News 05/04/2019 Japanese teams succeed on first day of main draw at Battambang Battambang, Cambodia, April 5, 2019 – Two Japanese duos won their first two matches in the main draw opener on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Battambang 1-star.Top seeds Sakurako Fujii and Minori Kumada’s main draw start went off without a hitch as they recorded double straight-set wins, while their compatriots Satono Ishitsubo and Asami Shiba survived tough finishes in two three-setters.Sakurako and Kumada started with a clinical 2-0 (21-3, 21-4) win over Cambodia’s Leap Sara and Oeur Kunthea then completed their day’s mission in Pool A as they triumphed against Germany’s Anika Krebs and Leonie Welsch 2-0 (21-14, 21-9).In Pool B, Ishitsubo and Shiba edged Israel’s Sofia Starikov and Anika Dave 2-1 (21-18, 16-21, 15-6) before prevailing against the second-seeded Colombian sister duo Claudia and Andrea Galindo in the day’s toughest match 2-1 (22-20, 17-21, 20-18).Quick links - Beach volleyball:FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - BattambangFIVB.com - Beach VolleyballLatest VideosFacebookTwitterInstagramGreece’s Konstantina Tsopoulou and Dimitra Manavi and the United States’ Lara Dysktra and Cassie House also cruised to the quarterfinals as they dominated with two wins in Pool C and Pool D, respectively.The Greeks won both their matches in straight sets against Singapore’s Eliza Chong and Serene Ng and Russia’s Aleksandra Ganenko and Anastasiia Frolova, while the Americans had a straight-set win against Cambodia’s Samrith Jeudi and San Soma and a tough tie-break triumph against Latvia’s Varvara Brailko and Anete Namike. Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News