Beach Blacks Alani Nicklin and Brad Fuller claimed a silver medal in the Beach Pro Tour Futures event in Wenzhou Cangnan, China on Sunday.
After a 2-0 win over an Iranian pair in the semi-final, the Kiwi pair met top seeded home combination of Jaixin Wu and Likejiang Ha, the Chinese pair claiming gold with a 21-15, 21-17 victory.
The second New Zealand team at the event, Tom Reid and Jack McManaway, were edged in three sets by Wu and Likejiang in the quarter-finals.