DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.- The women's beach volleyball tandems of Annette Davis/Jenny Johnson and Erin Borske/Christine Federico were the top qualifiers following the opening day of competition in the $50,000 WPVA Deerfield Beach Open.

A total of four teams qualified for the 32-team main draw in this weekend's Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour at the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier. Led by the top-ranked tandem of Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, 28 teams were seeded into the main draw that opens with championship competition at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Twelve (12) teams advance to Sunday's final rounds starting at 8 a.m. with the finals scheduled for 3 p.m. as the final two teams battling for the $11,000 first-place prize in the third annual WPVA Deerfield Beach Open.

Both the tandems of Davis/Johnson and Borske/Federico won all three of their matches Friday with Davis/Johnson advancing as the main draw's 29th-seeded team due to a plus-32 point differential. Borske/Federico will be seeded 30th after compiling a plus-19 point differential.

Friday's top teams are both 6-0 in qualifying action this season as the Davis/Johnson and Borske/Federico tandems were the top qualifiers at the Evian Tour season opener April 4 on South Beach in Miami Beach, Fla.

South Florida residents Luciana Louriero (Miami) amd Tammy Paiement (Fort Lauderdale) advanced as the 31st-seeded team by winning three of four matches with a plus-20 point differential. Lynda Street of Jupiter, Fla., and newcomer Valerie Duringer won four of five matches to advanced as the 32nd-seeded team with a plus-8 point differential.