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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Pingtan
Thursday, August 6, 2026 Stadium Court 15:40

Match #11: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q3) Thomas Heptinstall/Harley Sinclair, Australia
vs.
(Q11) Chen Yang/Junkai Yu, China

Thomas Heptinstall
Australia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bunbury

Height:

209 cm (6'10")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Rarotonga 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$150.00

Harley Sinclair
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 8, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Pirae Tahiti 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	US$0.00

Previous Pingtan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2026	BPT Futures Qidong	Q4	17th	100	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Q23	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Hangzhou	Q2	17th	100	US$0.00

BPT Futures Pingtan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Qualifier 2	Chen Yang / Junkai Yu, China (Q11)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Heptinstall												Harley Sinclair
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	0	$550.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	$150.00	Total	13	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	3	$550.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Heptinstall													Harley Sinclair
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$150.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	$150.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	$350.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	$150.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	3	$550.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-0	0	0	2-3	40.0%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-0	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3

Chen Yang
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2008 (18 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fujian Longhai

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Shangluo 2024)

Career FIVB WT Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Junkai Yu
China

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 15, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fujian

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Pingtan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Pingtan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Qualifier 1	Kei Loi Chong / Pui Lam Wong, Hong Kong (Q6)	Won 26-24, 23-21	0:49
Thu, 8/6/2026	Qualifier 2	Thomas Heptinstall / Harley Sinclair, Australia (Q3)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chen Yang												Junkai Yu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Team Finishes by Season

Results

Matches

Season

Assoc

Played

Gold

Silver

Bronze

4th

5-6th

7-8th

9-12th

13-16th

17-24th

25th

Lower

Winnings (US$)

Won

Lost

Pct

Individual Finishes by Season

Chen Yang													Junkai Yu
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set				2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1	Lost 2-1	Lost 2-0	Overall	Overall		Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/6/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Pingtan	Qualifier 2