Latvian beach volleyball players Anastasia Samoilova and Tina Graudina reached the semifinals of the 'Elite 16' tournament of the professional beach volleyball tour (BPT) in Brasilia on Saturday.
Graudina and Samoilova, seeded second, defeated the German pair Sandra Ittlinger / Anna-Lena Grün (9) in the quarterfinals with a score of 2:1 (23:21, 19:21, 15:8).
In the semifinals, the Latvian pair will face the third-seeded Italians Valentina Gottardi and Reka Tota.
Graudina and Samoilova won all their matches in their group, and in the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the Brazilian duo Tamela Coradello / Victoria Lopez (5) with a score of 2:0 (22:20, 21:18).
It was previously reported that Martins Plavins and Kristians Fokerots also reached the semifinals of the men's tournament.
The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs.
In the BPT ranking, 'Elite 16' level competitions are the highest, followed by 'Challenge', and then 'Futures'.
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