Vanuatu's Elwin/Latika had a strong start to the AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Vanuatu's FIVB Seoul Challenger winners Miller Elwin and Latika Henriette were part of the team that saw off Hong Kong. The country played with a lot of control in their matches – scoring on simple but effective attacks against and while Elwin/Latika had a rough patch finishing the first set of Vanuatu’s third match they came through unscathed.

India were no match for Japan, as the latter’s counter-attacking strategy proved too much. Japan executed a better offense that awarded them with a big lead, which the Indians failed to recover from.

Chinese Taipei continued in the same manner which saw them win gold at the 3rd Asian Beach Games a week ago. The solid pair of Kou N.H./Chang H.M. displayed its quickness in defence and good attacking instincts to overwhelm Sri Lanka.

China and Australia will begin their campaign tomorrow as they take on Vanuatu and Chinese Taipei, respectively. The other match-ups will be equally difficult between Vietnam and Kazakhstan, and Thailand and Japan.