Fiji beat South Africa 17-5 in the first quarterfinal match of the Dubai 7s.
South Africa opened the scoring and led 5-0 but William Ryder equalled before the breather.
Emosi Vucago captained side increased their lead through Jiuta Lutumailagi as Ryder managed to convert it to take the scores 12-5.
Watisoni Votu scored the last try in the dying minutes to make it 17-5 and confirm a place in the semi final.
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The Digicel Fiji 7s team will now have to go through a tough path, if they are to win the Dubai 7s tournament tomorrow morning.
This is after their final pool match against Samoa ended in a 12-all draw.
Fiji finished second in their pool while Samoa finished in top place.
Fiji in their earlier pool games beat Scotland 47-12 and Zimbabwe by 31-14.
Fiji will now face reigning champions South Africa in the first Cup quarterfinal, and could meet New Zealand in the semifinals, that's if they beat Paul Treu's men, who looked very impressive on day one.
The Cup quarterfinal today at 7:48pm will see Fiji playing South Africa.
Then at 8:10pm New Zealand take on Kenya. At 8:32pm England meets Argentina and the last quarterfinal at 8:54pm will see Samoa against Australia.
The semifinals will be played at 3:30am tomorrow, with the final scheduled for 5:44am.
