KEY POINTS:
New Zealand teams have had mixed success in qualifying for the opening event of the world beach volleyball tour in Adelaide.
Kirk Pitman and Jason Lochhead started their final quest for qualification to the Beijing Olympics with an easy first-round win in the country quota playoffs and qualification tournament at Glenelg Beach.
Lochhead and Pitman beat Australians Sean Thomas and Justin Feuerriegel 21-10, 21-13 and next play Venezuela's Farid Mussa and Cesar Castro to qualify for the main draw.
Anna Scarlett and Susan Blundell beat Russia's Valentina Popova and Anastasia Vasina, 21-19, 14-21, 15-13 but lost to top seeds Rieke Brink-Abeler and Hella Jurich of Germany 16-21 11-21 to miss the main draw.
