Two Kiwi combos claimed medals on Tuesday at the Asian Beach Volleyball Tour stop in Songkhla, Thailand.
Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann took the silver medal, falling in a tight three-set battle 21-13, 18-21, 13-15 to Australians Johnson/Fleming.
Earlier in the day, the Kiwi number one combination were too good for Australians Fejes/Milutinovic, claiming a 21-17, 21-14 victory to advance to the final.
Polley and Zeimann won all three of their Pool D matches before further victories over Vanuatu's Toko/Joe (21-7, 21-10) and Indonesian pair Desi/Nur Atika (21-15, 21-17) put the NZ number 1 pair into the medal round.
On the men’s side, Tom Reid and Jack McManaway claimed their second medal in as many events, earning bronze with a three-set victory over Thailand’s Pithak/Poravid (18-21, 21-15, 15-9).
The Kiwis were beaten 21-17, 21-15 by Burnett/Pearse (Australia) in the semi-finals.
Reid and McManaway topped Pool F with three wins before seeing off Qatar pair Ahmed/Ihab 21-19, 21-17 then advancing to the last four with a 21-19, 21-14 victory over Australia's Nicolaidis/Carracher.
After topping Pool H, Brad Fuller and Ben O'Dea beat Australian's Hood/Potts in three sets before falling to Japan's Takahashi/Ikeda 19 and 15.
Attention now turns to the Beach Pro Tour Challenge event in China later this month with two men’s combinations entered into qualifying (O’Dea/Fuller and Nicklin/McManaway) while Polley and Zeimann will also be in the women’s qualifying field.
