Olympics beach: Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes dominate first match of Paris

Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes dominate Olympic opener

Of course it ended the way it did.

Eight times did the ball go over the net in the final rally of Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes’ opening match of Olympic pool play against the Czech Republic’s Barbora Hermannova and Marie-Sara Stochlova. It was a rally that included two high lines, one failed attempt at a fake set attack (Cheng), one failed over-on-one (Hermannova), a heroic dig from Hermannova...