Tīna Graudiņa and Anastasija Kravčenoka placed fourth at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images

Latvian duo Tīna Graudiņa and Anastasija Kravčenoka - champions in 2019 - are through to the semi-finals of this year's EuroBeachVolley tournament in Vienna.

The fourth-place finishers at Tokyo 2020 beat Czech pair Barbora Hermannová and Marie-Sára Štochlová in the last 16 today, and followed it up with quarter-final win against Chantal Laboureur and Cinja Tillmann.

Tillmann was one half of the German pair who came second at last year's European Beach Volleyball Championships in Latvia.

Dutch duo Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon await in the semi-finals, having knocked out the Marta Menegatti-Viktoria Orsi Toth Italian pairing who beat Graudiņa and Kravčenoka last year.

Switzerland’s Nina Betschart and Tanja Hüberli are also through to the semi-finals, via a straight-sets victory over Dutch players Sanne Keizer and Madelein Meppelink in a rematch of the 2018 final.

Olympic champions Christian Sørum and Anders Mol remain on course for a fourth consecutive European title ©Getty Images
Olympic champions Christian Sørum and Anders Mol remain on course for a fourth consecutive European title ©Getty Images

The Dutch were victorious two years ago, but not today.

Germany's Karla Borger and Julia Sude - who today beat a Swiss duo featuring Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Anouk Vergé-Dépré of Switzerland - are the other semi-finalists and will face more Swiss opposition tomorrow.

In the men's event, Norway's Christian Sørum and Anders Mol remain on course for a fourth consecutive European title after reaching the last eight.

The Olympic champions will play Russia's Ilya Leshukov and Konstantin Semenov next in a rematch of the 2019 final.