Melissa Humana-Paredes dropped down in relief. April Ross laid out in defeat after she dove for a missed dig that ended an incredible run with partner Alix Klineman.
Pavan and Humana-Paredes this year beat Ross and Klineman in the world championships, and on Sunday they avenged a loss to them in the Huntington Beach Open. It didn’t matter to Pavan that Ross and Klineman won three of the previous four meetings going into Sunday.Ross and Klineman were served match point seven times in a third set that saw them climb back from 7-11. They committed 14 service errors, four in the third set. They declined to speak to the media afterward.
Priddy and Crabb finished an exhausting but impressive three-match day with a 21-15, 21-19 sweep of Casey Patterson and Chase Budinger. Their partnership was last minute because Crabb’s usual partner Tri Bourne, suffered a recent hand injury. They had three practices together, with Priddy moving to the left side, but they eliminated the top two seeds and came together for their first AVP wins.
“I went up to him a year ago and said, ‘I just want to let you know I have respect for you,’ ” Priddy said. “ ‘I don’t like how you act sometimes across the net, but you play harder than anybody out here and I value that more than anything.’ ”Patterson and Budinger were going for back-to-back AVP wins. They had to grind out a three-set win against 26th-seeded Bill Kolinske and Eric Beranek in the semifinals and knew they were going up against a different animal with Priddy and Crabb.
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