The following are the results of preliminary round matches of Beijing Olympics beach volleyball tournaments on Aug. 9:
Women's section
Pool A:
Kathrine Maaseide/Susanne Glesnes, Norway, bt Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 2-0 (24-22, 21-18)
Tian Jia/Wang Jie, China, bt Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, 2-0 (24-22, 21-18)
Pool C:
Tasmin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, bt Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia, 2-1 (21-8, 19-21, 15-12)
Ana Paula Connelly/Larissa Franca, Brazil, bt Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 2-1 (23-25, 21-17, 15-5)
Pool E:
Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, bt Merel Mooren/Rebekka Kadijk, Netherlands, 2-0 (21-19, 27-25)
Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, bt Milago Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 2-0 (21-17, 21-19)
Men's section
Pool B:
Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, bt Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 2-0 (21-19, 21-18)
Patrick Heuscher/Sasch Heyer, Switzerland, bt Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Agentina, 2-0 (21-13,21-17)
Pool C:
Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, bt Morais Abreu/Emanuel Fernandes, Angola, 2-0 (21-8, 21-13)
Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, bt Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2-0 (21-17, 21-19)
Pool E
Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, bt Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, 2-0 (21-14,21-15)
David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, bt Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 2-1 (19-21, 22-20, 15-7)
(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2008)