Brazil cruises past Japan, clinches spot in quarterfinals
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World No. 1 ranked team Ana Patricia and Duda of Brazil comfortably handled Japan’s Akiko Hasegawa and Miki Ishii in straight sets, powering their way to the Olympic beach volleyball quarterfinals.