PARIS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two tandems from Switzerland marched into the top 16 round of the women's beach volleyball competitions with unbeaten records after collecting their third preliminary wins in a row at the Eiffel Tower Stadium on Saturday.
Esmee Boebner and Zoe Verge-Depre held off Giuliana Poletti and Michelle Valiente Amarilla of Paraguay 2-1 (23-21, 18-21, 15-12) to finish top of pool D with a 3-0 win-loss record, while Tanja Huberli and Nina Brunner swept Lezana Placette and Alexia Richard from France 2-0 (21-11, 21-8) for the first place in pool F.
