Latvia, a small central European country of about two million people, will have its representatives in both the women’s and the men’s beach volleyball semifinals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. A day after Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka booked their spot among the best four of the ladies’ tournament, their compatriots Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs did the same on the men’s side. In one of Wednesday’s morning quarterfinals, they eliminated none other than the team of defending Olympic champion Alison Cerutti and his Brazilian partner Alvaro Filho.
On Thursday, Plavins and Tocs will face Anders Mol and Christian Sorum in a duel for a place in Saturday’s final. In the first quarterfinal of the day, the Norwegians went past Ilya Leshukov and Konstantin Semenov of ROC.
Reigning world champions Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy of ROC progressed to the semifinals after a straight-set victory over Germany’s Julius Thole and Clemens Wickler.
Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan will be their next opponents in the battle for a spot in Saturday’s final. The Qataris outplayed Italy’s Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo in Wednesday’s last quarterfinal at Shiokaze Park.
Find out more:
Today’s recap of morning men’s quarterfinals
Today’s recap of evening men’s quarterfinals
Quick links:
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Schedule and results
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Beach volleyball
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
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