Overview
- Top seeds Thamela and Vic lost to Latvia’s Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova in straight sets, 21-10 and 21-16, in Adelaide.
- Carol Solberg and Rebecca fell to Americans Kristen Nuss and Taryn Brasher 19-21, 24-22, 15-6, conceding 23 points on errors across the match.
- The Brazilian pairs will meet for the bronze on Sunday at 2:30 a.m. Brasília time, with VBTV and Sportv broadcasting.
- In the men’s draw, Evandro and Arthur Lanci were ousted in the quarterfinals by Sweden’s Ahman and Hellvig, 22-20 and 22-20, and the men’s final is all-Swedish.
- Olympic champions Duda and Ana Patrícia had previously withdrawn due to an injury reported by the Brazilian federation, altering Brazil’s medal hopes.