BEACH VOLLEYBALL: The new pairing of Rio 2016 Olympians Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar has struck gold at their first major tournament together. Cruising past Indonesia in the final of the Osaka Open in straight sets. 21-10 , 21-11.
They went to Japan as a trial new partnership just to see how they might click with Commonwealth Games selections around the corner. Well click they have!
Australia senior Women’s coach Simon Naismith couldn’t contain his delight with the win.
“We thought we’d be able to come here and give the gold medal a good shake but it was really unknown how our skills would be so early in the season but the girls were just fantastic this whole tournament," Naismith said.