LAGUNA, Philippines: Latvia's Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova showed how tenacious their seven-year partnership have become by beating Spain's Daniela Alvarez Mendoza and Tania Moreno Matveeva, 21-14, 21-18, to reign as the newest women's champions of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge on Sunday at the world-class Nuvali Sand Courts in Sta. Rosa City.

'We're very happy that we've become even more solid as a pair, although we needed to make some adjustments in both sets,' said the 6-foot Tina Gaudina, 25, who started playing with Samoilova in 2016, winning the European Championships twice in 2019 (Moscow) and last year in Munich.