MANILA: The Philippines' Gen Eslapor and Kly Orillaneda got off to a good start in the 2024 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures, beating Malaysia's Mashitah Muhamad Nasir and Shamsulrizal Nur Auni Maisarah, 21-11, 23-21, at the Nuvali Sand Courts by Ayala Land in Santa Rosa City, Laguna on Friday. The Philippine Air Force spikers will next meet New Zealand's Danielle Quigley and Olivia MacDonald, who survived Japan's Mayu Kikuchi and Harumi Sakai, 21-16, 16-21, 18-16. The other Filipino pair of Alexa Polidario and Jen Gaviola, meanwhile, bowed to Germany's Chenoa Christ and Anna-Lena Grne, 10-21, 5-21. The Germans will be next take on Japanese Shion Tsubouchi and Maho Yabumi, who defeated Lithuanians Urte Andriukaityte and Marjia Karaliute, 21-19, 21-16. Local hopes Ran Abdilla and AJ Pareja also absorbed a 12-21, 18-21 loss to Germans Robin Sowa and Lukas Pfretzschner in the men's division. Americans Alaina Chacon and Mariah Whalen downed Latvia's Rezija Puskundze and Loreta Cabule, 21-11, 21-14; wh ile Sweden's Malin Bergholm and Louise Månesköld conquered New Zealand's Katie Sadlier and Meile Rose Green, 21-16, 21-17, in the tournament supported by the Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee. Other winners were Israel's Anita Dave and Ronni Rivka Lavie over Thailand's Charanrutwadee Patcharamainaruebhorn and Woranatchayakorn Phirachayakrailert, 21-19, 21-19; and Japan's Riko Tsujimura and Takemi Nishibori over Canada's Devon May and Kaitlin Lomas, 21-13, 21-11. Source: Philippines News agency
