3 paris na Filipino umabante sa Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali

KINASTIGO nina Alas Pilipinas standouts Kat Epa at Honey Grace Cordero ang kanilang karibal sa Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour (BPT) Futures Nuvali on Sabado,para umabante sa round-of-12 kasama si Khylem Progella at Sofia Paraga sa Nuvali Sand Courts sa Santa Rosa City, Laguna.

Epa at Cordero, na miyembro ng University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) champion National University, pinatalsik ang Israel’s Ronni Rivka Lavie at Anita Dave, 21-15, 14-21, 15-9.

“It was pretty difficult in the second…I had trouble passing, I was unable to find the right shots. I told myself in the third, I should make up for the misses,” Wika ni Cordero matapos ang 51- minutong paluan.

Progella at Paraga,kinatawan ng UAAP runner-up University of Santo Tomas, inukit ang 23-25, 21-11, 15-10 wagi laban sa Netherlands’ Danieke Prins at Annemieke Driessen.

“They were quite intimidating in the first place,” Sambit ng the 19-year-old Progella,tungkol sa Dutch spikers.

Sa men’s division, James Buytrago at Rancel Varga nagdiliver ng kamangha-mangha na 21-15, 21-19 upset win kontra Hungary’s Domonkos Doczi at Bence Attila Streli, champions ng BPT Futures sa Qingdao.

Dail sa panalo ay pasok ang Filipino pair sa next round.

Buytrago at Varga, silver medalists sa nakaraang edition, ay dating nakaharap ang Hungarian pair sa tune-up match.