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Samoilovs/Šmēdins, who were seeded sixth in the qualification, convincingly defeated the Brazilian pair Pedro de Oliveira/Enrique de Barroz (27) in the first round match with 2-0 (21:17, 21:9).
After that, in the match of the second or decisive round, the Latvian beach volleyball players lost 0-2 (19:21, 15:21) to another Brazilian pair, Gabriel Santiago/Felip Alviš Pereira (22), without entering the main tournament.
On the other hand, the other Latvian duo Edgars Točs/Kristians Fokerots (20th) lost to the Italians Džanluk del Corso and Marko Viskoviks (13th) in the match of the first round of qualification with 0-2 (17:21, 17:21).
The main tournament was reached by the duo who overcame both qualifying rounds.