Pļaviņš/Fokerots, who are seeded seventh in the tournament, defeated the favorites of the tournament, the gold medalists of the Paris Olympic Games, David Oman and Jūnatan Helvig from Sweden, 2-0 (23:21, 21:17) in the quarter-finals.
In the semi-finals, the Latvian duet will compete with fifth-seeded Argentines Tomas and Nicolas Capogroso.
Before that, on Saturday, Pļaviņš/Fokerot defeated the Brazilian duet Adrielsons dos Santos Silva/Arturus da Silva Mariana (4th) 2-1 (24:22, 16:21, 15:13) in the first round of the playoffs, or the round of 16.
It has already been reported that in the first match of Group B, Pļaviņš/Fokerots lost 1-2 (21:19, 19:21, 6:15) to the hosts Adelmu Gonsalves and Andres Loyol (10th), in the second match 2-0 (21:8 , 21:12) defeated the Germans Philipp Huster and Maximilian Just (15th), who overcame the qualification, but lost to Olympic bronze medalists Annesh Mühl and Kristian Sörum (2nd) from Norway in the third match with 0-2 (17:21, 12:21).
In the ”Pro Beach Tour” ranking, the first is the “Elite 16” competition, the second - “Challenge”, the third – the “Futures” competition.