Rodriguez-Eslapor duo bag PH’s lone win in day 2 of AVC beach volleyball
Philippines’ Dij Rodriguez and Gen Eslapor in the 2021 AVC Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships. AVC PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines settled for subpar results in the second day of the 2021 AVC Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships winning just one in four matches Wednesday in Phuket, Thailand.
Dij Rodriguez and Gen Eslapor, who played as Philippines 2, took the country’s lone win of the day after beating Sri Lanka 2’s Madegarda Bandara and Hashini Manis Hewage, 22-20, 21-12, in their second match.
Article continues after this advertisementPhilippines 2 lost its first match of the day against Thailand 1’s Varapatsorn Radarong and Tanarattha Udomchavee, 21-16, 24-22.
THA 2’S Taravadee Naraphornrapat/Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee beat PHI 1’s Cherry Ann Rondina/Bernadeth Pons 2-0 (21-9, 21-14) in 31 minutes in Pool D in the 2021 Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships at Bang Tao Beach in Phuket, Thailand on Wednesday.#AVCVolley pic.twitter.com/rUOoZNcSnM
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Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons went blank in the second day of the tournament as they lost to Japan 3’s Shiba Asami and Nishibori Takemi, 13-21, 22-20, 15-12, in their first match.
Article continues after this advertisementPhilippines 1 then dropped their second match against Thailand 2’s Taravadee Naraphornrapat and Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee, 21-9, 21-14.
Rondina and Pons hold a 1-2 record for third place in Pool D while Rodriguez and Eslapor are also at 1-2 and hold the fourth seed of Pool A.
