Some highlights from a hard-fought beach volleyball world tour semifinal. The winner goes on to the gold medal match tomorrow. Sarah Pavan, one of the Canadian players, is a friend. She's the blonde. The Canadians lost the first set, built momentum half way through the second and owned the tie-breaker third set given them the win. A good example of high level play.
The governing body for beach volleyball posted a few chips of the best teams in the world. Here's Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes. They excel at reading the opponents and having good "court sense" - knowing where the other three players and ball as well as likely motions.