Alice and Johannah Rohkamper, Katie Bartoli and Mariafe Artacho del Solar are all natives of Sydney and made the most of their home advantage and knowledge on the same beach where they grew up playing the sport.

The Rohkamper’s proved too strong against England’s Victoria Palmer and Jessica Grimson as they romped to a 21-13, 21-14 victory in the space of 30 minutes.

This was followed up by Bartoli who with her playing partner Christie Jenkins put Canadian pairing Tessa Davis and Rachel Cockrell to the sword eventually, taking both sets 21-18.

Del Solar completed an excellent day for the host nation as she and Jessyka Ngauamo defeated New Zealanders Danielle Quigley and Micah Brown 21-12, 22-20.

For the three winning Australian sides, there were also a trio of pairings from the nation who fell in the opening round.

Sarah Battaglene and Stefanie Weiler fell to Lynn Beattie and Melissa Coutts, who created history by becoming the first Scottish duo to win on the FIVB World Tour stage with their 20-22, 21-16, 15-9 success.

Japan’s Sayaka Mizoe and Suzuka Hashimoto also knocked out a home pair in the form of Brittany Kendall and Jordan Mowen with the final score being 21-12, 21-16.

Julia Tilley and Alice Bain also progressed to tomorrow’s round of 16 by ousting Sabine Link and Rebecca Ingram 21-12, 21-13.

In today’s other two matches saw Japanese pairings lose.

Germany’s Leonie Kortzinger and Sandra Seyfferth defeated Yukako Suzuki and Miki Ishii 21-19, 23-21 before Whitney Pavlik and Amanda Dowdy of the United States won 21-17, 21-17 against Takemi Nishibori and Marie Wada.