Taru Lahti-Liukkonen and Niina Ahtiainen suffered a defeat in their opening match of the beach volleyball EC competitions.
Finland Taru Lahti-Liukkonen and Niina Ahtiainen narrowly lost their opening match of the beach volleyball EC competitions in The Hague, Holland. French Olympic visitors Clemence Vieira and Aline Chamereau turned the match played on Tuesday in their favor with a score of 2–1 (15–21, 22–20, 15–12) after the Finns lost two match points in the deciding moments of the second set.
Lahti-Liukkonen and Ahtiainen will meet two Italian pairs at the end of the group stage on Wednesday.