Tianjin, China, July 11, 2024 – Sturdy groups pulled off convincing wins on Day 1 of the AVC Seaside Tour Tianjin Open at Dongjiang Gulf Seaside, Binhai right here, however Thailand’s prime seeds Pithak Tipjan/Poravid Taovato surprisingly suffered a setback on their very first match with upset loss to Haitham Alshereiqi/Ahmed Alhousni in Pool B on Thursday.
Pithak/Poravid, who had captured their first Volleyball World Seaside Professional Tour medal within the Philippines in 2022, a Subic Bay Futures gold, and backed it up with silver at their subsequent look on the Tour, on the Coolangatta Futures in March and April, succumbed to the upset 2-0 (16-21, 19-21) loss to the Oman’s 14th seeds, whom that they had already overwhelmed 2-1 within the first match of the ultimate between Thailand and Oman within the latest AVC Continental Cup Semifinals in Ningbo Xiangshan.
One other daunting job awaits the Thai pair on Friday when they may subsequent tackle China’s Liu Jinqiu/Du Hongjun, who had already demolished the Omanis 2-0.
Additionally making a dismal begin in Pool A on Thursday have been China’s third seeds Wang Yanwei/Liu Chuanyong, who misplaced 0-2 (15-21, 11-21) to thirteenth seeds Hood Al Jalaboubi/Mazin Alhashmi. The Omanis had already claimed two wins in succession following his first victory 0-2 (21-18, 21-12) towards Hong Kong, China’s Wong Put Lam/Lau Cheuk Yin. On Friday, Wong Pui Lam/Lau Cheuk Yin will go up towards the Chinese language duo.
Different greater seeds made their marks on the opening day, with Australia’s second seeds Jack Pearse/D’Artagnan Potts, who captured their first Seaside Professional Tour Futures occasion collectively final November in Geelong and took the title on the 23th Samila Open in Songkhla, Thailand early this yr, powered previous fifteenth seeds GhalehNovi AmirAli/AkbarzadehKashani Habib from Iran 2-0 (21-17, 21-15) in Pool C.
Fourth seeds Solomon Bushby/Ben Hood of Australia spent 29 minutes in dismissing Eng Cheng Feng Renfred/Caleb Ngoh of Singapore 2-0 (21-9, 21-11), whereas Iran’s fifth seeds Abbas Pourasgari/Alireza Aghajanighasab, who claimed gold on the Nuvali Open within the Philippines, downed Chong Kei Loi/Wong Ying Cheung of Hong Kong, China 2-0 (21-15, 21-6). The Iranian duo went on their distinctive kind to beat China Zhou Chaowei/Salamu Alhemalti 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) of their second conflict.
Sixth seeds Netitorn Muneekul/Wachirawit Muadpha of Thailand additionally received two in a row on Thursday. They acquired their marketing campaign off to a terrific begin with their first 2-0 (21-15, 21-13) victory towards Chinese language Tang Xingyu/Yuan Xu to later demolish Wong Clement Jing Liang/Fernando Rehan Tharusha of Singapore 2-0 (21-11, 21-7) in 26 minutes.
Eighth seeds James Takken/Joshua Howat from Australia made it two on the trot in Pool E on Thursday, outplaying Chinese language Zhou Chaowei/Salamu Aihemaiti 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) earlier than crushing Hong Kong China’s Chong Kei Lai/Wong Ying Cheung in a one-sided affair 2-0 (21-8, 21-11).
Within the ladies’s occasion, prime 4 seeds registered their first wins on Thursday. Japan’s prime seeds Akiko Hasegawa/Miki Ishii powered previous Thailand’s Rumpaipruet Numwong/Veeradakittikarn Warakornkhayatimat 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) in Pool A.
The pairing performed for Japan within the showdown towards China within the AVC Continental Cup Finals final month, profitable the primary match and repeated the same feat within the Golden Match to assist elevate Japan’s 2-1 victory towards the host facet to safe a spot within the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.
Second seeds Stefanie Fejes/Georgia Johnson from Australia, who captured gold medal at this yr’s Samila Open in Thailand, crushed Hong Kong, China’s Wong Man Ching/Tsang Ngok Ling 2-0 (21-7, 21-18) in Pool B.
One other Australian duo and third seeds Jasmine Fleming/Jana Milutinovic beat Thailand’s Patcharaporn Seehawong/Samitta Simarongnam 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) in Pool C, whereas Thailand’s fourth seeds Woranatchayakorn Phirachayakrailert/Charanrutwadee Patcharamainaruebhorn downed To Wing Tun/To Wing Man from Hong Kong, China 2-0 (21-10, 21-13) in Pool D.
Fifth seeds Asami Shiba/Saki Maruyama of Japan made a disappointing begin with 0-2 (18-21, 14-21) loss to Chinese language Wang Xinxin/Xing Jiayi in Pool C.
China’s sixth seeds Wang Jingzhe/Ahedian Mushajiang outclassed Singaporeans Chong Eliza/Tan Kai Yun Alicia 2-0 (21-10, 21-7) in a very lopsided battle in 27 minutes in Pool D and one other Chinese language duo and seventh seeds Yan Xu/Zhou Mingli survived a scare from Riko/Take to beat the Japanese pair 2-1 (21-17, 17-21, 15-7) in Pool B.
The pool play of the four-day occasion continues on Friday, with the primary match beginning at 9am native time in each males’s and ladies’s occasions.
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