PRESSURE is on for the grizzled Alas Pilipinas players after their unheralded teammates fell at the first hurdle in the Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships Tuesday at the Nuvali Sand Courts in the City of Santa Rosa.
Ronniel Rosales and Edwin Tolentino of the Philippines could not get past Iran’s Salemiinjehboroun Bahman and Khakizadeh Abolhassan in the qualification tournament, 21-8, 21-10.
Twenty pairs are seeded to the main draw—including Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists Ran Abdilla and James Buytrago. Beach Volley World Futures Nuvali silver medalist Rancel Varga is paired with Alas Pilipinas new recruit Lerry John Francisco.The Philippines also suffered a huge early blow in the women’s side as Alexa Polidario and Jen Gaviola bowed to Indonesia’s Kaize Josephine Selvina Anasthasya and Melinda Novita Sari, 23-21, 21-15.
In other men’s matches, Nguyen Thanh Sang and Nguyen Hoang Long defeated Hong Kong’s Chong Keiloi and Wong Yingcheung, 21-17, 21-16.Oman’s Al-Jalbubi Nouh and Alshereiqi Haitham edged out Vietnam’s Doan Gia Luan and Le Hoang Y, 18-21, 21-14, 15-13.
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