Ukraine’s Valentyna Davidova and Anhelina Khmil have a good time throughout a recreation in opposition to Australia on the Volleyball World Seaside Professional Tour Nuvali.–PNVF PHOTO
SANTA ROSA, Laguna — Valentyna Davidova and Anhelina Khmil of Ukraine survived a troublesome second-set battle to eradicate Australian Olympian Taliqua Clancy and associate Stefanie Fejes, 21-13, 24-22, and advance to the semifinals of the Volleyball World Seaside Professional Tour Nuvali Problem on Saturday at Nuvali Sands Courts.
The ninth-seeded Ukrainians dominated the opening set earlier than overcoming a late rally by Clancy and Fejes within the second body.
READ: ‘Si-Pons’ tandem to remain centered on Asiad seaside volley professional
Ukraine’s Anhelina Khmil and Valentyna Davidova discuss their entry to the Seaside Professional Tour Nuvali Problem Ultimate 4. @inquirersports pic.twitter.com/ClPDw3MJON
— Lance Agcaoili (@LanceAgcaoilINQ) Could 23, 2026
Trailing 13-16, the Australians unleashed a 5-1 run behind Clancy, a silver medalist within the Tokyo Olympics, to seize an 18-17 lead.
Australia held a 20-19 set level, however Khmil responded with consecutive conversions to revive Ukraine’s benefit at 21-20, however Clancy and Fejes saved two match factors to increase the match.
Khmil delivered a drop shot earlier than Fejes misjudged the following assault, which sailed lengthy.
“It was a tough battle from either side. We knew who we have been going to play in opposition to,” Khmil stated after ending with 24 factors.
“They’re such nice gamers, and we knew it wasn’t going to be straightforward. Nevertheless it was a fantastic efficiency from us, and we had a lot enjoyable.”
Davidova and Khmil will face People Madelynn Anderson and Alaina Chacon within the semifinals on Sunday at 8 a.m.
READ: Alexis Durish, Audrey Konig keep alive in Seaside Professional Tour Nuvali
The American pair earlier defeated Brazil’s Andressa Ramalho and Taina Bigi, 21-16, 21-19.
Within the different ladies’s semifinal, top-ranked Lithuanians Monika Paulikiene and Aine Raupelyte will tackle Dutch pair Emi van Driel and Mila Konink.
Paulikiene and Raupelyte swept Ukraine’s Tetiana Lezerenko and Sofiia Kurnikova, 21-7, 21-17, whereas van Driel and Konink beat fellow Dutch gamers Nigella Negenman and Ground Hogenhout, 21-9, 21-14.
Within the males’s division, Swiss tandem Julian Friedli and Jonathan Jordan organized a semifinal duel with Aussies Thomas Hodges and Ben Hood.
Friedli and Jordan outlasted Austria’s Paul Pascariuc and Alexander Horst, 17-21, 28-26, 18-16, whereas Hodges and Hood swept Latvia’s Ardis Bedritis and Arturs Rinkevics, 21-18, 21-11.
One other Swiss pair, Adrian Heidrich and Yves Haussener, pulled off the most important upset of the quarterfinals after beating prime seeds Eylon Elazar and Kevin Cuzmiciov, 21-18, 21-13.
They are going to face Germans Philipp Huster and Sven Winter, who rallied previous compatriots Maximilian Simply and Lui Wust, 18-21, 21-16, 15-10.
