Series title contenders New Zealand and Fiji are joined in the Cup semifinals by England and Samoa after some entertaining battles on Day Two of the Glasgow leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.

Russia staged an impressive second half recovery to beat USA 22-21 in the first match of the day, Igor Galinovskiy scoring the try with time up on the clock after taking a quick tap, making their opponents pay for electing to take a drop kick in the final minute. Russia had trailed 21-5 at half-time, but two tries from Vladimir Ostroushko began the Russian fight back.

They now meet France, who edged Portugal 7-5 with Paul Albaladejo's conversion of Thibaut Zambelli's try proving the difference between the teams. Scotland gave the home crowd something to shout about as Andrew Turnbull's hat-trick saw them beat Kenya 19-12, setting up a semifinal against Spain, who continued to impress this weekend with a 14-7 win over Zimbabwe.

Results:
Spain 14-7 Zimbabwe
Scotland 19-12 Kenya
Portugal 5-7 France
United States 21-22 Russia

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USA will look to put the disappointment of defeat to Russia behind them against Portugal, with the other semifinal an all-African affair between Kenya and Zimbabwe.