Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo have an excellent performance.

Photo: FIVB.

Balance of a victory and a defeat in the group stage allowed the Cubans Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo

, the first tournament for them belonging to the world volleyball circuit beach.

As part of Group E and after advancing with two successes in the qualifying round, early this Friday

, a duo created at the end of 2022 from the union of two volleyball players best positioned in the ranking with their former partners.

Even, Lupo was Olympic silver in Rio 2016 and triple European champion.

Even so, the Caribbean showed their drive in the tournament and took both sets with scores of 21-18 and a tighter 23-21.

In that duel,

were key to achieving success and taking a very important step towards advancing to the next round.

Later, the Creoles faced the Australians McHugh and Burnett, much more renowned rivals with their eleventh place in the world ranking and the Asian subtitle in 2022. In front of them, their executioners in the World Championship in Rome 2022, moreover,

Jorge Luis Alayo remains among the leaders among the top scorers.

Photo: FIVB.

In the first round they lost with a score of 19-21, but in the second they recovered and obtained the 21-17 success that demonstrated the parity between both pairs.

This time the offensive weight was given to Noslen Díaz with his 17 points in total, five of them on serve.

However, Alayo's high number of errors was now one of the negative points when it came to aspiring to a victory that at times seemed possible.

After a result

, the Cuban duo will collide in the round of 16 against the Spanish Herrera and Gavira, ranked