Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross are now 0-3 against Rio Olympic favorites Larissa and Talita of Brazil. Sunday’s defeat had to be the most stinging.
Walsh Jennings, a three-time Olympic champion, and Ross, an Olympic silver medalist, were swept 22-20, 21-19 in the Vitoria Open final in Brazil.
“The more we play them, the better we are going to be,” Walsh Jennings said in a press release. “They have to play amazing to beat us, and we need to break their runs and we’re very capable of doing that.