The opening day at the Elite 16 beach volleyball tournament on Wednesday began with an emotional brotherly reunion, and concluded with a just-as-thrilling three-set match between U.S. Olympic hopefuls, including the newest phenom on the women’s side.

Playing in their first top-tier international tournament in nine years, Trevor and Taylor Crabb rallied to beat Martins Plavins and Kristians Fokerots of Latvia in three sets in an early pool-play match alongside the pier.

The Crabbs will return to the court on Thursday at 8 a.m. to take on the Brazilian pair of Evandro Oliveira and Arthur Lanci. The north Redondo Beach residents will wrap up the pool-play round against Adrian Gavira and Alejandro Huerta of Spain at 1 p.m.

Former USC beach volleyball stars Megan Kraft and Terese Cannon fini

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