Puerto Ricans Rivera and Figueroa undefeated in Nanjing

NANJING, China, August 18, 2014 – Puerto Ricans Daniel Rivera and Sergio Figueroa registered their second win in as many days in the male segment of the Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.

The Puerto Ricans defeated Philip Amissah and Nicholas Tetteh of Ghana 2-0 (21-13, 21-16) in 29 minutes.

Louis Richards and Torey DeFalco of United States evened their record at 1-1 following a 2-0 (21-9, 21-16) over Elias Ndagano and Sylvestre Ndayisabye of Rwanda in 25 minutes.

Canadians Andre Richards and Jake MacNeil have also a 1-1 mark after a 2-0 (21-18, 22-20) win over Thailand’s Jonklang and Banlue in 33 minutes of action.

Brian Shavar and Rojey Hutchinson of Jamaica dropped their record at 0-2 following their loss to Botouli Ilombola and Itoua Ossolo of Congo 2-0 (23-21, 21-17) in 34 minutes.

Erik Flores and Mark Alvarez of Guatemala suffered their second defeat in two outings being outplayed by Paraguay’s Renato Bogarin and Elioth Frutos 2-0 (21-14, 21-17).