Australia’s fifth-seeded Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy defeated Latvia’s 16th-seeded Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka to head to the Tokyo Olympics’ beach volleyball gold medal match. The Aussies will face Team USA’s April Ross and Alix Klineman in the final.
Artacho del Solar and Clancy maintained a solid, if not necessarily overwhelming, lead during the majority of the first set. The teams were tied at 5-5 before Australia went on a three-point streak. Latvia nipped at their opponents’ heels, and capitalized on an Australian error at 19-18 to tie.