Chennai: The pair of Jameeluddin and Sudarshan Varma (Indian Railways) overcame a fighting Ramamoorthy and D. Nixon of Tamil Nadu, after nearly two hours of action in a men's league match of the 13th National beach volleyball championships, at the Marina Beach on Wednesday.
From a13-11, Railways, however, broke away to a 21-15 win in the first.There was a minor upset in the women's contest as Tamil Nadu champions Hemamalini and Jeeshma lost to Vasanthi and Indrani 21-19, 21-19. Hema and Jeeshma had comfortable leads of 7-0 in the first set and 17-11 in the second but couldn't capitalise on them.