In the eighth round, the Latvians will play Germany.
As already reported, Graudina/Samoilova started the group tournament with a loss against the Swiss team (15:21 and 14:21), followed by a win against the Paraguayan pair (21:19 and 21:15).
The Canadians also lost to the Swiss and the Paraguayans won, so the Latvian-Canadian match decided which pair advanced straight to the eighth round.
This is the second Olympics for Graudina/Samoilova. Three years ago in Tokyo they finished 4th.