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Indonesia ‘A’, Iran ‘A’ enter men’s semifinals

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HYDERABAD: The India ‘A’ women’s team offered the host the lone but lean hope of a quarterfinal berth in the Asian beach volleyball championship at the Necklace Road courts on Friday. It still has to win against two more sides to make the grade.

Making it to the men’s semifinals were Indonesia ‘A’ and Iran ‘A’, while New Zealand and China ‘B’ reached the quarterfinals. In women’s section, Thailand ‘A’ and New Zealand ‘A’ made the last eight stage.

The results: Men: Kazakhstan ‘A’ (Alexander Babichev & Alexey Kulesnov) bt India ‘D’ (Ramamoorthy & Nixon) 21-17, 21-15.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ (Rohan Dammika & Pubudu Ekanayake) bt India ‘B’ (Sunil Kumar & Yosuf) 21-10, 21-15.

China ‘B’ (Li Jia Lu & Gao Peng) bt Hong Kong ‘A’ (Hung King & Wong Chun Wai) 21-14, 21-18.

Indonesia ‘B’ (Suratno & Dianputra Santosa) bt Thailand ‘B’ (Borworn Yungtian & Damrongrit Chantara) 21-9, 21-17.

Indonesia ‘A’ (Andy Ardyansah & Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro) bt Iran ‘B’ (Naeini Reza & Raoufi Rahman) 21-16, 21-12.

China ‘A’ (Tian Gaotang & Han Shen Wei) bt Thailand ‘A’ (Sittichai Sangkhaichoti & Sataporn Sawangruenng) 21-15, 11-21, 15-9.

Iran ‘A’ (Farokhi Parviz & Maztar Hoshmand) bt India ‘A’ (Pradeep John & Mohan) 21-12, 21-13.

New Zealand (Greg Lindsay & Russel Watson) bt Sri Lanka ‘B’ (Mahesh Pereira & Dinesh Fernando) 23-25, 21-17, 15-12; Thailand ‘A’ bt Indonesia ‘B’ 21-16, 19-21, 15-11; Iran ‘B’ bt China ‘B’ (Li Jia Lu & Gao Peng) 24-22, 21-17; Sri Lanka ‘B’ bt Sri Lanka ‘A’ 21-15, 21-18; Kazhakisthan ‘A’ bt India ‘A’ 21-10, 21-13; Indonesia ‘A’ bt China ‘A’ 18-21, 22-20, 15-7, Iran ‘A’ bt New Zealand 21-9, 21-10.

Women: Hong Kong ‘B’ (Winghung Tse & Cheuk Yee Kong) bt India ‘B’ (K. Pavitra & P. Swetha Reddy) 21-16, 21-5; Kazakhstan ‘B’ (Marina Pilipenko & Samalikova Bakhtigyl) India ‘C’ (Ranjini & Anita) 21-17, 19-21, 15-13; Kazakhstan ‘B’ bt India ‘D’ (Nadhiya & Christy Rosaline) 21-11, 21-6; New Zealand ‘B’ (Emma Preston & Micah Brown) bt Hong Kong ‘A’ (Cheng Me Ling & Chan Shui Shum) 21-13, 21-13; Thailand ‘A’ (Kamoltip Kulna & Yupa Phukrongploy) bt Kazakhstan ‘A’ (Issayeva Lyudmila & Irina Kokhan) 21-11, 21-9. China ‘A’ (Miao Chenchen & Ji Linjun) bt Malaysia (Iswari Manokharan & Ben Shun Thing) 21-16, 21-15; New Zealand A (Anna Scarlet/Susan Blundell) bt India A (Kanaka Mahalakshmi & K. Srilatha) 21-11, 21-12.

Thailand ‘B’ (Jarunee Sannok & Usa Tenpaksee) bt China ‘B’ (Yue Yuan & Zhang Wen) 19-21, 21-18, 18-16; Malaysia bt New Zealand ‘B’ 21-17, 21-8, Indonesia ‘A’ bt Kazakhstan ‘B’ 16-21, 21-9, 25-23.

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