The U.S. men remained unbeaten at the Copacabana venue on Saturday night with a 21-14, 21-15 victory over Austria. "We wanted to play Brazil in Brazil, preferably in the final," said Dalhausser, the 2008 gold medalist. Dalhausser and Lucena won all three pool play matches, but Alison and Bruno stumbled in the group stage and lost to Austria's Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst. It will be the third time in the beach volleyball tournament that a team has faced its compatriots. "That's the way it is in beach volleyball," Brouwer said.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 14, 2016 04:41 UTC