{"id":303476,"date":"2021-08-04T16:58:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T06:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=303476"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T06:59:55","slug":"aussies-into-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/08\/04\/aussies-into-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussies Into Semi-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 4, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aussie duo Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar stunned the beach volleyball world by downing the current world champions in a sudden-death Olympic quarterfinal clash on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Clancy and\u00a0Artacho del Solar had faced Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, from Canada, in international competitions previously but had only beaten them once.<\/p>\n

The Aussies came out with all guns firing in the first set, which they secured 21-15.<\/p>\n

The second set was closer, with the rattled Canadians gaining dominance for a while midway through the set before the Australians rallied.<\/p>\n

Canada took the the second set 21-19, setting up the race to 15 points in the deciding third set.<\/p>\n

Clancy and Artacho del Solar again began strongly and quickly gained a four-point advantage over the Canadians.<\/p>\n

In the end, the Aussies won 15-12.<\/p>\n

The 2-1 victory has put Clancy and\u00a0Artacho del Solar into a semi-final clash against Anastasija Krav\u010denoka and\u00a0T\u012bna Graudi\u0146a, from Latvia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday evening, the Latvian pair powered to a 2-1 victory over another Canadian duo, Brandie Wilkerson and Heather Bansley.<\/p>\n

The semi-final is due to be played at 11:00am on Thursday at Tokyo’s\u00a0Shiokaze Park.<\/p>\n

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