Taoyuan, Chinese language Taipei, August 23, 2024 – Robust contenders lived as much as their expectations to drag off sensational wins towards lower-ranked sides on action-packed Day 1 of the double-gender “Taichung Financial institution” AVC Seashore Tour Taoyuan Open at Dayuan Seashore Volleyball Court docket right here.
A complete of 28 groups from 10 nations that includes 15 males’s groups and 13 girls’s pairings began their pool-play marketing campaign on Friday to vie for prime honours and AVC accrued factors in each occasions.
Australia dominated the roost within the girls’s competitors on Friday, with their three groups demolishing their opponents in respective swimming pools.
Prime seeds Stefanie Fejes/Georgia Johnson, winners on the 2024 World Seashore Professional Tour Futures – Krakow in Poland and gold medallists at this yr’s Samila Open in Songkhla, Thailand, proved too robust for Jidapa Bunongkhun/Salinda Mungkhon to energy previous the Thai duo 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) in Pool A. Nonetheless, Jidapa/Salinda made amends to mercilessly crush Macao, China’s Leong On Ieng/Legislation Weng Sam in completely one-sided battle 21-11, 21-7 in 26 minutes.
Fejes/Johnson will subsequent tackle Macao, China’s Leong On Leng/Legislation Weng Sam on Saturday.
In Pool B, the match between Australia’s second seeds Jasmine Fleming/Jana Milutinovic and Shin Jieun/Si Eun-Mi grew to become one-way visitors when the Australian tandem overwhelmed the Koreans 2-0 (21-9, 21-11). Shin Jieun/Si Eun-Mi suffered one other setback once they succumbed to 0-2 (5-21, 9-21) defeat to Thailand’s seventh seeds Patcharaporn Seehawong/Samitta Simarongnam.
The Aussies will subsequent go up towards Patcharaporn/Samitta on Sunday.
Thailand’s third seeds Charanrutwadee Patcharamainaruebhorn/Woranatchayakorn Phirachayakrailert produced comeback 2-1 (18-21, 21-9, 15-8) win towards Chinese language Taipei’s Wang Sin Ting/Xie Yi-Ran in Pool C. The host aspect suffered two losses in a row following their 12-21, 13-21 defeat to Philippines’ Genesa Jane Eslapor/Mary Klymince Orillaneda.
The Filipinas will subsequent take a look at their mettle towards Thailand’s Charanrutwadee/Woranatchayakorn on Saturday.
Pool D encounters noticed Chinese language Taipei’s fourth seeds Liu Pi-Hsin/Wu Shu-Fen brush off Korea’s Jeon Hari/Kim Seyeon 2-0 (21-10, 21-15). The Korean duo misplaced two in succession following their 6-21, 10-21 loss by the hands of Australia’s fifth seeds Tara Phillips/Elizabeth Alchin, who earlier recorded their first win towards Malaysians Goh Chiao Huey/Qi Min Siah IRene 2-0 (21-10, 21-9).
Within the males’s occasion, groups with greater seeds made their marks on the opening day of the competitors. Prime seeds Pithak Tipjan/Poravid Taovato, who secured silver medal on the final month’s Tianjin Open, obtained off to an ideal begin with convincing 2-0 (21-13, 21-19) win towards Yusuke Ishijima/Kensuke Shoji in Pool A. Nonetheless, the Japanese pairing bounced again from the first-match loss to beat Kiwis David Vukets Gregory/John McManaway 2-0 (21-19, 21-16) of their second encounter.
Australia’s second seeds Jack Pearse/D’Artagnan Potts recovered from the beautiful 1-2 (21-18, 23-25, 12-15) loss to Philippines’ Abdilla Alnakran/Varga Rancel within the first encounter in Pool B to edge previous Chinese language Taipei’s Hsieh Ya-Jen/Wang Chin-Ju 2-0 (21-19, 26-24) of their second match. The host workforce went down in hard-fought three-set thriller 26-28, 21-15, 14-16 to Dylan Kurokawa Hiroki/Kosuke Fukushima, whereas the Japanese duo additionally succumbed to 0-2 (18-21, 19-21) loss to the Filipinos.
In Pool C, Japan’s Nassim Malki/Kai Kuwokawa spent 39 minutes in overcoming Thailand’s Netitorn Muneekul/Wachirawit Muadpha 2-0 (21-13, 21-19), whereas Iranians Abbas Pourasgari/Alireza Aghajanighasab, one of many strongest groups to be reckoned with within the four-day occasion, beat Australia’s Luke Ryan/Joshua Howat 2-0 (21-11, 21-16) and continued their exceptional run following their distinctive 2-0 (21-12, 21-15) victory towards Japan’s Malki/Kai of their second encounter on the identical day.
Thailand’s Netitorn/Wachirawit, who misplaced 1-2 (16-21, 21-18, 14-16) of their second match to Australians Ryan/Howat, will subsequent go up towards the Iranian duo, who had already captured two AVC Seashore Tour gold medals this yr consisting of the Nuvali Open in Metropolis of Santa Rosa in Philippines this April and Tianjin Open in July.
In Pool D, Thailand’s Dunwinit/Kittituch noticed off Chinese language Taipei’s Hu Cheng-Gang/Yu Bing-Han 2-0 (21-15, 21-14) of their first match and prolonged their unbeaten streak after beating Aussies Solomon Bushby/Ben Hood 2-0 (21-17, 21-15) within the second conflict.
The pool play continues on Saturday, the second day of the double-gender occasion. On the finish of the pool play, all taking part groups in every pool in each males’s and ladies’s occasions stand an opportunity to strut their stuff within the single elimination.
MATCH RESULTS
MEN
WOMEN
MEN’S POOL
WOMEN’S POOL
MATCH SCHEDULE
MEN
WOMEN
QUICK LINKS
AVC Web site: click on www.asianvolleyball.web
AVC Fb: click on www.Fb.com/AsianVolleyballConfederation
AVC Twitter: click on: www.twitter.com/AsianVolleyball
AVC Instagram: click on: https://www.instagram.com/avcvolley/?hl=en
Mikasa Instagram: click on: https://www.instagram.com/mikasasports_official
AVC Youtube: click on: Asian Volleyball Confederation
AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation
