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Women's Beach Volleyball at Paris Olympics 2024-Brackets: Exploring the route to gold for USA's Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes
With the Round of 16 stage of Women's Beach Volleyball on the verge of conclusion at the Paris Olympics 2024, the quarterfinal battles are shaping up. The quarterfinals will start on August 6 (Tuesday) following the conclusion of the remaining match in the Round of 16.
As we enter the latter stages of the tournament, let's look at the various brackets that lead to the finals of Women's Beach Volleyball on Friday (August 9).
Round of 16
Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa (Brazil) vs Akiko Hasegawa and Miki Ishii (Japan). Winner goes to quarterfinal 1.
Quarterfinals - August 6 and August 7
Quarterfinal 1: Winner of the RO16 match between Brazil and Japan vs Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova (Latvia). The winner qualifies for the first semifinals.
Quarterfinal 2: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar (Australia) vs Esmee Bobner and Zoe Verge-Depre (Switzerland). The winner qualifies for the first semifinals.
Quarterfinal 3: Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng (United States of America) vs Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli (Switzerland). The winner qualifies for the second semifinals.
Quarterfinal 4: Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno (Spain) vs Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson (Canada). The winner qualifies for the second semifinals.
Semifinals - August 8
Semifinal 1: Quarterfinal 1 winner vs Quarterfinal 2 winner.
Semifinal 2: Quarterfinal 3 winner vs Quarterfinal 4 winner.
Finals - August 9
Winner of the first semifinal vs Winner of the second semifinal.
Can the USA clinch a medal in the Women's Beach Volleyball event at the Paris Olympics 2024?
Considering the form Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng have shown at the Paris Olympics 2024, the United States will be one of the favorites going into the quarterfinal stages of Women's Beach Volleyball at the Games. The duo dropped just a single set in Paris en route to the last eight.
In their RO16 match, Hughes and Cheng defeated Italy's Valentina Gottardi and Marta Menegatti by a scoreline of 2-1 on Monday (August 5) to advance to the quarterfinals.
The US duo got off a flying start with a 21-18 win over the Italians but Gottardi and Menegatti came back strongly in the second set with a 21-17 win to set up a decisive third set. Hughes and Cheng closed out the win after taking the final set 15-12.
The duo will next face a stern challenge in Switzerland's Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli who have clinched all their wins in the Women's Beach Volleyball event at the Paris Olympics by a 2-0 margin.
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