Olympic champions Eduarda ‘Duda’ Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos will have the home crowd entirely against them on Saturday, the last day of matches of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event held in Newport Beach, as the Brazilians will be fighting three duos from hosts the United States for gold in California.

Duda and Ana Patrícia will play Julia Donlin and Lexy Denaburg in one of the semifinals, at 12:00 local time (19:00 GMT), while Taryn Brasher/Kristen Nuss and Terese Cannon/Megan Kraft are set to meet in an all-American duel one hour earlier. The winners will battle for the title at 16:00 (23:00 GMT).

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Set to make their fifth-straight semifinal appearance on the Beach Pro Tour in Newport Beach, Duda and Ana Patrícia had a domestic battle with FIVB World Ranking leaders Thamela Coradello and Victoria Lopes in the quarterfinals on Friday.

The Brazilians teams fought for a spot in the semifinals and the Olympic champions came out on top, winning in straight sets (21-15, 21-19) to make it to the medal rounds.

Their next opponents Donlin and Denaburg had the longest day among all four semifinalists on Friday, winning a pair of matches to make their first semifinal appearance together in an Elite event and their second as partners – they were fourth in the Warmia Mazury Challenge in June.

Donlin and Denaburg not only had to play twice (both times against American teams), but they had to endure three sets in each of those duels, beating the Chacon sisters Alaina and Morgan 2-1 (18-21, 21-15, 15-11) in the Round of 12 and mounting another comeback to make it past Kelly Cheng and Molly Shaw in the tie-breaker (19-21, 21-17, 15-10) in the quarterfinals.

Brasher and Nuss continue to have a perfect campaign in Newport Beach and make it to the semifinals without having dropped a single set after their sweep (21-16, 21-15) of Brazilian Olympians Carol Salgado and Rebecca Cavalcanti in the quarterfinals.

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Their opponents Cannon and Kraft are also undefeated, but had to sweat on Friday to preserve their status, coming from behind to take down compatriots Hailey Harward and Molly Phillips in the tie-breaker (18-21, 21-12, 15-12) in the quarterfinals.

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