3 Chinese pairs out of main draw at U19 beach volleyball world championships

XI'AN, China, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Team China suffered a blow at the opening day of the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships held in Shangluo, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, as three pairs of Team China were eliminated from the preliminaries on Tuesday.

After sailing through the first round, Chinese men's pair Yu Yao/Xu Minyue set up a clash against Italians Laurin Zoeschg and Matteo Lurisci in the