Santa Rosa, Philippines, November 5, 2024 – Kazakhstan’s hopefuls Dmitriy Yakovlev/Sergey Bogatu, Iranians Bahman Salemiinjehboroun/Abolhassan Khakizadeh and Thailand’s Tanarattha Udomchavee/Rumpaipruet Numwong are among those qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships, which get underway Wednesday at Nuvali Sand Courts here.
In the men’s qualification tournament, Kazakhs Yakovlev/Bogatu, who claimed their first podium finish on the World Beach Pro Tour together in 2019 when they finished third at the event in Satun, Thailand, demolished compatriots Mohammad Abdulmajid/Klim Ryukhov 21-18, 21-19 on Tuesday.
Salemi B/Abolhassan, who picked up silver at the 2021 edition after going down to Aussies Chris McHugh/Paul Burnett in the showdown in Phuket, Thailand, proved too strong for Edwin Tolentino/Ronniel Rosales to beat the Filipinos in a totally lopsided battle 21-8, 21-10 in 27 minutes in the first qualifying match.
The Iranians remained unstoppable in the second match against Al-Jalbubi Nouh/Alshereiqi Haitham, defeating the Omanis 21-13, 21-12.
Also advancing to the Wednesday’s main draw comprised Chinese Song Jinyang/Zhang Tai and Japanese Yoshiumi Hasegawa/Dylan Hiroki Kurokawa.
Song/Zhang swept Vietnamese Cao Nhat Minh/Tran Sinh Phan 21-11, 21-18 in the first qualifying match, but the Chinese duo faced a stiff challenge in the second match against Yosi Fimanda/Septiano Ade Dimas to beat the Indonesians 21-17, 26-24.
Hasegawa/Dylan beat Vietnamese Nguyen Thanh Sang/Nguyen Hoang Long 21-8, 21-10 in the second qualifying match to secure a place in the main draw.
In the women’s qualification tournament on Tuesday, Thailand’s Tanarattha/Rumpaiprute, both of them played in the gold medal-winning Thailand team at the 2019, 2021 and 2023 Southeast Asian Games, eliminated Singaporeans Dipoditiro Francesca Naila/Lee Xin En Valerie 21-10, 21-10 in their first qualifying match to advance to the Wednesday’s main draw.
Also booking their berths in the main draw comprised Japanese Kana Motomura/Nayu Motomura, who defeated Singaporeans Chong Eliza/Ang Hui Ying 21-15, 21-14 and Indonesians Kaize Josephine Selvina Anasthasya/Melinda Novita Sari Devi, who struggled to beat Filipinas Alexa Polidario/Jenny Gaviola 23-21, 21-15. Another Thai tandem, Salinda Mungkhon/Somruedee Koedkaew, advanced to the main draw without sweating.
With four teams apiece making the cut for the men’s and women’s main draw,…
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