’s Chong/Wong in a very lopsided battle 21-9, 21-9 in 29 minutes, whereas the Iranian pair struggled to beat Australians Takken/Howat in hard-fought three-setter 21-19, 21-23, 15-13.
Thailand’s sixth seeds Netitorn Muneekul/Wachirawit Muadpha emerged as prime spot in Pool D with 6 factors from three wins in a row. China’s Tang Xingyu/Yuan Xu completed second with 4 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. Japan’s seventh seeds Dylan Hiroki Kurokawa/Kosuke Fukushima had 3 factors from one win in opposition to 2 losses and Singaporeans Wong Clement Jing Liang/Fernando Rehan Tharusha bagged no level from three straight losses to complete third and fourth locations respectively.
The Chinese language pair on Friday tamed Singaporeans Wong/Fernando 21-15, 21-13, whereas Netitorn/Wachirawit downed Japanese Dylan/Fukushima 2-0 (21-14, 22-20).
The AVC Seashore Tour Tianjin Open continues on Saturday with the spherical of 16 encounters in each males’s and girls’s occasions being held within the morning. The quarterfinals will happen within the afternoon.
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