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PH beach volleyball teams off to strong start in SEA Games

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Philippine beach volleyball teams, led by Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons, are eyeing a podium finish in the SEA Games. Photo courtesy of the PNVF" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/16/vball.jpg"/><figcaption>The Philippine beach volleyball teams, led by Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons, are eyeing a podium finish in the SEA Games. Photo courtesy of the PNVF</figcaption></figure></div>The Philippine women&#x27;s and men&#x27;s beach volleyball teams set in motion in their respective bids for a podium finish as they handily beat Singapore in the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Sunday at the Tuan Chau Beach, Quang Ninh.The Filipinas had a rousing start as Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons made quick work of Tan Kai Yun Alicia and Soh Hui Chin Cecilia, 21-14, 21-9, while Jovelyn Gonzaga and Dij Rodriguez downed Eliza Chong and Ong Wei Yu, 21-12, 21-8.Except for Gonzaga, who is in her first SEA Games beach volleyball stint since 2011 in Indonesia, Rondina, Pons and Gutierrez were part of the bronze medal-clinching squad that ended a 14-year medal drought in 2019 in Subic.Up next for the ladies is a match with Malaysia at 11:30 a.m. (Manila time) Monday.Not to be outdone were the men&#x27;s pairs of Jude Garcia and Krung Arbasto, which beat Kingsley Tay and Trevis Tan, 21-15, 21-17, and Ranran Abdilla and Jaron Requinton, which overcame Nicholas Kiu and Nicolas Law, 22-20, 21-16.Garcia and Requinton had different partners in 2019 when the team clinched the bronze medal for the country&#x27;s first podium finish in men&#x27;s beach volleyball.After taking a rest, the Philippines play Cambodia at 10:45 a.m. (Manila time) on Tuesday.The women&#x27;s competition is a single-round robin affair with the team that posts the most number of wins claiming the gold medal.The men&#x27;s competition is pool play and the Philippines needs to finish in the top two in Pool A to advance to the semifinals.

The Philippine women's and men's beach volleyball teams set in motion in their respective bids for a podium finish as they handily beat Singapore.