The longest-running tournament on the circuit is also the most prestigious, with most of the top players living nearby for this weekend’s event
MANHATTAN BEACH — As far as beach volleyball’s professionals are concerned, the real estate by the pier here might as well be Yankee Stadium – the old one – with sand. Or Lambeau Field, or the departed Boston Garden, or the old Montreal Forum … you get the picture.“They consider it like the Wimbledon of beach volleyball,” said Kellie Kolinske, who teamed with Sarah Hughes “It just has a different feel, a different atmosphere.
Still another ex-basketball player, former Arizona Wildcat and seven-year NBA veteran Chase Budinger, finished second here in 2019 and ’21 and is part of the third-seeded team this year with Miles Evans, They won both their matches to reach Saturday’s men’s winner’s bracket. So did Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner, the No. 1 seeds, along with No. 2 seeds Tri Bourne –– and Chaim Schalk and No. 4 Taylor Crabb, Trevor’s brother, and Taylor Sander.
There have been only three occasions since 1960 when the Manhattan Beach Open wasn’t played. One, of course, was 2020 because of COVID. In 1997, a coastal environmental group, the South Bay Coastal Defense Alliance, filed an injunction that prevented AVP from holding the tournament in Manhattan Beach in June, so the organization moved it down the coast to Hermosa Beach as a show of defiance.
“I was talking to someone and half the field of qualifiers are people from out of state,” Dalhausser said. “They’re like, ‘We just need one good day and we’re in the Manhattan Beach Open,’ you know? What other sport can you do that in?And lo and behold, that one good day can turn into so much more. On the women’s side, Katie Speier and Torrey Van Winden not only swept through qualifying but won twice in the main draw Friday and will be in the winner’s bracket Saturday.
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