Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons in the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali. Photo credit: Nonie Reyes via Volleyball Philippines/Facebook

MANILA, Philippines – Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons made a winning return to beach volleyball, listing two victories in Day 1 of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali on Friday at the Nuvali Sand Courts in Santa Rosa, Laguna.

The "SiPons" tandem swept USA's Melissa Powell and Lindsay Calvin, 21-15, 21-14, to conclude the day while scoring a 21-17, 18-21, 15-12 comeback triumph against fellow Filipinos Khylem Progella and Sofia Pagara earlier.

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With this, the fancied volleyball duo will proceed to the quarterfinals after collecting a 2-0 win-loss record.

Meanwhile, the men's teams had an unlucky day, all absorbing defeats in their division.

James Buytrago and Rancel Varga lost to Israel's Tamir Hershko and River Day, 21-23, 12-21, while Lerry John Francisco and Edwin Tolentino were swept by Czechia’s Tomas Semerad and Adam Miroslav Stocek in dominant fashion, 13-21, 9-21.

Jude Garcia and Jaron Requinton also had a tough luck against Germany's Momme Lorenz and Tilo Rietschel, 19-21, 14-21, and Ronniel Rosales and Alex Iraya dropped their match against Israel's Eylon Elazar and Kevin Cuzmiciov, suffering an 11-21, 14-21 defeat.