Four seed-breakthroughs highlighted play during the first round of the women's winner's bracket here Wednesday for the US$350,000 Hyundai Open Barcelona on the steps of the picturesque Placa Carles Buigas.
Posting Wednesday's biggest upset in the the inaugural SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was 28th-seeded Diane Pascua and Heidi Ilustre as the Beach Volleyball team from the Philippines scored an 11-21, 21-16 and 15-11 win over fifth-seeded Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig of Germany.
After failing to qualifying for the SWATCH FIVB World Tour Main Draws in the first two international events in Australia and China, Pascua and Ilustre earned a spot in their third-straight "money" round Tuesday with a pair of wins over teams from Australia and Canada to earn a right to challenge the Germans Wednesday.
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