Tambalang Potts-Pearse kampeon sa All-Aussie final ng Asian Sr. Beach Volley

ni MC @Sports News | Nov. 11, 2024

Photo: Pinagmalupitan nina D’Artagnan Potts at Jack Pearse ang kapwa Australian sa all-Australian title showdown para kunin ang kampeonato sa Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships sa Nuvali Sand Courts sa City of Santa Rosa. (Gen Villota)

Binugbog nina D’Artagnan Potts at Jack Pearse ang kapwa Australian na sina Mark Nicolaidis at Izac Carracher, 21-19, 21-19, sa all-Australian title showdown para kunin ang kampeonato sa Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships kahapon sa Nuvali Sand Courts sa City of Santa Rosa.

Ginulantang ng 21-anyos na si Potts at ng 22-anyos na si Pearse ang tambalan ng sumabak sa Paris Olympics na sina Nicolaidis at Carracher sa loob ng 40 minuto. “Our team connection was really good,” saad ni Pearse.

“They’re a really great team and to beat them shows the potential that we have as a team.” Aminado si Potts na dinaga sila ni Pearse sa five-day tournament sa hanay ng mga top Asian Volleyball Confederation at FIVB-rated teams na nilahukan ng 14 na bansa.

Unang ginapi nina Potts at Pearse sina Pinoy spikers Lerry John Francisco at Rancel Varga sa bisa ng straight sets sa preliminaries.

Sa event na inorganisa ng Philippine National Volleyball Federation at Asian Volleyball Confederation na kapwa pinamumunuan ni Ramon “Tats” Suzara tumapos sina Abbas Pourasgari at Alireza Aghajanighasab ng Iran, ang men’s Nuvali Open champion noong Abril, sa third place nang talunin sina Chinese Wu Jiaxin at Ha Likejiang, 21-15, 21-17.

Rumehistro sa third place ng women's division sina AVC Beach Tour Nuvali Open champions Jana Milutinovic at Stefanie Fejes ng Australia matapos ang 21-15, 21-19 pagdaig kina Japanese Asami Shiba at Saki Maruyama sa torneong suportado ng Nuvali, Ayala Land, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, City of Santa Rosa, One Sports Plus at Pilipinas Live.