quarterfinal

O’Neill never made it past the quarterfinals in any other Grand Slam event.

Team USA beat Spain, 95-81, on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

After qualifying from their group—along with Brazil—the Super Eagles overcame Mexico in the quarterfinals, 2-0, and then found themselves in the semifinals, once again facing Brazil.

Had Martens scored, the Americans were probably out in the quarterfinals for the second consecutive Olympics, embarrassing outcomes after filling a trophy case since 1991.

Coming into the quarterfinal, many observers worried about the Americans’ chances, given their dispiriting performance in pool play.

On Wednesday afternoon Fijian time, Slater was poised to surf against Hawaiian Sebastian Zietz in a quarterfinal heat.

Kelly Slater scored a 20 out of 20 possible points in a quarterfinal heat for the Volcom Fiji Pro.

And for the first time in his career, as he limped in and out of the French Open quarterfinal, he looked his age.

He lost the French Open final to Nadal and a quarterfinal match at Wimbledon.

After the final whistle, the Ghanaian players danced on the field, celebrating their quarterfinal date with Uruguay.