26 Oct 2013

Sport: Vanuatu beach volleyball pair beaten in China

10:15 am on 26 October 2013

Vanuatu pair Henriette Iatika and Miller Elwin have lost their first two matches at

the Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Xiamen, China.

The Pacific Games champions were granted a main draw wild card entry into the event.

The Vanuatu duo won the first set in both of their matches against teams from the Czech Republic and Brazil, only to go down in three sets.

Iatika and Elwin are seeded 23rd in the main draw and will take on a German pair seeded 26th in their final pool match on Friday tonight.