The Philippine men’s beach volleyball team. (PH Beach Volley Twitter page)
The Philippines bagged bronze medals in the men’s and women’s divisions of the beach volleyball competitions in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, medals that glittered like gold at the Subic Tennis court.
Jaron Requinton and Jude Garcia bested Kingsley Tai and Ray Meng Trevis Tan of Singapore 25-23, 21-13 in the deciding match for the men’s bronze while the women’s team of Sisi Rondina, Bernadeth Pons, Dzi Gervacio and Dij Rodriguez swept the Singaporeans in two games.
The Philippine women’s beach volleyball team. (PH Beach Volley Twitter page)
Rondina and Pons defeated Serene Ng and Ee Shan Lau 21-17, 21-13 while Gervacio and Rodriguez humbled Eliza Chong and Gladys Lee 21-18, 21-16.
In the first match of the men’s battle for the bronze, James Buytrago and Requinton dropped a three-set heartbreaker to Tai and Fan Yang Shen 22-20, 20-22, 7-15.
In the second match, Edmar Bonono and Jude Garcia bested Nicholas Kiu and Tan 21-14, 21-14 to force a deciding battle.
The last time the Philippines bagged a medal in women’s beach volleyball was in the 2005 SEA Games in Manila courtesy of Heidi Ilustre and Diane Pascua.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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