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Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons of Alas Pilipinas at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali, May 3, 2025 at the Nuvali Sand Courts in Santa Rosa, Laguna. Handout/PNVF

Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons of Alas Pilipinas at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali, May 3, 2025 at the Nuvali Sand Courts in Santa Rosa, Laguna

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1746344632028050425_SiPons.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons of Alas Pilipinas at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali, May 3, 2025 at the Nuvali Sand Courts in Santa Rosa, Laguna. Handout/PNVF"/>Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons of Alas Pilipinas at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali, May 3, 2025 at the Nuvali Sand Courts in Santa Rosa, Laguna. Handout/PNVF</div>MANILA -- Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons impressed in their return to the sands, reaching the quarterfinals of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali.The Alas Pilipinas pair got the sellout crowd at the Nuvali Sand Courts going, but could not sustain the strong start, falling to Romania&#x27;s Beata Vaida and Francesca Ioana Alupei, 21-18, 19-21, 12-15, on Saturday in the City of Santa Rosa.&quot;I&#x27;m proud of our performance here. The preparation was really short, but we worked hard for this. Unfortunately, we fell short,&quot; said Pons in Filipino, noting that they had less than a week to train for the event that featured teams from 19 countries.&quot;We have a lot to work on, I was looking to get that one kill block because that would have been huge in a close match like this. But this is still a good start and we&#x27;ll do better in the next events,&quot; she added.Rondina, for her part, expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to return to beach volleyball and vowed to work harder as they prepare for the Southeast Asian Games in December.&quot;It just feels so bad that it ended early,&quot; she said of their campaign in Nuvali.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/4/30/sipons-tandem-makes-beach-volley-comeback-at-bpt-futures-nuvali-1528">READ: &#x27;SiPons&#x27; tandem makes beach volley comeback at BPT Futures Nuvali</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/5/2/volleyball-rondina-pons-make-triumphant-return-to-the-sands-2309">READ: Rondina, Pons make triumphant return to the sands</a></div>Three matches in a scorching day proved too much for Khylem Progella and Sofia Pagara as they lost steam in the quarterfinals, bowing to Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Tour Nuvali Open silver medalists Shaunna Polley and Olivia MacDonald of New Zealand, 17-21, 14-21.The University of Santo Tomas stars earlier scored an impressive 21-16, 21-17 victory over Vanuatu&#x27;s Sherysyn Toko and Majabelle Lawac, winners on the Australia Beach Volleyball Tour in 2023, in the  Round of 12 after getting past Dutch spikers Danieke Prins and Annemieke Driessen, 23-25, 21-11, 15-10.James Buytrago and Rancel Varga could not duplicate their silver medal finish in last year&#x27;s Futures Nuvali tournament as Eylon Elazar and Kevin Cuzmiciov of Israel won their quarterfinal showdown, 21-17, 21-15, in the tournament organized by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.Buytrago and Varga earlier downed Australia&#x27;s Finley Bennett and Jed Walker, 21-17, 21-16, in the Round of 12 after beating Hungary&#x27;s Domonkos Doczi and Bence Attila Streli, 21-15, 21-19.Rondina and Pons, bronze medalists in the Southeast Asian Games in 2019 and 2021 before returning to indoor volleyball in 2023, and the other national beach volleyball pairs will compete in Europe and other overseas events.PNVF President Ramon &quot;Tats&quot; Suzara is also hoping the top Philippine tandems can earn enough points to get a shot at wild card places in the Beach Volleyball World Championships Adelaide in November.&quot;Sisi and Bernadeth played very well, the chemistry is still there,&quot; Suzara said. &quot;Making the quarterfinals in this field is impressive.&quot;Sakura Ito and Mayu Sawame of Japan defeated Ieva Dumbauskaite and Gerda Grudzinskaite of Lithuania, 21-17, 15-21, 15-13, on Sunday to advance to the women&#x27;s final against New Zealand&#x27;s Polley and MacDonald, who beat Vaida and Francesca Ioana Alupei, 21-10, 21-19.Eylon Elazar and Kevin Cuzmiciov of Israel marched on to the final with a 22-20, 21-11 win over Stavros Ntallas and Dimitris Chatzinikolaou of Greece. Lubos Nemec and Adrian Petruf claimed the other final spot after beating Oskars Bulgacs and Matiss Graudins of Latvia, 25-23, 21-10.

Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons impressed in their return to the sands, reaching the quarterfinals of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali.

Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons impressed in their return to the sands, reaching the quarterfinals of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali.

Rondina, Pons bow out in q'finals of Nuvali beach volley tilt

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Rondina, Pons bow out in q'finals of Nuvali beach volley tilt

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Published May 04, 2025 03:45 PM PHT

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