(BEIJING, August 20) -- Second-seeded Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States ousted surprise semifinalists, 15th-seeded Jorge Terceiro and Renato Gomes of Georgia 21-11, 21-13 in 42 minutes to advance to the final of the Olympic Men's Beach Volleyball tournament, which is scheduled to be staged on August 22 at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground.

　　They will meet Brazil's Fabio Magalhaes and Marcio Araujo, the fourth-seeded pair who edged out their compatriots Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego, the Athens 2004 gold medalists, 22-20, 21-18 in 53 minutes.

　　The first semifinal match was lopsided. The Georgian duo failed to reproduce the level in which it performed at against the Netherlands in its quarterfinal match. The US pair outclassed their opponents from the start, assembling a convincing 8-1 lead when Dalhausser served an ace. The United States won the first set easily 21-11.

　　The second set mirrored the first, and the US tandem looked comfortable. A strong attack from Rogers gave the US an 11-2 lead, with a block from Dalhausser winning the set with the score finishing on 21-13.

　　Dalhausser and Rogers were upset in their opening pool match by Latvia's Martins Plavins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs. They recovered from this initial setback and reached the final by winning their remaining five matches.

　　The second semifinal between the two Brazilian teams was closer, with fourth-seeded Magalhaes and Araujo leading by four points early on in the first set but Santos and Rego managed to catch up.

　　However, an error by Santos in the dying stages gave the first set to Magalhaes and Araujo, with a final score of 22-20.

　　Magalhaes and Araujo edged ahead in the second set, leading the game 19-15. Santos and Rego rallied and closed the gap to 18-19. However, Magalhaes and Araujo earned two critical points to wrap up the match at 21-18.