Riem Sokphirom and Soun Ravi are both through to the knockout stages of the Beach Teqball International Cup in Wanning, China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The duo finished second in their respective preliminary group ties to advance to the knockout stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sokphirom, who won the gold at the SEA Games demonstration event in Phnom Penh two years ago, started off on a strong note, defeating China\u2019s Chen Bingyu 12-9, 12-3 in Group G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the world number 112 was given a rude awakening a much lower ranked Noah Dahlmann of Denmark in his second match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dahlmann, ranked only 161, handed Sokphirum a 5-12, 12-11, 9-12 defeat in a closely fought encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sokphirum will play China\u2019s Ning Yang, who topped Group H in the last 16 on Saturday. The 20-year-old Chinese player is ranked 80th<\/sup> in the world and will start off as the favourite in the tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravi, meanwhile, will take on Sokpirum\u2019s slayer Dahlmann in the last 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravi was handed a 7-12, 4-12 by Thailand\u2019s top ranked Uthen Kukheaw in his opening Group C match. However Ravi ensured his place in the knockout stages with a 12-11, 12-6 win over Muhammad Eizlan Rakhil Bin Abd Rahman of Malaysia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Riem Sokphirom and Soun Ravi are both through to the knockout stages of the Beach Teqball International Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,7],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-4412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-newsbeat","tag-teqball"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t