{Rwanda female beach volley pair of Valentine and Penelope Musabyimana and Valentine Munezero made history, storming the Semi-finals of the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games on Friday in Nassau Bahamas.}<\/p>\n
The pair reached the semis after winning three games out of five gamesplayed; they later lost a resilient and solid Australian side made up of Rebecca Ingram and Van Rensburg by 2-0 set. <\/p>\n
Australia was a better side as they won both sets by(21-12, 21-11) to seal victory to the finals against New Zealand that beat Scotland by 2-0(21-12, 21-20) on Sunday
\nRwanda will now face Scotland to try and win bronze in the second play-off game on Saturday at 10:00 am.<\/p>\n
The Rwandan pair lost a match in the four games they have played after failing to brush aside New Zealand in the second game by losing 2-0 (21-10,21-19) beforehand they faced off Trinidad Tobago 2-1(21-17),21-16 an d15-13) in the opening game before booking a date with Australia on Friday. <\/p>\n
They later beat Saint Lucia by winning 2-0 (21-15, 21-17, 21-7) to clinch a third win to book a ticket to the Semi\u2019s against Australia on Friday.<\/p>\n
Rwanda is also represented by another young start E0rnestHabiyambere in the male category. He could failed to reached second round after losing to Mathew Stubbings from Papua Guinea by 2-0 (6-2, 6-3).<\/p>\n
In the other semi-final, New Zealand will take on Scotland at 7:40pm.<\/p>\n
The youth quadrennial games that attracted 70 nations and territories with up to 1300 athletes aged 14-18, started on July 19 and will come to a climax July 23, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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