21 Aug 2015

Sport: Vanuatu beach volleyball pair grab win

11:40 am on 21 August 2015

Vanuatu beach volleyball pair Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu have won their final pool match at the Long Beach Grand Slam event in California.

The Melanesian duo beat their American opponents 21-19, 17-21, 15-7.

It's their first win of the tournament, having lost their first match in straight sets against a Spanish pair and then going down in three sets against German sixth seeds Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst.

Vanuatu beach volleyball players Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu.

Vanuatu beach volleyball players Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu. Photo: Vanuatu Volleyball