Sam and Ben O'Dea are looking to put on a show against fellow kiwis Tom Hartles and Tom Heijs in today's first semi final at Mount Maunganui main beach.

With two NZ men's teams going head to head, one is guaranteed to make the men's final at 2pm on Sunday.

The women's semi finals are an all-New Zealand and Canada affair, with Beach Ferns Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann playing eighth seeded Canadians Shanice Marcelle and Lea Monkhouse in their semi final at 11am Sunday, following an assured win against French team Manon Rebuffel and Mélody Benhamou 21-13 and 21-19.

Olivia MacDonald and Julia Tilley will play fourth seeds Darby Dunn and Olivia Grace Furlan after beating fellow kiwis Rosa Vesty and Kiana Stevenson 21-18 and 21-7 in their quarter final.

In a mixed day for the NZ men, Hartles and Heijs upset the Japanese pair of Kai Kurokawa and Kosuke Fukushima, seeded five spots above the North Shore team, 21-16 and 23-21 to secure their spot in the semi finals.

The O'Dea brothers await, who beat the strong Australian team of James Takken and Solomon Bushby 25-27, 21-19 and 15-10 in a hard fought three setter.

'We just went out to play hard, I think if we're having fun, we're playing good. The first tournament we played a couple of weekends ago, we had a lot of fun and I don't know what it was but I think maybe it was a little bit too much expectation after winning a few in a row there, and we stopped having fun,” says Ben O'Dea.

'The plan for tomorrow [Sunday]? This is the semi final of a World Tour tournament, we've kind of been here before, it's on our home beach and family is watching, so it's a really good opportunity for us to have some fun and put on a little bit of a show.”

Unfortunately for the Mount Maunganui fans, Brad Fuller and Alani Nicklin dipped out to second seeded Chinese duo Likejiang Ha and Jiaxin Wu 21-18 and 21-18, while locals Jack McManaway and Tom Reid lost to American pair David McKienzie and Benjamin Vaught, who they've battled all summer on the 2023 G.J. Gardner Homes NZ Beach Tour presented by Tip Top, 21-15 and 21-19.

Beach Pro Tour Futures Mount Maunganui 2023

Finals day - all court one, Mount Maunganui main beach | Sunday March 19 2023

Men's semi finals: 9am and 10am

Women's semi finals: 11am and 12pm

Men's third place match: 1pm

Men's final: 2pm

Women's third place match: 3pm

Women's final: 4pm

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